diff --git a/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py b/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
index 41e132020e1..7c22a62813f 100644
--- a/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
+++ b/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ def _queue_management_worker(executor_reference,
         # some multiprocessing.Queue methods may deadlock on Mac OS X.
         for p in processes.values():
             p.join()
+        # Release resources held by the queue
+        call_queue.close()
 
     while True:
         _add_call_item_to_queue(pending_work_items,
@@ -246,7 +248,8 @@ def _queue_management_worker(executor_reference,
             # Clean shutdown of a worker using its PID
             # (avoids marking the executor broken)
             assert shutting_down()
-            del processes[result_item]
+            p = processes.pop(result_item)
+            p.join()
             if not processes:
                 shutdown_worker()
                 return
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py
index 222bd5478fc..78a9906d345 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py
@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ def test_main():
                                   ThreadPoolAsCompletedTests,
                                   FutureTests,
                                   ProcessPoolShutdownTest,
-                                  ThreadPoolShutdownTest)
+                                  ThreadPoolShutdownTest,
+                                  )
     finally:
         test.support.reap_children()
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e75de01c3db..8d7fb16b5ae 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Fix potential resource leaks in concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor
+  by joining all queues and processes when shutdown() is called.
+
 - Issue #11603: Fix a crash when __str__ is rebound as __repr__.  Patch by
   Andreas Stührk.