diff --git a/integration/rust/tests/integration/notify.rs b/integration/rust/tests/integration/notify.rs
index 8baf8cad7..36d326d67 100644
--- a/integration/rust/tests/integration/notify.rs
+++ b/integration/rust/tests/integration/notify.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
-use crate::setup::admin_sqlx;
+use crate::setup::{admin_sqlx, connection_sqlx_direct};
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use rust_decimal::prelude::ToPrimitive;
 use sqlx::{Connection, Executor, PgConnection, Pool, Postgres, Row, postgres::PgListener};
@@ -10,6 +10,84 @@ use tokio::{
     sync::Barrier,
     time::{sleep, timeout},
 };
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_listener_restarts_and_resubscribes_after_backend_termination() {
+    async fn notify_and_receive(
+        notifier: &mut PgConnection,
+        listener: &mut PgListener,
+        channel: &str,
+    ) -> u32 {
+        let payload = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        timeout(Duration::from_secs(10), async {
+            loop {
+                notifier
+                    .execute(format!("NOTIFY \"{channel}\", '{payload}'").as_str())
+                    .await
+                    .expect("send notification through PgDog");
+
+                // Notifications can be lost while the backend reconnects.
+                // try_recv exposes frontend disconnects instead of hiding them
+                // behind SQLx's automatic reconnect and resubscribe behavior.
+                if let Ok(notification) =
+                    timeout(Duration::from_millis(100), listener.try_recv()).await
+                {
+                    let notification = notification
+                        .expect("receive notification")
+                        .expect("PgDog should keep the frontend connection open");
+                    if notification.payload() == payload {
+                        assert_eq!(notification.channel(), channel);
+                        return notification.process_id();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("listener should deliver notifications within ten seconds")
+    }
+
+    let test_id = Uuid::new_v4().simple().to_string();
+    let channels = [
+        format!("restart_events_{test_id}"),
+        format!("restart_jobs_{test_id}"),
+    ];
+    let mut listener = PgListener::connect("postgres://pgdog:pgdog@127.0.0.1:6432/pgdog")
+        .await
+        .expect("connect listener");
+    listener.eager_reconnect(false);
+    for channel in &channels {
+        listener.listen(channel).await.expect("listen on channel");
+    }
+    let mut notifier = PgConnection::connect("postgres://pgdog:pgdog@127.0.0.1:6432/pgdog")
+        .await
+        .expect("connect notifier");
+
+    // NOTIFY through PgDog uses the pub/sub backend, so the notification PID
+    // identifies the exact connection to terminate.
+    let old_pid = notify_and_receive(&mut notifier, &mut listener, &channels[0]).await;
+    assert_eq!(
+        notify_and_receive(&mut notifier, &mut listener, &channels[1]).await,
+        old_pid
+    );
+
+    let direct = connection_sqlx_direct().await;
+    let terminated: bool = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT pg_terminate_backend($1, 5000)")
+        .bind(old_pid as i32)
+        .fetch_one(&direct)
+        .await
+        .expect("terminate pub/sub backend and wait for it to exit");
+    assert!(terminated, "pub/sub backend should be terminated");
+
+    // Keep the original frontend and subscriptions: PgDog must restart its
+    // listener and restore both channels without another LISTEN from the client.
+    let new_pid = notify_and_receive(&mut notifier, &mut listener, &channels[0]).await;
+    assert_ne!(new_pid, old_pid, "listener should use a new backend");
+    assert_eq!(
+        notify_and_receive(&mut notifier, &mut listener, &channels[1]).await,
+        new_pid
+    );
+}
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_notify() {
diff --git a/pgdog/src/backend/pub_sub/listener.rs b/pgdog/src/backend/pub_sub/listener.rs
index 6ed8139cc..09bad8f1e 100644
--- a/pgdog/src/backend/pub_sub/listener.rs
+++ b/pgdog/src/backend/pub_sub/listener.rs
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ impl PubSubListener {
                     result = Self::run(id, &pool, &pool_key, &mut rx, channels.clone()) => {
                         if let Err(err) = result {
                             error!("pub/sub error: {} [{}]", err, pool.addr());
+                            // Request restart of listener.
+                            comms.start.notify_one();
                             // Don't reconnect for another connect attempt delay
                             // to avoid connection storms during incidents.
                             select! {