diff --git a/packages/messaging/__tests__/messages/DlcCloseV0.spec.ts b/packages/messaging/__tests__/messages/DlcCloseV0.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34456975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/messaging/__tests__/messages/DlcCloseV0.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+
+import { DlcClose, DlcCloseV0 } from '../../lib/messages/DlcClose';
+import { FundingInputV0 } from '../../lib/messages/FundingInput';
+import { MessageType } from '../../lib/MessageType';
+
+describe('DlcClose', () => {
+  let instance: DlcCloseV0;
+
+  const type = Buffer.from('cbca', 'hex');
+
+  const contractId = Buffer.from(
+    'c1c79e1e9e2fa2840b2514902ea244f39eb3001a4037a52ea43c797d4f841269',
+    'hex',
+  );
+
+  const closeSignature = Buffer.from(
+    '7c8ad6de287b62a1ed1d74ed9116a5158abc7f97376d201caa88e0f9daad68fcda4c271cc003512e768f403a57e5242bd1f6aa1750d7f3597598094a43b1c7bb',
+    'hex',
+  );
+
+  const offerPayoutSatoshis = Buffer.from('0000000005f5e100', 'hex');
+  const acceptPayoutSatoshis = Buffer.from('0000000005f5e100', 'hex');
+
+  const fundingInputsLen = Buffer.from('0001', 'hex');
+  const fundingInputV0 = Buffer.from(
+    'fda714' + // type funding_input_v0
+      '3f' + // length
+      '000000000000dae8' + // input_serial_id
+      '0029' + // prevtx_len
+      '02000000000100c2eb0b000000001600149ea3bf2d6eb9c2ffa35e36f41e117403ed7fafe900000000' + // prevtx
+      '00000000' + // prevtx_vout
+      'ffffffff' + // sequence
+      '006b' + // max_witness_len
+      '0000', // redeem_script_len
+    'hex',
+  );
+
+  const dlcCloseHex = Buffer.concat([
+    type,
+    contractId,
+    closeSignature,
+    offerPayoutSatoshis,
+    acceptPayoutSatoshis,
+    fundingInputsLen,
+    fundingInputV0,
+  ]);
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    instance = new DlcCloseV0();
+    instance.contractId = contractId;
+    instance.closeSignature = closeSignature;
+    instance.offerPayoutSatoshis = BigInt(100000000);
+    instance.acceptPayoutSatoshis = BigInt(100000000);
+    instance.fundingInputs = [FundingInputV0.deserialize(fundingInputV0)];
+  });
+
+  describe('deserialize', () => {
+    it('should throw if incorrect type', () => {
+      instance.type = 0x123;
+      expect(function () {
+        DlcClose.deserialize(instance.serialize());
+      }).to.throw(Error);
+    });
+
+    it('has correct type', () => {
+      expect(DlcClose.deserialize(instance.serialize()).type).to.equal(
+        instance.type,
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('DlcCloseV0', () => {
+    describe('serialize', () => {
+      it('serializes', () => {
+        expect(instance.serialize().toString('hex')).to.equal(
+          dlcCloseHex.toString('hex'),
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('deserialize', () => {
+      it('deserializes', () => {
+        const instance = DlcCloseV0.deserialize(dlcCloseHex);
+        expect(instance.contractId).to.deep.equal(contractId);
+        expect(instance.closeSignature).to.deep.equal(closeSignature);
+        expect(Number(instance.offerPayoutSatoshis)).to.equal(100000000);
+        expect(Number(instance.acceptPayoutSatoshis)).to.equal(100000000);
+        expect(instance.fundingInputs[0].serialize().toString('hex')).to.equal(
+          fundingInputV0.toString('hex'),
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('has correct type', () => {
+        expect(DlcCloseV0.deserialize(dlcCloseHex).type).to.equal(
+          MessageType.DlcCloseV0,
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('toJSON', () => {
+      it('convert to JSON', async () => {
+        const json = instance.toJSON();
+        expect(json.contractId).to.equal(contractId.toString('hex'));
+        expect(json.closeSignature).to.equal(closeSignature.toString('hex'));
+        expect(json.fundingInputs[0].prevTx).to.equal(
+          instance.fundingInputs[0].prevTx.serialize().toString('hex'),
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('validate', () => {
+      it('should throw if inputSerialIds arent unique', () => {
+        instance.fundingInputs = [
+          FundingInputV0.deserialize(fundingInputV0),
+          FundingInputV0.deserialize(fundingInputV0),
+        ];
+        expect(function () {
+          instance.validate();
+        }).to.throw(Error);
+      });
+      it('should ensure funding inputs are segwit', () => {
+        instance.fundingInputs = [FundingInputV0.deserialize(fundingInputV0)];
+        expect(function () {
+          instance.validate();
+        }).to.throw(Error);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/messaging/lib/MessageType.ts b/packages/messaging/lib/MessageType.ts
