diff --git a/postgres/src/client.rs b/postgres/src/client.rs
index 2ffe9caa..8dd7b05d 100644
--- a/postgres/src/client.rs
+++ b/postgres/src/client.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ impl Client {
         self.batch_execute("BEGIN")?;
         Ok(Transaction::new(self))
     }
+
+    pub fn is_closed(&self) -> bool {
+        self.0.is_closed()
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<tokio_postgres::Client> for Client {
diff --git a/tokio-postgres/src/lib.rs b/tokio-postgres/src/lib.rs
index 449cfa48..fbcb81b7 100644
--- a/tokio-postgres/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-postgres/src/lib.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ impl Client {
     pub fn batch_execute(&mut self, query: &str) -> BatchExecute {
         BatchExecute(self.0.batch_execute(query))
     }
+
+    pub fn is_closed(&self) -> bool {
+        self.0.is_closed()
+    }
 }
 
 #[must_use = "futures do nothing unless polled"]
diff --git a/tokio-postgres/src/proto/client.rs b/tokio-postgres/src/proto/client.rs
index fdc80765..20bc841a 100644
--- a/tokio-postgres/src/proto/client.rs
+++ b/tokio-postgres/src/proto/client.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ impl Client {
         }))
     }
 
+    pub fn is_closed(&self) -> bool {
+        self.0.sender.is_closed()
+    }
+
     pub fn downgrade(&self) -> WeakClient {
         WeakClient(Arc::downgrade(&self.0))
     }