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diff --git a/src/csharp/GrpcCore/Internal/ChannelSafeHandle.cs b/src/csharp/GrpcCore/Internal/ChannelSafeHandle.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Google.GRPC.Core.Internal
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// grpc_channel from <grpc/grpc.h>
+    /// </summary>
+	internal class ChannelSafeHandle : SafeHandleZeroIsInvalid
+	{
+        [DllImport("libgrpc.so")]
+        static extern ChannelSafeHandle grpc_channel_create(string target, IntPtr channelArgs);
+
+		[DllImport("libgrpc.so")]
+		static extern void grpc_channel_destroy(IntPtr channel);
+
+        private ChannelSafeHandle()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public static ChannelSafeHandle Create(string target, IntPtr channelArgs)
+        {
+            return grpc_channel_create(target, channelArgs);
+        }
+
+		protected override bool ReleaseHandle()
+		{
+			grpc_channel_destroy(handle);
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+}
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