We present an analysis of the XMM-Newton observation of the wind-blown bubble NGC 2359 .
This is the first detection of this object in X-rays .
The X-ray emission of NGC 2359 is soft and originates from a thermal plasma with a typical temperature of kT \sim 0.2 keV .
A direct comparison between the one-dimensional hydrodynamic model of wind-blown bubbles and the X-ray spectrum of NGC 2359 suggests a reduced mass-loss rate of the central star in order to provide the correct value of the observed flux .
The central star of the nebula , WR 7 , is an X-ray source .
Its emission is similar to that of other presumably single Wolf-Rayet stars detected in X-rays .
The WR 7 spectrum is well represented by the emission from a two-temperature plasma with a cool component of kT \sim 0.6 keV and a hot component of kT \sim 2.7 keV .