diff --git a/lib/thrift/binary/framed/client.ex b/lib/thrift/binary/framed/client.ex
index 18be648b..f761353e 100644
--- a/lib/thrift/binary/framed/client.ex
+++ b/lib/thrift/binary/framed/client.ex
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
   alias Thrift.TApplicationException
   alias Thrift.Transport.SSL
 
-  @immutable_tcp_opts [active: false, packet: 4, mode: :binary]
+  @immutable_tcp_opts [active: true, packet: 4, mode: :binary]
 
   @type error :: {:error, atom} | {:error, {:exception, struct}}
   @type success :: {:ok, binary}
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
           {:tcp_opts, [tcp_option]}
           | {:ssl_opts, [SSL.option()]}
           | {:gen_server_opts, [genserver_call_option]}
+          | {:reconnect, boolean}
 
   @type options :: [option]
 
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
             ssl_opts: [SSL.option()],
             timeout: integer,
             sock: {:gen_tcp, :gen_tcp.socket()} | {:ssl, :ssl.sslsocket()},
-            seq_id: integer
+            seq_id: integer,
+            reconnect: boolean
           }
     defstruct host: nil,
               port: nil,
@@ -64,7 +66,8 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
               ssl_opts: nil,
               timeout: 5000,
               sock: nil,
-              seq_id: 0
+              seq_id: 0,
+              reconnect: false
   end
 
   require Logger
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
   def init({host, port, opts}) do
     tcp_opts = Keyword.get(opts, :tcp_opts, [])
     ssl_opts = Keyword.get(opts, :ssl_opts, [])
+    reconnect = Keyword.get(opts, :reconnect, false)
 
     {timeout, tcp_opts} = Keyword.pop(tcp_opts, :timeout, 5000)
 
@@ -82,7 +86,8 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
       port: port,
       tcp_opts: tcp_opts,
       ssl_opts: ssl_opts,
-      timeout: timeout
+      timeout: timeout,
+      reconnect: reconnect
     }
 
     {:connect, :init, s}
@@ -124,6 +129,9 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
   Additionally, the options `:name`, `:debug`, and `:spawn_opt`, if specified,
   will be passed to the underlying `GenServer`. See `GenServer.start_link/3`
   for details on these options.
+
+  The `:reconnect` option if set to `true` forces client to reopen TCP connection whenever
+  it closed.
   """
   @spec start_link(String.t(), 0..65_535, options) :: GenServer.on_start()
   def start_link(host, port, opts) do
@@ -143,6 +151,9 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
       |> Keyword.merge(@immutable_tcp_opts)
       |> Keyword.put_new(:send_timeout, 1000)
 
+    # reset sequence id for newly created connection
+    s = %{s | seq_id: 0}
+
     case :gen_tcp.connect(host, port, opts, timeout) do
       {:ok, sock} ->
         maybe_ssl_handshake(sock, host, port, s)
@@ -158,10 +169,13 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
   end
 
   @impl Connection
-  def disconnect(info, %{sock: {transport, sock}}) do
+  def disconnect(info, %{sock: {transport, sock}} = s) do
     :ok = transport.close(sock)
 
     case info do
+      :reconnect ->
+        {:connect, info, %{s | sock: nil}}
+
       {:close, from} ->
         Connection.reply(from, :ok)
         {:stop, :normal, nil}
@@ -245,7 +259,7 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
 
   def handle_call(
         {:call, rpc_name, serialized_args, tcp_opts},
-        _,
+        _from,
         %{sock: {transport, sock}, seq_id: seq_id, timeout: default_timeout} = s
       ) do
     s = %{s | seq_id: seq_id + 1}
@@ -253,7 +267,7 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
     timeout = Keyword.get(tcp_opts, :timeout, default_timeout)
 
     with :ok <- transport.send(sock, [message | serialized_args]),
-         {:ok, message} <- transport.recv(sock, 0, timeout) do
+         {:ok, message} <- receive_message(transport, sock, timeout) do
       reply = deserialize_message_reply(message, rpc_name, seq_id)
       {:reply, reply, s}
     else
@@ -291,10 +305,59 @@ defmodule Thrift.Binary.Framed.Client do
     end
   end
 
