diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index 8c22c0cdf..c0e8fdb7f 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift	
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift	
@@ -1576,6 +1576,9 @@ extension Ghostty {
             item.setImageIfDesired(systemSymbolName: "rectangle.bottomhalf.inset.filled")
             item = menu.addItem(withTitle: "Split Up", action: #selector(splitUp(_:)), keyEquivalent: "")
             item.setImageIfDesired(systemSymbolName: "rectangle.tophalf.inset.filled")
+            menu.addItem(.separator())
+            item = menu.addItem(withTitle: "Close Split", action: #selector(closeSurface(_:)), keyEquivalent: "")
+            item.setImageIfDesired(systemSymbolName: "xmark.rectangle")
 
             menu.addItem(.separator())
             item = menu.addItem(withTitle: "Reset Terminal", action: #selector(resetTerminal(_:)), keyEquivalent: "")
@@ -1703,6 +1706,14 @@ extension Ghostty {
             ghostty_surface_split(surface, GHOSTTY_SPLIT_DIRECTION_UP)
         }
 
+        @IBAction func closeSurface(_ sender: Any?) {
+            guard let surface = self.surface else { return }
+            let action = "close_surface"
+            if !ghostty_surface_binding_action(surface, action, UInt(action.lengthOfBytes(using: .utf8))) {
+                AppDelegate.logger.warning("action failed action=\(action)")
+            }
+        }
+
         @objc func resetTerminal(_ sender: Any) {
             guard let surface = self.surface else { return }
             let action = "reset"