--- a/include/libssh/sftp.h	2021-07-04 21:26:20.445524952 +0200
+++ b/include/libssh/sftp.h	2021-07-04 20:19:16.752749814 +0200
@@ -854,6 +854,13 @@
  * @return             0 on success, < 0 on error.
  */
 LIBSSH_API int sftp_server_init(sftp_session sftp);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Close and deallocate a sftp server session.
+ *
+ * @param sftp          The sftp session handle to free.
+ */
+LIBSSH_API void sftp_server_free(sftp_session sftp);
 #endif  /* WITH_SERVER */
 
 /* this is not a public interface */
--- a/src/sftp.c	2021-07-04 21:26:20.445524952 +0200
+++ b/src/sftp.c	2021-07-04 20:18:14.310652966 +0200
@@ -299,6 +299,32 @@
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+void sftp_server_free(sftp_session sftp)
+{
+    sftp_request_queue ptr;
+
+    if (sftp == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ptr = sftp->queue;
+    while(ptr) {
+        sftp_request_queue old;
+        sftp_message_free(ptr->message);
+        old = ptr->next;
+        SAFE_FREE(ptr);
+        ptr = old;
+    }
+
+    SAFE_FREE(sftp->handles);
+    SSH_BUFFER_FREE(sftp->read_packet->payload);
+    SAFE_FREE(sftp->read_packet);
+
+    sftp_ext_free(sftp->ext);
+
+    SAFE_FREE(sftp);
+}
 #endif /* WITH_SERVER */
 
 void sftp_free(sftp_session sftp)