diff --git a/connection.c b/connection.c
index 61ca82cb..0b14e643 100644
--- a/connection.c
+++ b/connection.c
@@ -2033,6 +2033,8 @@ CC_send_query_append(ConnectionClass *self, const char *query, QueryInfo *qi, UD
 		char *errmsg = PQerrorMessage(self->pqconn);
 		QLOG(0, "\nCommunication Error: %s\n", SAFE_STR(errmsg));
 		CC_set_error(self, CONNECTION_COMMUNICATION_ERROR, errmsg, func);
+		if (PQstatus(self->pqconn) == CONNECTION_BAD)
+			CC_on_abort(self, CONN_DEAD); /* give up the connection */
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 	PQsetSingleRowMode(self->pqconn);
diff --git a/connection.h b/connection.h
index a74f32d4..2df05d18 100644
--- a/connection.h
+++ b/connection.h
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ typedef enum
 
 /* not connected yet || already disconnected */
 #define	CC_not_connected(x)	(!(x) || CONN_DOWN == (x)->status || CONN_NOT_CONNECTED == (x)->status)
+/*
+ * Answer for SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_DEAD.  libpq's view is consulted too, so
+ * a socket that libpq has already given up on is reported dead even if no
+ * code path has called CC_on_abort() yet; applications such as
+ * System.Data.Odbc only reconnect when this reports SQL_CD_TRUE.
+ * PQstatus(NULL) is CONNECTION_BAD.
+ */
+#define	CC_connection_dead(x)	(CC_not_connected(x) || CONNECTION_BAD == PQstatus((x)->pqconn))
 
 /* AutoCommit functions */
 #define CC_is_in_autocommit(x)		(x->transact_status & CONN_IN_AUTOCOMMIT)
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index b12b1955..b267ecbc 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ PGAPI_GetConnectOption(HDBC hdbc,
 		case 1209:
 #endif /* SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_DEAD */
 			MYLOG(0, "CONNECTION_DEAD status=%d", conn->status);
-			*((SQLUINTEGER *) pvParam) = CC_not_connected(conn);
+			*((SQLUINTEGER *) pvParam) = CC_connection_dead(conn);
 			MYPRINTF(0, " val=" FORMAT_UINTEGER "\n", *((SQLUINTEGER *) pvParam));
                         break;
 
