diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 08bfc2cff..6bae033dc 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
 - Wayland: Fix pasting from applications that use a MIME type of "text/plain"
   rather than "text/plain;charset=utf-8" not working (:iss:`4183`)
 
+- A new mappable action to close windows with a confirmation (:iss:`4195`)
+
 
 0.23.1 [2021-08-17]
 ----------------------
diff --git a/kitty/boss.py b/kitty/boss.py
index fd62035b2..869d67897 100755
--- a/kitty/boss.py
+++ b/kitty/boss.py
@@ -585,8 +585,13 @@ class Boss:
             if window is not None:
                 window.focus_changed(True)
 
-    def mark_window_for_close(self, window: Optional[Window] = None) -> None:
-        window = window or self.active_window
+    def mark_window_for_close(self, q: Union[Window, None, int] = None) -> None:
+        if isinstance(q, int):
+            window = self.window_id_map.get(q)
+            if window is None:
+                return
+        else:
+            window = q or self.active_window
         if window:
             self.child_monitor.mark_for_close(window.id)
 
@@ -594,6 +599,36 @@ class Boss:
     def close_window(self) -> None:
         self.mark_window_for_close()
 
+    @ac('win', '''
+    Close window with confirmation
+
+    Asks for confirmation before closing the window. If you don't want the
+    confirmation when the window is sitting at a shell prompt
+    (requires :ref:`shell_integration`), use::
+
+        map f1 close_window_with_confirmation ignore-shell
+    ''')
+    def close_window_with_confirmation(self, ignore_shell: bool = False) -> None:
+        window = self.active_window
+        if window is None:
+            return
+        if not ignore_shell or window.has_running_program:
+            msg = _('Are you sure you want to close this window?')
+            if window.has_running_program:
+                msg += ' ' + _('It is running a program.')
+            self._run_kitten(
+                'ask', ['--type=yesno', '--message', msg],
+                window=window,
+                custom_callback=partial(self.handle_close_window_confirmation, window.id)
+            )
+        else:
+            self.mark_window_for_close(window)
+
+    def handle_close_window_confirmation(self, window_id: int, data: Dict[str, Any], *a: Any) -> None:
+        if data['response'] != 'y':
+            return
+        self.mark_window_for_close(window_id)
+
     @ac('tab', 'Close the current tab')
     def close_tab(self, tab: Optional[Tab] = None) -> None:
         tab = tab or self.active_tab
diff --git a/kitty/conf/types.py b/kitty/conf/types.py
index 8af3e98fc..5435083f2 100644
--- a/kitty/conf/types.py
+++ b/kitty/conf/types.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def remove_markup(text: str) -> str:
         'sessions': f'{website_url("overview")}#startup-sessions',
         'functional': f'{website_url("keyboard-protocol")}#functional-key-definitions',
         'action-select_tab': f'{website_url("actions")}#select-tab',
+        'action-close_window_with_confirmation': f'{website_url("actions")}#close-window-with-confirmation',
         'shell_integration': website_url("shell-integration"),
     }
 
diff --git a/kitty/options/definition.py b/kitty/options/definition.py
index 9e3c2ade6..e6dfe618a 100644
--- a/kitty/options/definition.py
+++ b/kitty/options/definition.py
@@ -892,14 +892,15 @@ opt('confirm_os_window_close', '0',
     option_type='int',
     long_text='''
 Ask for confirmation when closing an OS window or a Tab with at least this
-number of kitty windows in it by window manager (e.g. clicking the window
-close button or pressing the shortcut alt+f4, shift+cmd+w) or by the
-:sc:`close_tab` action. A value of zero disables confirmation. This confirmation
-also applies to requests to quit the entire application (all OS windows, via the
-quit action). Negative values are converted to positive ones, however, with
-:ref:`shell_integration` enabled, using negative values means windows sitting at
-a shell prompt are not counted, only windows where some command is currently
-running.
+number of kitty windows in it by window manager (e.g. clicking the window close
+button or pressing the Operating system shortcut to close windows) or by the
+:sc:`close_tab` action. A value of zero disables confirmation. This
+confirmation also applies to requests to quit the entire application (all OS
+windows, via the quit action). Negative values are converted to positive ones,
+however, with :ref:`shell_integration` enabled, using negative values means
+windows sitting at a shell prompt are not counted, only windows where some
+command is currently running. Note that if you want confirmation when closing
+individual windows, you can map the :ref:`action-close_window_with_confirmation` action.
 '''
     )
 egr()  # }}}
diff --git a/kitty/options/utils.py b/kitty/options/utils.py
index 94b605344..3cca64b21 100644
--- a/kitty/options/utils.py
+++ b/kitty/options/utils.py
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ def detach_window_parse(func: str, rest: str) -> FuncArgsType:
     return func, (rest,)
 
 
+@func_with_args('close_window_with_confirmation')
+def close_window_with_confirmation(func: str, rest: str) -> FuncArgsType:
+    ignore_shell = rest == 'ignore-shell'
+    return func, (ignore_shell,)
+
+
 @func_with_args('detach_tab')
 def detach_tab_parse(func: str, rest: str) -> FuncArgsType:
     if rest not in ('new', 'ask'):