+  @impl Connection
+  def handle_info({:tcp, sock, _data}, %{reconnect: true, sock: {:gen_tcp, sock}} = s) do
+    {:disconnect, :reconnect, s}
+  end
+
+  def handle_info({:tcp_closed, sock}, %{reconnect: true, sock: {:gen_tcp, sock}} = s) do
+    {:disconnect, :reconnect, s}
+  end
+
+  def handle_info({:tcp_error, sock, _error}, %{reconnect: true, sock: {:gen_tcp, sock}} = s) do
+    {:disconnect, :reconnect, s}
+  end
+
+  def handle_info({:ssl, sock, _data}, %{reconnect: true, sock: {:ssl, sock}} = s) do
+    {:disconnect, :reconnect, s}
+  end
+
+  def handle_info({:ssl_closed, sock}, %{reconnect: true, sock: {:ssl, sock}} = s) do
+    {:disconnect, :reconnect, s}
+  end
+
+  def handle_info({:ssl_error, sock, _error}, %{reconnect: true, sock: {:ssl, sock}} = s) do
+    {:disconnect, :reconnect, s}
+  end
+
+  def handle_info(_, s) do
+    {:noreply, s}
+  end
+
   def deserialize_message_reply(message, rpc_name, seq_id) do
     handle_message(Binary.deserialize(:message_begin, message), seq_id, rpc_name)
   end
 
