diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests+XCTest.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests+XCTest.swift
index 8139aff49..06f9b4228 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests+XCTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests+XCTest.swift
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extension HTTPClientInternalTests {
             ("testRequestURITrailingSlash", testRequestURITrailingSlash),
             ("testChannelAndDelegateOnDifferentEventLoops", testChannelAndDelegateOnDifferentEventLoops),
             ("testResponseConnectionCloseGet", testResponseConnectionCloseGet),
+            ("testWeNoticeRemoteClosuresEvenWhenConnectionIsIdleInPool", testWeNoticeRemoteClosuresEvenWhenConnectionIsIdleInPool),
         ]
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests.swift
index e23f9684b..d2124171e 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests.swift
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import NIO
 import NIOConcurrencyHelpers
 import NIOHTTP1
+import NIOTestUtils
 import XCTest
 
 class HTTPClientInternalTests: XCTestCase {
@@ -453,4 +454,131 @@ class HTTPClientInternalTests: XCTestCase {
             XCTAssertEqual(httpClient.pool.connectionProviderCount, 0)
         }.futureResult.wait()
     }
+
+    func testWeNoticeRemoteClosuresEvenWhenConnectionIsIdleInPool() {
+        final class ServerThatRespondsThenJustCloses: ChannelInboundHandler {
+            typealias InboundIn = HTTPServerRequestPart
+            typealias OutboundOut = HTTPServerResponsePart
+
+            let requestNumber: NIOAtomic<Int>
+            let connectionNumber: NIOAtomic<Int>
+
+            init(requestNumber: NIOAtomic<Int>, connectionNumber: NIOAtomic<Int>) {
+                self.requestNumber = requestNumber
+                self.connectionNumber = connectionNumber
+            }
+
+            func channelActive(context: ChannelHandlerContext) {
+                _ = self.connectionNumber.add(1)
+            }
+
+            func channelRead(context: ChannelHandlerContext, data: NIOAny) {
+                let req = self.unwrapInboundIn(data)
+
+                switch req {
+                case .head, .body:
+                    ()
+                case .end:
+                    let last = self.requestNumber.add(1)
+                    switch last {
+                    case 0:
+                        context.write(self.wrapOutboundOut(.head(.init(version: .init(major: 1, minor: 1), status: .ok))),
+                                      promise: nil)
+                        context.writeAndFlush(self.wrapOutboundOut(.end(nil))).whenComplete { _ in
+                            context.eventLoop.scheduleTask(in: .milliseconds(10)) {
+                                context.close(promise: nil)
+                            }
+                        }
+                    case 1:
+                        context.write(self.wrapOutboundOut(.head(.init(version: .init(major: 1, minor: 1), status: .ok))),
+                                      promise: nil)
+                        context.writeAndFlush(self.wrapOutboundOut(.end(nil)), promise: nil)
+                    default:
+                        XCTFail("did not expect request \(last + 1)")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        final class ObserveWhenClosedHandler: ChannelInboundHandler {
+            typealias InboundIn = Any
+
+            let channelInactivePromise: EventLoopPromise<Void>
+
+            init(channelInactivePromise: EventLoopPromise<Void>) {
+                self.channelInactivePromise = channelInactivePromise
+            }
+
+            func channelInactive(context: ChannelHandlerContext) {
+                context.fireChannelInactive()
+                self.channelInactivePromise.succeed(())
+            }
+        }
+
+        let group = MultiThreadedEventLoopGroup(numberOfThreads: 1)
+        defer {
+            XCTAssertNoThrow(try group.syncShutdownGracefully())
+        }
+        let requestNumber = NIOAtomic<Int>.makeAtomic(value: 0)
+        let connectionNumber = NIOAtomic<Int>.makeAtomic(value: 0)
+        let sharedStateServerHandler = ServerThatRespondsThenJustCloses(requestNumber: requestNumber,
+                                                                        connectionNumber: connectionNumber)
+        var maybeServer: Channel?
+        XCTAssertNoThrow(maybeServer = try ServerBootstrap(group: group)
+            .serverChannelOption(ChannelOptions.socket(.init(SOL_SOCKET), .init(SO_REUSEADDR)), value: 1)
+            .childChannelInitializer { channel in
+                channel.pipeline.configureHTTPServerPipeline().flatMap {
+                    // We're deliberately adding a handler which is shared between multiple channels. This is normally
+                    // very verboten but this handler is specially crafted to tolerate this.
+                    channel.pipeline.addHandler(sharedStateServerHandler)
+                }
+            }
+            .bind(host: "127.0.0.1", port: 0)
+            .wait())
+        guard let server = maybeServer else {
+            XCTFail("couldn't create server")
+            return
+        }
+        defer {
+            XCTAssertNoThrow(try server.close().wait())
+        }
+
+        let url = "http://127.0.0.1:\(server.localAddress!.port!)"
+        let client = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .shared(group))
+        defer {
+            XCTAssertNoThrow(try client.syncShutdown())
+        }
+
+        var maybeConnection: ConnectionPool.Connection?
+        // This is pretty evil but we literally just get hold of a connection to get to the channel to be able to
+        // observe when the server closing the connection is known to the client.
+        XCTAssertNoThrow(maybeConnection = try client.pool.getConnection(for: .init(url: url),
+                                                                         preference: .indifferent,
+                                                                         on: group.next(),
+                                                                         deadline: nil).wait())
+        guard let connection = maybeConnection else {
+            XCTFail("couldn't get connection")
+            return
+        }
+
+        // And let's also give the connection back :).
+        client.pool.release(connection)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(0, sharedStateServerHandler.requestNumber.load())
+        XCTAssertEqual(1, client.pool.connectionProviderCount)
+        XCTAssertTrue(connection.channel.isActive)
+        XCTAssertNoThrow(XCTAssertEqual(.ok, try client.get(url: url).wait().status))
+        XCTAssertEqual(1, sharedStateServerHandler.connectionNumber.load())
+        XCTAssertEqual(1, sharedStateServerHandler.requestNumber.load())
+
+        // We have received the first response and we know the remote end will now close the connection.
+        // Let's wait until we see the closure in the client's channel.
+        XCTAssertNoThrow(try connection.channel.closeFuture.wait())
+
+        // Now that we should have learned that the connection is dead, a subsequent request should work and use a new
+        // connection
+        XCTAssertNoThrow(XCTAssertEqual(.ok, try client.get(url: url).wait().status))
+        XCTAssertEqual(2, sharedStateServerHandler.connectionNumber.load())
+        XCTAssertEqual(2, sharedStateServerHandler.requestNumber.load())
+    }
 }