diff --git a/packages/connection/index.js b/packages/connection/index.js
index 77f53d2e..3f631860 100644
--- a/packages/connection/index.js
+++ b/packages/connection/index.js
@@ -252,6 +252,21 @@ class Connection extends EventEmitter {
     await promise(this.socket, "close", "error", timeout);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Forcibly disconnects the socket
+   * https://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6120.html#streams-close
+   * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7395#section-3.6
+   */
+  async forceDisconnect(timeout = this.timeout) {
+    if (!this.socket) return;
+
+    this._status("disconnecting");
+    this.socket.destroy();
+
+    // The 'disconnect' status is set by the socket 'close' listener
+    await promise(this.socket, "close", "error", timeout);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Opens the stream
    */
diff --git a/packages/stream-management/index.js b/packages/stream-management/index.js
index ace127af..0cc7fa8b 100644
--- a/packages/stream-management/index.js
+++ b/packages/stream-management/index.js
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export default function streamManagement({
     clearTimeout(timeoutTimeout);
     if (sm.timeout) {
       timeoutTimeout = setTimeout(
-        () => entity.disconnect().catch(),
+        () => entity.forceDisconnect().catch(),
         sm.timeout,
       );
     }
diff --git a/packages/tls/lib/Socket.js b/packages/tls/lib/Socket.js
index e0bbfa27..9b60506c 100644
--- a/packages/tls/lib/Socket.js
+++ b/packages/tls/lib/Socket.js
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ class Socket extends EventEmitter {
     this.socket.end();
   }
 
+  destroy() {
+    this.socket.destroy();
+  }
+
   write(data, fn) {
     this.socket.write(data, fn);
   }
diff --git a/packages/websocket/lib/Socket.js b/packages/websocket/lib/Socket.js
index 3227a11b..d48e5fa4 100644
--- a/packages/websocket/lib/Socket.js
+++ b/packages/websocket/lib/Socket.js
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ export default class Socket extends EventEmitter {
     this.socket.close();
   }
 
+  destroy() {
+    this.socket.close();
+  }
+
   write(data, fn) {
     if (WebSocket === WS) {
       this.socket.send(data, fn);
diff --git a/test/stream-management.js b/test/stream-management.js
index 926bbc4d..5d8aacca 100644
--- a/test/stream-management.js
+++ b/test/stream-management.js
@@ -78,3 +78,25 @@ test("client retry stanzas", async () => {
   const el = await elP;
   expect(el.attrs.id).toEqual("ping");
 });
+
+test("client reconnect automatically", async () => {
+  await server.enableModules(["smacks"]);
+  await server.restart();
+
+  xmpp = client({ credentials, service: domain });
+  xmpp.streamManagement.timeout = 10;
+  xmpp.streamManagement.debounceAckRequest = 1;
+  debug(xmpp);
+
+  const resumedP = promise(xmpp.streamManagement, "resumed");
+  await xmpp.start();
+  await xmpp.send(
+    <iq to={domain} id="ping">
+      <ping xmlns="urn:xmppp:ping" />
+    </iq>,
+  );
+  xmpp.socket.socket.pause();
+
+  await resumedP;
+  expect().pass();
+});