diff --git a/pyrisco/local/risco_socket.py b/pyrisco/local/risco_socket.py
index 30f7d28..893d88b 100644
--- a/pyrisco/local/risco_socket.py
+++ b/pyrisco/local/risco_socket.py
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ async def _listen(self):
             future.set_result(command)
         else:
           await self._handle_incoming(cmd_id, command, crc)
-      except ConnectionResetError as error:
+      except (ConnectionError, asyncio.IncompleteReadError) as error:
+        for i, fut in enumerate(self._futures):
+          if fut is not None and not fut.done():
+            fut.set_exception(OperationError('Connection lost'))
+          self._futures[i] = None
         await self._queue.put(error)
         break
       except Exception as error:
diff --git a/tests/test_risco_socket.py b/tests/test_risco_socket.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed72138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_risco_socket.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import asyncio
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+from pyrisco.common import OperationError
+from pyrisco.local.risco_socket import MAX_CMD_ID, RiscoSocket
+
+
+class ListenLoopShutdownTest(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    def _make_socket(self):
+        sock = RiscoSocket('host', 1, '1234')
+        sock._queue = asyncio.Queue()
+        sock._futures = [None] * MAX_CMD_ID
+        sock._reader = MagicMock()
+        return sock
+
+    async def test_incomplete_read_breaks_loop_and_cancels_futures(self):
+        sock = self._make_socket()
+        pending = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
+        sock._futures[0] = pending
+        sock._reader.readuntil = AsyncMock(
+            side_effect=asyncio.IncompleteReadError(b'', None)
+        )
+
+        await asyncio.wait_for(sock._listen(), timeout=1)
+
+        self.assertTrue(pending.done())
+        with self.assertRaises(OperationError):
+            pending.result()
+        self.assertIsInstance(sock._queue.get_nowait(), asyncio.IncompleteReadError)
+
+    async def test_connection_reset_breaks_loop_and_cancels_futures(self):
+        sock = self._make_socket()
+        pending = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
+        sock._futures[0] = pending
+        sock._reader.readuntil = AsyncMock(side_effect=ConnectionResetError())
+
+        await asyncio.wait_for(sock._listen(), timeout=1)
+
+        self.assertTrue(pending.done())
+        with self.assertRaises(OperationError):
+            pending.result()
+        self.assertIsInstance(sock._queue.get_nowait(), ConnectionResetError)
+
+    async def test_broken_pipe_breaks_loop_and_cancels_futures(self):
+        # BrokenPipeError is a ConnectionError but not a ConnectionResetError,
+        # so this proves the wider ConnectionError base is what's caught.
+        sock = self._make_socket()
+        pending = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
+        sock._futures[0] = pending
+        sock._reader.readuntil = AsyncMock(side_effect=BrokenPipeError())
+
+        await asyncio.wait_for(sock._listen(), timeout=1)
+
+        self.assertTrue(pending.done())
+        with self.assertRaises(OperationError):
+            pending.result()
+        self.assertIsInstance(sock._queue.get_nowait(), BrokenPipeError)
+
+    async def test_recoverable_error_is_queued_without_breaking(self):
+        # A non-connection error must be surfaced on the queue but must NOT
+        # tear down the listener; only a real connection loss ends the loop.
+        sock = self._make_socket()
+        sock._reader.readuntil = AsyncMock(
+            side_effect=[RuntimeError('boom'), ConnectionResetError()]
+        )
+
+        await asyncio.wait_for(sock._listen(), timeout=1)
+
+        first = sock._queue.get_nowait()
+        second = sock._queue.get_nowait()
+        self.assertIsInstance(first, RuntimeError)
+        self.assertIsInstance(second, ConnectionResetError)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()