diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index f142c0db9..6ebfa577f 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -5910,7 +5910,14 @@ static int GetInputData(WOLFSSH* ssh, word32 size)
             return WS_FATAL_ERROR;
         }
 
-        if (in >= 0) {
+        /* A recv-style 0 is the peer closing the connection. */
+        if (in == 0) {
+            ssh->isClosed = 1;
+            ssh->error = WS_SOCKET_ERROR_E;
+            return WS_FATAL_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        if (in > 0) {
             ssh->inputBuffer.length += in;
             size -= in;
         }
diff --git a/src/io.c b/src/io.c
index 563cc8c25..83216f306 100644
--- a/src/io.c
+++ b/src/io.c
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ int wsEmbedSend(WOLFSSH* ssh, void* data, word32 sz, void* ctx)
             WLOG(WS_LOG_DEBUG,"    Socket EPIPE");
             return WS_CBIO_ERR_CONN_CLOSE;
         }
+        else if (err == SOCKET_ECONNABORTED) {
+            WLOG(WS_LOG_DEBUG,"    Connection aborted");
+            return WS_CBIO_ERR_CONN_CLOSE;
+        }
         else {
             WLOG(WS_LOG_DEBUG,"    General error %d", err);
             return WS_CBIO_ERR_GENERAL;
diff --git a/tests/unit.c b/tests/unit.c
index ffc3517d6..7e50cead4 100644
--- a/tests/unit.c
+++ b/tests/unit.c
@@ -2713,6 +2713,142 @@ static int test_DoReceive_CbcRejectDiscards(void)
 #endif /* WOLFSSH_TEST_INTERNAL && !WOLFSSH_NO_AES_CBC && HMAC-SHA2-256 */
 
