diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/connection/CachingConnectionFactory.java b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/connection/CachingConnectionFactory.java
index 59014896..227731ae 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/connection/CachingConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/connection/CachingConnectionFactory.java
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ public class CachingConnectionFactory extends AbstractConnectionFactory {
 			} else if (methodName.equals("getTargetChannel")) {
 				// Handle getTargetChannel method: return underlying Channel.
 				return this.target;
+			} else if (methodName.equals("isOpen")) {
+				// Handle isOpen method: we are closed if the target is
+				return this.target != null && this.target.isOpen();
 			}
 			try {
 				if (this.target == null || !this.target.isOpen()) {
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/BlockingQueueConsumerIntegrationTests.java b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/BlockingQueueConsumerIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36472d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/BlockingQueueConsumerIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Level;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.amqp.core.AcknowledgeMode;
+import org.springframework.amqp.core.Queue;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection.CachingConnectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitTemplate;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.support.DefaultMessagePropertiesConverter;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.test.BrokerRunning;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.test.BrokerTestUtils;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.test.Log4jLevelAdjuster;
+
+public class BlockingQueueConsumerIntegrationTests {
+	
+	private static Queue queue = new Queue("test.queue");
+
+	@Rule
+	public BrokerRunning brokerIsRunning = BrokerRunning.isRunningWithEmptyQueues(queue);
+
+	@Rule
+	public Log4jLevelAdjuster logLevels = new Log4jLevelAdjuster(Level.INFO, RabbitTemplate.class,
+			SimpleMessageListenerContainer.class, BlockingQueueConsumer.class,
+			BlockingQueueConsumerIntegrationTests.class);
+
+	@Test
+	public void testTransactionalLowLevel() throws Exception {
+
+		RabbitTemplate template = new RabbitTemplate();
+		CachingConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new CachingConnectionFactory();
+		connectionFactory.setPort(BrokerTestUtils.getPort());
+		template.setConnectionFactory(connectionFactory);
+
+		BlockingQueueConsumer blockingQueueConsumer = new BlockingQueueConsumer(connectionFactory,
+				new DefaultMessagePropertiesConverter(), new ActiveObjectCounter<BlockingQueueConsumer>(),
+				AcknowledgeMode.AUTO, true, 1, queue.getName());
+		blockingQueueConsumer.start();
+		connectionFactory.destroy();
+
+		// TODO: make this into a proper assertion. An exception can be thrown here by the Rabbit client and printed to
+		// stderr without being rethrown (so hard to make a test fail).
+		blockingQueueConsumer.stop();
+		assertNull(template.receiveAndConvert(queue.getName()));
+
+	}
+
+}