index a6e25507..d5d82e36 100644
--- a/packages/messaging/lib/MessageType.ts
+++ b/packages/messaging/lib/MessageType.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export enum MessageType {
   DlcAcceptV0 = 42780,
   DlcSignV0 = 42782,
 
+  DlcCloseV0 = 52170, // TODO: Temporary type
   DlcCancelV0 = 52172,
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/messaging/lib/messages/DlcClose.ts b/packages/messaging/lib/messages/DlcClose.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26c3ccfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/messaging/lib/messages/DlcClose.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+import { BufferReader, BufferWriter } from '@node-lightning/bufio';
+
+import { MessageType } from '../MessageType';
+import { getTlv } from '../serialize/getTlv';
+import { IDlcMessage } from './DlcMessage';
+import { FundingInputV0, IFundingInputV0JSON } from './FundingInput';
+
+export abstract class DlcClose {
+  public static deserialize(buf: Buffer): DlcCloseV0 {
+    const reader = new BufferReader(buf);
+
+    const type = Number(reader.readUInt16BE());
+
+    switch (type) {
+      case MessageType.DlcCloseV0:
+        return DlcCloseV0.deserialize(buf);
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`DLC Close message type must be DlcCloseV0`); // This is a temporary measure while protocol is being developed
+    }
+  }
+
+  public abstract type: number;
+
+  public abstract toJSON(): IDlcCloseV0JSON;
+
+  public abstract serialize(): Buffer;
+}
+
+/**
+ * DlcClose message contains information about a node and indicates its
+ * desire to close an existing contract.
+ */
+export class DlcCloseV0 extends DlcClose implements IDlcMessage {
+  public static type = MessageType.DlcCloseV0;
+
+  /**
+   * Deserializes an close_dlc_v0 message
+   * @param buf
+   */
+  public static deserialize(buf: Buffer): DlcCloseV0 {
+    const instance = new DlcCloseV0();
+    const reader = new BufferReader(buf);
+
+    reader.readUInt16BE(); // read type
+    instance.contractId = reader.readBytes(32);
+    instance.closeSignature = reader.readBytes(64);
+    instance.offerPayoutSatoshis = reader.readUInt64BE();
+    instance.acceptPayoutSatoshis = reader.readUInt64BE();
+    const fundingInputsLen = reader.readUInt16BE();
+    for (let i = 0; i < fundingInputsLen; i++) {
+      instance.fundingInputs.push(FundingInputV0.deserialize(getTlv(reader)));
+    }
+
+    return instance;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The type for close_dlc_v0 message. close_dlc_v0 = 52170 // TODO
+   */
+  public type = DlcCloseV0.type;
+
+  public contractId: Buffer;
+
+  public closeSignature: Buffer;
+
+  public offerPayoutSatoshis: bigint;
+
+  public acceptPayoutSatoshis: bigint;
+
+  public fundingInputs: FundingInputV0[] = [];
+
+  /**
+   * Serializes the close_dlc_v0 message into a Buffer
+   */
+  public serialize(): Buffer {
+    const writer = new BufferWriter();
+    writer.writeUInt16BE(this.type);
+    writer.writeBytes(this.contractId);
+    writer.writeBytes(this.closeSignature);
+    writer.writeUInt64BE(this.offerPayoutSatoshis);
+    writer.writeUInt64BE(this.acceptPayoutSatoshis);
+    writer.writeUInt16BE(this.fundingInputs.length);
+
+    for (const fundingInput of this.fundingInputs) {
+      writer.writeBytes(fundingInput.serialize());
+    }
+
+    return writer.toBuffer();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Validates correctness of all fields
+   * @throws Will throw an error if validation fails
+   */
+  public validate(): void {
+    // Type is set automatically in class
+
+    // Ensure input serial ids are unique
+    const inputSerialIds = this.fundingInputs.map(
+      (input: FundingInputV0) => input.inputSerialId,
+    );
+
+    if (new Set(inputSerialIds).size !== inputSerialIds.length) {
+      throw new Error('inputSerialIds must be unique');
+    }
+
+    // Ensure funding inputs are segwit
+    this.fundingInputs.forEach((input: FundingInputV0) => input.validate());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts dlc_close_v0 to JSON
+   */
+  public toJSON(): IDlcCloseV0JSON {
+    return {
+      type: this.type,
+      contractId: this.contractId.toString('hex'),
+      closeSignature: this.closeSignature.toString('hex'),
+      offerPayoutSatoshis: Number(this.offerPayoutSatoshis),
+      acceptPayoutSatoshis: Number(this.acceptPayoutSatoshis),
+      fundingInputs: this.fundingInputs.map((input) => input.toJSON()),
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+export interface IDlcCloseV0JSON {
+  type: number;
+  contractId: string;
+  closeSignature: string;
+  offerPayoutSatoshis: number;
+  acceptPayoutSatoshis: number;
+  fundingInputs: IFundingInputV0JSON[];
+}