+  defp receive_message(:gen_tcp, sock, timeout) do
+    receive do
+      {:tcp, ^sock, data} -> {:ok, data}
+      {:tcp_closed, ^sock} -> {:error, :closed}
+      {:tcp_error, ^sock, error} -> {:error, error}
+    after
+      timeout -> {:error, :timeout}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp receive_message(:ssl, sock, timeout) do
+    receive do
+      {:ssl, ^sock, data} -> {:ok, data}
+      {:ssl_closed, ^sock} -> {:error, :closed}
+      {:ssl_error, ^sock, error} -> {:error, error}
+    after
+      timeout -> {:error, :timeout}
+    end
+  end
+
   defp handle_message({:ok, {:reply, seq_id, rpc_name, serialized_response}}, seq_id, rpc_name) do
     {:ok, serialized_response}
   end
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index de28de65..4651a56f 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   "makeup_elixir": {:hex, :makeup_elixir, "0.14.0", "cf8b7c66ad1cff4c14679698d532f0b5d45a3968ffbcbfd590339cb57742f1ae", [:mix], [{:makeup, "~> 1.0", [hex: :makeup, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "metrics": {:hex, :metrics, "1.0.1", "25f094dea2cda98213cecc3aeff09e940299d950904393b2a29d191c346a8486", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
   "mimerl": {:hex, :mimerl, "1.2.0", "67e2d3f571088d5cfd3e550c383094b47159f3eee8ffa08e64106cdf5e981be3", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
-  "nimble_parsec": {:hex, :nimble_parsec, "0.5.1", "c90796ecee0289dbb5ad16d3ad06f957b0cd1199769641c961cfe0b97db190e0", [], [], "hexpm"},
+  "nimble_parsec": {:hex, :nimble_parsec, "0.5.1", "c90796ecee0289dbb5ad16d3ad06f957b0cd1199769641c961cfe0b97db190e0", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "parse_trans": {:hex, :parse_trans, "3.3.0", "09765507a3c7590a784615cfd421d101aec25098d50b89d7aa1d66646bc571c1", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
   "ranch": {:hex, :ranch, "1.7.1", "6b1fab51b49196860b733a49c07604465a47bdb78aa10c1c16a3d199f7f8c881", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
   "ssl_verify_fun": {:hex, :ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.4", "f0eafff810d2041e93f915ef59899c923f4568f4585904d010387ed74988e77b", [:make, :mix, :rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
diff --git a/test/thrift/binary/framed/server_test.exs b/test/thrift/binary/framed/server_test.exs
index 43b73e5c..2a359894 100644
--- a/test/thrift/binary/framed/server_test.exs
+++ b/test/thrift/binary/framed/server_test.exs
@@ -177,4 +177,40 @@ defmodule Servers.Binary.Framed.IntegrationTest do
   thrift_test "client methods can be called by name instead of pid", %{client_name: name} do
     assert {:ok, true} == Client.ping(name)
   end
+
+  @ping_reply <<128, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 4, 112, 105, 110, 103, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0>>
+  thrift_test "client can reconnect when connection closed by server", ctx do
+    {:ok, sock} = :gen_tcp.listen(0, [:binary, packet: 4, active: false])
+    {:ok, port} = :inet.port(sock)
+    test_pid = self()
+
+    # in the first connection we emulate disconnection by server
+    first_conn =
+      Task.async(fn ->
+        {:ok, conn} = :gen_tcp.accept(sock)
+        :ok = :gen_tcp.close(conn)
+      end)
+
+    name = String.to_atom("#{ctx.client_name}_1")
+    {:ok, client} = Client.start_link("localhost", port, name: name, reconnect: true)
+
+    # in the second connection we emulate reconnection to the same server port
+    second_conn =
+      Task.async(fn ->
+        {:ok, conn} = :gen_tcp.accept(sock)
+        send(test_pid, :connected)
+        {:ok, _} = :gen_tcp.recv(conn, 0)
+        :ok = :gen_tcp.send(conn, @ping_reply)
+      end)
+
+    Task.await(first_conn)
+    # wait for sucessfull connection to re-opened port
+    :ok =
+      receive do
+        :connected -> :ok
+      end
+
+    assert {:ok, true} == Client.ping(client)
+    Task.await(second_conn)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/thrift/generator/utils_test.exs b/test/thrift/generator/utils_test.exs
index d1461bdb..e533ee69 100644
--- a/test/thrift/generator/utils_test.exs
+++ b/test/thrift/generator/utils_test.exs
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ defmodule Thrift.Generator.UtilsTest do
   end
 
   test "optimize_iolist" do
-    check <<0>>, <<0>>
-    check [<<0>>], <<0>>
-    check [<<1>>, <<2>>], <<1, 2>>
-    check [<<1>>, [<<2>>]], <<1, 2>>
-    check [[<<1>>], <<2>>], <<1, 2>>
-    check [[[[<<1>>]], [<<2>>]]], <<1, 2>>
-    check [<<1>>, x, [<<2>>, y]], [<<1>>, x, <<2>> | y]
-    check [x, <<1>>, [<<2>>, y]], [x, <<1, 2>> | y]
-    check [<<1, 2>>, <<0>>], <<1, 2, 0>>
-    check [<<1, 2>>, "foo"], <<1, 2, "foo">>
+    check(<<0>>, <<0>>)
+    check([<<0>>], <<0>>)
+    check([<<1>>, <<2>>], <<1, 2>>)
+    check([<<1>>, [<<2>>]], <<1, 2>>)
+    check([[<<1>>], <<2>>], <<1, 2>>)
+    check([[[[<<1>>]], [<<2>>]]], <<1, 2>>)
+    check([<<1>>, x, [<<2>>, y]], [<<1>>, x, <<2>> | y])
+    check([x, <<1>>, [<<2>>, y]], [x, <<1, 2>> | y])
+    check([<<1, 2>>, <<0>>], <<1, 2, 0>>)
+    check([<<1, 2>>, "foo"], <<1, 2, "foo">>)
   end
 end