diff --git a/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py b/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py
index 501e234c3c..5ed924096c 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py
@@ -335,11 +335,15 @@ def master_for(
         kwargs["is_master"] = True
         connection_kwargs = dict(self.connection_kwargs)
         connection_kwargs.update(kwargs)
-        return redis_class(
-            connection_pool=connection_pool_class(
-                service_name, self, **connection_kwargs
-            )
+
+        connection_pool = connection_pool_class(service_name, self, **connection_kwargs)
+        # The Redis object "owns" the pool
+        auto_close_connection_pool = True
+        client = redis_class(
+            connection_pool=connection_pool,
         )
+        client.auto_close_connection_pool = auto_close_connection_pool
+        return client
 
     def slave_for(
         self,
@@ -368,8 +372,12 @@ def slave_for(
         kwargs["is_master"] = False
         connection_kwargs = dict(self.connection_kwargs)
         connection_kwargs.update(kwargs)
-        return redis_class(
-            connection_pool=connection_pool_class(
-                service_name, self, **connection_kwargs
-            )
+
+        connection_pool = connection_pool_class(service_name, self, **connection_kwargs)
+        # The Redis object "owns" the pool
+        auto_close_connection_pool = True
+        client = redis_class(
+            connection_pool=connection_pool,
         )
+        client.auto_close_connection_pool = auto_close_connection_pool
+        return client
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel.py
index 2091f2cb87..a2d52f17b7 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import socket
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
@@ -239,3 +240,28 @@ async def test_flushconfig(cluster, sentinel):
 async def test_reset(cluster, sentinel):
     cluster.master["is_odown"] = True
     assert await sentinel.sentinel_reset("mymaster")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.onlynoncluster
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("method_name", ["master_for", "slave_for"])
+async def test_auto_close_pool(cluster, sentinel, method_name):
+    """
+    Check that the connection pool created by the sentinel client is
+    automatically closed
+    """
+
+    method = getattr(sentinel, method_name)
+    client = method("mymaster", db=9)
+    pool = client.connection_pool
+    assert client.auto_close_connection_pool is True
+    calls = 0
+
+    async def mock_disconnect():
+        nonlocal calls
+        calls += 1
+
+    with mock.patch.object(pool, "disconnect", mock_disconnect):
+        await client.close()
+
+    assert calls == 1
+    await pool.disconnect()