diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index c7fba3d..03bf739 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -210,14 +210,23 @@ function Postgres(a, b) {
         closed.length && connect(closed.shift(), query)
       })
 
+    let closedError = null
+
     move(c, reserved)
     c.reserved = () => queue.length
       ? c.execute(queue.shift())
       : move(c, reserved)
     c.reserved.release = true
+    c.reserved.closed = error => {
+      closedError = error
+      while (queue.length)
+        queue.shift().reject(error)
+    }
 
     const sql = Sql(handler)
     sql.release = () => {
+      if (closedError)
+        return
       c.reserved = null
       onopen(c)
     }
@@ -225,6 +234,8 @@ function Postgres(a, b) {
     return sql
 
     function handler(q) {
+      if (closedError)
+        return q.reject(closedError)
       c.queue === full
         ? queue.push(q)
         : c.execute(q) || move(c, full)
@@ -420,6 +431,7 @@ function Postgres(a, b) {
 
   function onclose(c, e) {
     move(c, closed)
+    c.reserved && c.reserved.closed && c.reserved.closed(e)
     c.reserved = null
     c.onclose && (c.onclose(e), c.onclose = null)
     options.onclose && options.onclose(c.id)
diff --git a/tests/index.js b/tests/index.js
index 845c6ce..9afdfe5 100644
--- a/tests/index.js
+++ b/tests/index.js
@@ -889,6 +889,36 @@ t('listen reconnects', { timeout: 2 }, async() => {
   return [connects, 2]
 })
 
+t('Reserved connection rejects queries after its backend is terminated', async() => {
+  const sql = postgres({ ...options, max: 2 })
+  const reserved = await sql.reserve()
+  const [{ pid }] = await reserved`select pg_backend_pid() as pid`
+  await sql`select pg_terminate_backend(${ pid })`
+  await delay(100)
+  const first = await reserved`select 1`.catch(e => e.code)
+  const second = await reserved`select 2`.catch(e => e.code)
+  reserved.release()
+  await sql.end()
+  return ['CONNECTION_CLOSED,CONNECTION_CLOSED', first + ',' + second]
+})
+
+t('Releasing a terminated reserved connection does not return it to the pool', async() => {
+  const sql = postgres({ ...options, max: 1 })
+  const killer = postgres(options)
+  const reserved = await sql.reserve()
+  const [{ pid }] = await reserved`select pg_backend_pid() as pid`
+  await killer`select pg_terminate_backend(${ pid })`
+  await delay(100)
+  await reserved`select 1`.catch(() => { /* rejects, connection closed */ })
+  reserved.release()
+  const [{ x }] = await Promise.race([
+    sql`select 1 as x`,
+    delay(2000).then(() => [{ x: 'hung' }])
+  ])
+  await Promise.all([sql.end(), killer.end()])
+  return [1, x]
+})
+
 t('listen result reports correct connection state after reconnection', async() => {
   const sql = postgres(options)
       , xs = []