diff --git a/conf/default.conf.php b/conf/default.conf.php
index 389f1e5a3d..a335106758 100644
--- a/conf/default.conf.php
+++ b/conf/default.conf.php
@@ -1019,6 +1019,13 @@ return array(
   // use of all of differential's features.
   'differential.allow-self-accept' => false,
 
+  // If you set this to true, any user can close any revision so long as it has
+  // been accepted. This can be useful depending on your development model. For
+  // example, github-style pull requests where the reviewer is often the
+  // actual committer can benefit from turning this option to true. If false,
+  // only the submitter can close a revision.
+  'differential.always-allow-close' => false,
+
   // Revisions newer than this number of days are marked as fresh in Action
   // Required and Revisions Waiting on You views. Only work days (not weekends
   // and holidays) are included. Set to 0 to disable this feature.
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialRevisionViewController.php b/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialRevisionViewController.php
index 9d2dfebfd9..5d243d0599 100644
--- a/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialRevisionViewController.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialRevisionViewController.php
@@ -565,7 +565,9 @@ final class DifferentialRevisionViewController extends DifferentialController {
     $status = $revision->getStatus();
 
     $allow_self_accept = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig(
-        'differential.allow-self-accept', false);
+      'differential.allow-self-accept', false);
+    $always_allow_close = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig(
+      'differential.always-allow-close', false);
 
     if ($viewer_is_owner) {
       switch ($status) {
@@ -613,6 +615,7 @@ final class DifferentialRevisionViewController extends DifferentialController {
       }
       if ($status != ArcanistDifferentialRevisionStatus::CLOSED) {
         $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_CLAIM] = true;
+        $actions[DifferentialAction::ACTION_CLOSE] = $always_allow_close;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/editor/DifferentialCommentEditor.php b/src/applications/differential/editor/DifferentialCommentEditor.php
index 0afd9c5a05..82817cd730 100644
--- a/src/applications/differential/editor/DifferentialCommentEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/editor/DifferentialCommentEditor.php
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ final class DifferentialCommentEditor {
     $actor = id(new PhabricatorUser())->loadOneWhere('PHID = %s', $actor_phid);
     $actor_is_author = ($actor_phid == $revision->getAuthorPHID());
     $allow_self_accept = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig(
-        'differential.allow-self-accept', false);
+      'differential.allow-self-accept', false);
+    $always_allow_close = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig(
+      'differential.always-allow-close', false);
     $revision_status = $revision->getStatus();
 
     $revision->loadRelationships();
@@ -349,7 +351,7 @@ final class DifferentialCommentEditor {
         // them as completely authoritative.
 
         if (!$this->isDaemonWorkflow) {
-          if (!$actor_is_author) {
+          if (!$actor_is_author && !$always_allow_close) {
             throw new Exception(
               "You can not mark a revision you don't own as closed.");
           }