diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 6009ee2..0c47fe4 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -336,6 +336,22 @@ class MomokoConnectionServerSideCursorTest(BaseDataTest):
         yield self.conn.execute("CLOSE all_ints")
         yield self.conn.execute("COMMIT")
 
+    @gen_test
+    def test_abort_on_close(self):
+        # issue $140
+        int_count = 10000
+        yield self.fill_int_data(int_count)
+
+        conn = yield momoko.connect(good_dsn, ioloop=self.io_loop)
+        yield conn.execute("BEGIN")
+        yield conn.execute("DECLARE all_ints CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM unit_test_int_table")
+        cursor_future = conn.execute("FETCH 2000 FROM all_ints")
+
+        conn.close()
+
+        cursor = yield cursor_future
+        cursor.fetchall()
+
 
 class MomokoConnectionSetsessionTest(BaseTest):
     @gen_test