diff --git a/postgres/src/lib.rs b/postgres/src/lib.rs
index d2500359..bb716933 100644
--- a/postgres/src/lib.rs
+++ b/postgres/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use deadpool::{async_trait, managed};
-use tokio::spawn;
+use tokio::{spawn, task::JoinHandle};
 use tokio_postgres::{
     tls::MakeTlsConnect, tls::TlsConnect, types::Type, Client as PgClient, Config as PgConfig,
     Error, IsolationLevel, Socket, Statement, Transaction as PgTransaction,
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ impl managed::Manager for Manager {
     type Error = Error;
 
     async fn create(&self) -> Result<ClientWrapper, Error> {
-        let client = self.connect.connect(&self.pg_config).await?;
-        let client_wrapper = ClientWrapper::new(client);
+        let (client, conn_task) = self.connect.connect(&self.pg_config).await?;
+        let client_wrapper = ClientWrapper::new(client, conn_task);
         self.statement_caches
             .attach(&client_wrapper.statement_cache);
         Ok(client_wrapper)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl managed::Manager for Manager {
 
 #[async_trait]
 trait Connect: Sync + Send {
-    async fn connect(&self, pg_config: &PgConfig) -> Result<PgClient, Error>;
+    async fn connect(&self, pg_config: &PgConfig) -> Result<(PgClient, JoinHandle<()>), Error>;
 }
 
 struct ConnectImpl<T>
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ where
     T::TlsConnect: Sync + Send,
     <T::TlsConnect as TlsConnect<Socket>>::Future: Send,
 {
-    async fn connect(&self, pg_config: &PgConfig) -> Result<PgClient, Error> {
+    async fn connect(&self, pg_config: &PgConfig) -> Result<(PgClient, JoinHandle<()>), Error> {
         let (client, connection) = pg_config.connect(self.tls.clone()).await?;
-        drop(spawn(async move {
+        let conn_task = spawn(async move {
             if let Err(e) = connection.await {
                 log::warn!(target: "deadpool.postgres", "Connection error: {}", e);
             }
-        }));
-        Ok(client)
+        });
+        Ok((client, conn_task))
     }
 }
 
@@ -369,17 +369,22 @@ pub struct ClientWrapper {
     /// Original [`PgClient`].
     client: PgClient,
 
+    /// A handle to the connection task that should be aborted when the client
+    /// wrapper is dropped.
+    conn_task: JoinHandle<()>,
+
     /// [`StatementCache`] of this client.
     pub statement_cache: Arc<StatementCache>,
 }
 
 impl ClientWrapper {
     /// Create a new [`ClientWrapper`] instance using the given
-    /// [`tokio_postgres::Client`].
+    /// [`tokio_postgres::Client`] and handle to the connection task.
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn new(client: PgClient) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(client: PgClient, conn_task: JoinHandle<()>) -> Self {
         Self {
             client,
+            conn_task,
             statement_cache: Arc::new(StatementCache::new()),
         }
     }
@@ -436,6 +441,12 @@ impl DerefMut for ClientWrapper {
     }
 }
 
+impl Drop for ClientWrapper {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.conn_task.abort()
+    }
+}
+
 /// Wrapper around [`tokio_postgres::Transaction`] with a [`StatementCache`]
 /// from the [`Client`] object it was created by.
 pub struct Transaction<'a> {