diff --git a/pgapi30.c b/pgapi30.c
index a17e5d9d..65ee5bd7 100644
--- a/pgapi30.c
+++ b/pgapi30.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ PGAPI_GetConnectAttr(HDBC ConnectionHandle,
 			*((SQLINTEGER *) Value) = SQL_FALSE;
 			break;
 		case SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_DEAD:
-			*((SQLUINTEGER *) Value) = CC_not_connected(conn);
+			*((SQLUINTEGER *) Value) = CC_connection_dead(conn);
 			break;
 		case SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT:
 			*((SQLUINTEGER *) Value) = 0;
diff --git a/test/expected/connection-dead.out b/test/expected/connection-dead.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdea2fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/expected/connection-dead.out
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+connected
+connection dead before termination: 0
+first query failed as expected
+connection dead after first failure: 1
+second query failed as expected
+connection dead after second failure: 1
+disconnecting
diff --git a/test/src/connection-dead-test.c b/test/src/connection-dead-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5360d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/connection-dead-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+ * Test that SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_DEAD reports SQL_CD_TRUE once the server
+ * has dropped the connection, and keeps doing so on later calls.
+ * System.Data.Odbc only closes an OdbcConnection when this attribute
+ * says the connection is dead (issue #224).
+ *
+ * The backend of the test connection is terminated from a second
+ * connection, so the driver only learns about it on the next query.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+static SQLUINTEGER
+get_connection_dead(void)
+{
+	SQLRETURN	rc;
+	SQLUINTEGER	dead = 99;
+
+	rc = SQLGetConnectAttr(conn, SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_DEAD, &dead, 0, NULL);
+	CHECK_CONN_RESULT(rc, "SQLGetConnectAttr(SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_DEAD) failed", conn);
+	return dead;
+}
+
+static void
+run_query_expect_failure(const char *label)
+{
+	SQLRETURN	rc;
+	HSTMT		hstmt = SQL_NULL_HSTMT;
+
+	rc = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, conn, &hstmt);
+	CHECK_CONN_RESULT(rc, "failed to allocate stmt handle", conn);
+	rc = SQLExecDirect(hstmt, (SQLCHAR *) "SELECT 1", SQL_NTS);
+	if (SQL_SUCCEEDED(rc))
+	{
+		printf("FAIL: %s query succeeded on a terminated connection\n", label);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	printf("%s query failed as expected\n", label);
+	SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, hstmt);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	SQLRETURN	rc;
+	HSTMT		hstmt = SQL_NULL_HSTMT;
+	SQLHENV		env2;
+	SQLHDBC		conn2;
+	HSTMT		hstmt2 = SQL_NULL_HSTMT;
+	SQLINTEGER	pid;
+	SQLINTEGER	remaining;
+	char		dsn[1024];
+	char	   *envvar;
+	char		sql[128];
+	int			i;
+
+	test_connect();
+
+	rc = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, conn, &hstmt);
+	CHECK_CONN_RESULT(rc, "failed to allocate stmt handle", conn);
+	rc = SQLExecDirect(hstmt, (SQLCHAR *) "SELECT pg_backend_pid()", SQL_NTS);
+	CHECK_STMT_RESULT(rc, "SELECT pg_backend_pid() failed", hstmt);
+	rc = SQLFetch(hstmt);
+	CHECK_STMT_RESULT(rc, "SQLFetch failed", hstmt);
+	rc = SQLGetData(hstmt, 1, SQL_C_SLONG, &pid, 0, NULL);
+	CHECK_STMT_RESULT(rc, "SQLGetData failed", hstmt);
+	SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, hstmt);
+
+	printf("connection dead before termination: %u\n", (unsigned int) get_connection_dead());
+
+	/* Terminate the first connection's backend from a second connection */
+	envvar = getenv("COMMON_CONNECTION_STRING_FOR_REGRESSION_TEST");
+	snprintf(dsn, sizeof(dsn), "DSN=%s;%s", get_test_dsn(), envvar ? envvar : "");
+	SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, SQL_NULL_HANDLE, &env2);
+	SQLSetEnvAttr(env2, SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (void *) SQL_OV_ODBC3, 0);
+	SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, env2, &conn2);
+	rc = SQLDriverConnect(conn2, NULL, (SQLCHAR *) dsn, SQL_NTS,
+						  NULL, 0, NULL, SQL_DRIVER_NOPROMPT);
+	CHECK_CONN_RESULT(rc, "second SQLDriverConnect failed", conn2);
+	rc = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, conn2, &hstmt2);
+	CHECK_CONN_RESULT(rc, "failed to allocate stmt handle", conn2);
+
+	snprintf(sql, sizeof(sql), "SELECT pg_terminate_backend(%d)", (int) pid);
+	rc = SQLExecDirect(hstmt2, (SQLCHAR *) sql, SQL_NTS);
+	CHECK_STMT_RESULT(rc, "pg_terminate_backend failed", hstmt2);
+	SQLFreeStmt(hstmt2, SQL_CLOSE);
+
+	/* pg_terminate_backend() only signals; wait until the backend is gone */
+	snprintf(sql, sizeof(sql), "SELECT count(*) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE pid = %d", (int) pid);
+	for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+	{
+		rc = SQLExecDirect(hstmt2, (SQLCHAR *) sql, SQL_NTS);
+		CHECK_STMT_RESULT(rc, "pg_stat_activity query failed", hstmt2);
+		rc = SQLFetch(hstmt2);
+		CHECK_STMT_RESULT(rc, "SQLFetch failed", hstmt2);
+		rc = SQLGetData(hstmt2, 1, SQL_C_SLONG, &remaining, 0, NULL);
+		CHECK_STMT_RESULT(rc, "SQLGetData failed", hstmt2);
+		SQLFreeStmt(hstmt2, SQL_CLOSE);
+		if (0 == remaining)
+			break;
+		rc = SQLExecDirect(hstmt2, (SQLCHAR *) "SELECT pg_sleep(0.1)", SQL_NTS);
+		CHECK_STMT_RESULT(rc, "pg_sleep failed", hstmt2);
+		SQLFreeStmt(hstmt2, SQL_CLOSE);
+	}
+	if (0 != remaining)
+	{
+		printf("FAIL: backend %d was not terminated\n", (int) pid);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, hstmt2);
+	SQLDisconnect(conn2);
+	SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, conn2);
+	SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, env2);
+
+	run_query_expect_failure("first");
+	printf("connection dead after first failure: %u\n", (unsigned int) get_connection_dead());
+
+	run_query_expect_failure("second");
+	printf("connection dead after second failure: %u\n", (unsigned int) get_connection_dead());
+
+	test_disconnect();
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/tests b/test/tests
index e18bc7ed..6878dc64 100644
--- a/test/tests
+++ b/test/tests
@@ -73,4 +73,5 @@ TESTBINS = exe/connect-test \
 	exe/connstring-escape-test \
 	exe/dbms-version-test \
 	exe/surrogate-pair-test \
-	exe/many-params-test
+	exe/many-params-test \
+	exe/connection-dead-test