diff --git a/functional_producer_test.go b/functional_producer_test.go
index 4c441907cd..2ca28c8142 100644
--- a/functional_producer_test.go
+++ b/functional_producer_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package sarama
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -335,6 +336,67 @@ func testProducingMessages(t *testing.T, config *Config) {
 	safeClose(t, client)
 }
 
+// TestAsyncProducerRemoteBrokerClosed ensures that the async producer can
+// cleanly recover if network connectivity to the remote brokers is lost and
+// then subsequently resumed.
+//
+// https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/issues/2129
+func TestAsyncProducerRemoteBrokerClosed(t *testing.T) {
+	setupFunctionalTest(t)
+	defer teardownFunctionalTest(t)
+
+	config := NewTestConfig()
+	config.ClientID = t.Name()
+	config.Net.MaxOpenRequests = 1
+	config.Producer.Flush.MaxMessages = 1
+	config.Producer.Return.Successes = true
+	config.Producer.Retry.Max = math.MaxInt32
+	config.Producer.Retry.Backoff = time.Millisecond
+	config.Version, _ = ParseKafkaVersion(FunctionalTestEnv.KafkaVersion)
+
+	producer, err := NewAsyncProducer(
+		FunctionalTestEnv.KafkaBrokerAddrs,
+		config,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// produce some more messages and ensure success
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		producer.Input() <- &ProducerMessage{Topic: "test.1", Key: nil, Value: StringEncoder(TestMessage)}
+		<-producer.Successes()
+	}
+
+	// shutdown all the active tcp connections
+	for _, proxy := range FunctionalTestEnv.Proxies {
+		_ = proxy.Disable()
+	}
+
+	// produce some more messages
+	for i := 10; i < 20; i++ {
+		producer.Input() <- &ProducerMessage{Topic: "test.1", Key: nil, Value: StringEncoder(TestMessage)}
+	}
+
+	// re-open the proxies
+	for _, proxy := range FunctionalTestEnv.Proxies {
+		_ = proxy.Enable()
+	}
+
+	// ensure the previously produced messages succeed
+	for i := 10; i < 20; i++ {
+		<-producer.Successes()
+	}
+
+	// produce some more messages and ensure success
+	for i := 20; i < 30; i++ {
+		producer.Input() <- &ProducerMessage{Topic: "test.1", Key: nil, Value: StringEncoder(TestMessage)}
+		<-producer.Successes()
+	}
+
+	closeProducer(t, producer)
+}
+
 func validateMetrics(t *testing.T, client Client) {
 	// Get the broker used by test1 topic
 	var broker *Broker