diff --git a/zmq.go b/zmq.go
index 8ec11d4..a3774c8 100644
--- a/zmq.go
+++ b/zmq.go
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ var (
 	MaxBodySize uint64 = 0x02000000
 )
 
+// reconnectError wraps any error with a timeout, which allows clients to keep
+// attempting to read normally while the underlying socket attempts to
+// reconnect.
+type reconnectError struct {
+	error
+}
+
+// Timeout implements the timeout interface from net and other packages.
+func (e *reconnectError) Timeout() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func connFromAddr(addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
 	re, err := regexp.Compile(`((tcp|unix|ipc)://)?([^:]*):?(\d*)`)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -50,6 +62,7 @@ func connFromAddr(addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
 // Conn is a connection to a ZMQ server.
 type Conn struct {
 	conn    net.Conn
+	topics  []string
 	timeout time.Duration
 }
 
@@ -326,7 +339,7 @@ func Subscribe(addr string, topics []string, timeout time.Duration) (*Conn, erro
 
 	conn.SetDeadline(time.Now().Add(10 * time.Second))
 
-	c := &Conn{conn, timeout}
+	c := &Conn{conn, topics, timeout}
 
 	if err := c.writeGreeting(); err != nil {
 		conn.Close()
@@ -362,7 +375,31 @@ func Subscribe(addr string, topics []string, timeout time.Duration) (*Conn, erro
 // Receive a message from the publisher. It blocks until a new message is
 // received.
 func (c *Conn) Receive() ([][]byte, error) {
-	return c.readMessage()
+	messages, err := c.readMessage()
+	// If the error is either nil or a non-EOF error, we return it as-is.
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		return messages, err
+	}
+	// We got an EOF, so our socket is disconnected. We attempt to
+	// reconnect. If successful, replace the existing connection with the
+	// new one. Either way, return a timeout error.
+	errTimeout := &net.OpError{
+		Op:     "read",
+		Net:    c.conn.LocalAddr().Network(),
+		Source: c.conn.LocalAddr(),
+		Addr:   c.conn.RemoteAddr(),
+		Err:    &reconnectError{err},
+	}
+	newConn, err := Subscribe(c.conn.RemoteAddr().String(), c.topics,
+		c.timeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Prevent CPU overuse by refused reconnection attempts.
+		time.Sleep(c.timeout)
+	} else {
+		c.Close()
+		*c = *newConn
+	}
+	return nil, errTimeout
 }
 
 // Close the underlying connection. Any further operations will fail.