 
+#ifdef WOLFSSH_TEST_INTERNAL
+/* Gives up after this many calls, so an unfixed reader that keeps
+ * retrying a 0 return still terminates. */
+#define RECV_ZERO_CALL_CAP 100
+
+static int RecvZeroCalls;
+
+static int RecvAlwaysZero(WOLFSSH* ssh, void* data, word32 sz, void* ctx)
+{
+    WOLFSSH_UNUSED(ssh);
+    WOLFSSH_UNUSED(data);
+    WOLFSSH_UNUSED(sz);
+    WOLFSSH_UNUSED(ctx);
+
+    if (++RecvZeroCalls > RECV_ZERO_CALL_CAP)
+        return WS_CBIO_ERR_GENERAL;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* Verify DoReceive treats a 0 from the recv callback as the peer closing
+ * the connection: it fails after one call and marks the session closed,
+ * instead of calling the callback again. */
+static int test_DoReceive_RecvZeroIsClose(void)
+{
+    WOLFSSH_CTX* ctx = NULL;
+    WOLFSSH* ssh = NULL;
+    int ret;
+    int result = 0;
+
+    ctx = wolfSSH_CTX_new(WOLFSSH_ENDPOINT_CLIENT, NULL);
+    if (ctx == NULL)
+        return -794;
+    wolfSSH_SetIORecv(ctx, RecvAlwaysZero);
+    ssh = wolfSSH_new(ctx);
+    if (ssh == NULL) {
+        wolfSSH_CTX_free(ctx);
+        return -795;
+    }
+
+    RecvZeroCalls = 0;
+    ret = wolfSSH_TestDoReceive(ssh);
+    if (ret != WS_FATAL_ERROR || ssh->error != WS_SOCKET_ERROR_E) {
+        result = -796;
+        goto done;
+    }
+    if (RecvZeroCalls != 1) {
+        result = -797;
+        goto done;
+    }
+    if (!ssh->isClosed) {
+        result = -798;
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+done:
+    wolfSSH_free(ssh);
+    wolfSSH_CTX_free(ctx);
+    return result;
+}
+#endif /* WOLFSSH_TEST_INTERNAL */
+
+
+#if defined(WOLFSSH_TEST_INTERNAL) && !defined(WOLFSSH_USER_IO) && \
+    !defined(WOLFSSH_TEST_BLOCK) && !defined(WOLFSSH_LWIP) && \
+    (defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__))
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+/* No socket can be made to fail a send() with ECONNABORTED on demand, so
+ * this test replaces send() for the whole program. The library is linked in
+ * statically, so wsEmbedSend() binds to this definition. A send() on the
+ * marked descriptor fails with the chosen errno; any other passes through
+ * to sendto(), which is send() on a connected socket. */
+#define SEND_ERRNO_FD 0x5e4d
+static int sendErrnoInject = 0;
+static int sendErrnoCalls = 0;
+
+ssize_t send(int sd, const void* buf, size_t len, int flags)
+{
+    if (sd == SEND_ERRNO_FD && sendErrnoInject != 0) {
+        sendErrnoCalls++;
+        errno = sendErrnoInject;
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return sendto(sd, buf, len, flags, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+/* Verify wsEmbedSend maps ECONNABORTED to a closed connection, and that
+ * the packet send path then marks the session closed. */
+static int test_EmbedSend_ConnAbortedIsClose(void)
+{
+    WOLFSSH_CTX* ctx = NULL;
+    WOLFSSH* ssh = NULL;
+    byte data[1] = { 0 };
+    int ret;
+    int result = 0;
+
+    ctx = wolfSSH_CTX_new(WOLFSSH_ENDPOINT_CLIENT, NULL);
+    if (ctx == NULL)
+        return -799;
+    ssh = wolfSSH_new(ctx);
+    if (ssh == NULL) {
+        wolfSSH_CTX_free(ctx);
+        return -800;
+    }
+    wolfSSH_set_fd(ssh, SEND_ERRNO_FD);
+    sendErrnoInject = ECONNABORTED;
+    sendErrnoCalls = 0;
+
+    ret = wsEmbedSend(ssh, data, (word32)sizeof(data), ssh->ioWriteCtx);
+    if (sendErrnoCalls != 1 || ret != WS_CBIO_ERR_CONN_CLOSE) {
+        result = -801;
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    /* Not keyed yet, so strict KEX would refuse the IGNORE outright. */
+    ssh->sendStrictKex = 0;
+    ret = wolfSSH_SendIgnore(ssh, NULL, 0);
+    if (ret != WS_SOCKET_ERROR_E || ssh->error != WS_SOCKET_ERROR_E) {
+        result = -802;
+        goto done;
+    }
+    if (!ssh->isClosed) {
+        result = -803;
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+done:
+    sendErrnoInject = 0;
+    wolfSSH_free(ssh);
+    wolfSSH_CTX_free(ctx);
+    return result;
+}
+#endif /* WOLFSSH_TEST_INTERNAL && !WOLFSSH_USER_IO && (linux || apple) */
+
+
 #if defined(WOLFSSH_TEST_INTERNAL) && !defined(WOLFSSH_NO_AES_GCM)
 /* Verify DoReceive rejects an AES-GCM record whose length field is not a
  * multiple of the cipher block size. RFC 5647 aligns the body alone, so a
@@ -25979,6 +26115,20 @@ int wolfSSH_UnitTest(int argc, char** argv)
     printf("DoReceiveRejectsMisalignedPacket: %s\n",
             (unitResult == 0 ? "SUCCESS" : "FAILED"));
     testResult = testResult || unitResult;
+
+    unitResult = test_DoReceive_RecvZeroIsClose();
+    printf("DoReceiveRecvZeroIsClose: %s\n",
+            (unitResult == 0 ? "SUCCESS" : "FAILED"));
+    testResult = testResult || unitResult;
+#endif
+
+#if defined(WOLFSSH_TEST_INTERNAL) && !defined(WOLFSSH_USER_IO) && \
+    !defined(WOLFSSH_TEST_BLOCK) && !defined(WOLFSSH_LWIP) && \
+    (defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__))
+    unitResult = test_EmbedSend_ConnAbortedIsClose();
+    printf("EmbedSendConnAbortedIsClose: %s\n",
+            (unitResult == 0 ? "SUCCESS" : "FAILED"));
+    testResult = testResult || unitResult;
 #endif
 
 #if defined(WOLFSSH_TEST_INTERNAL) && !defined(WOLFSSH_NO_AES_CTR)