diff --git a/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiSubscriber.cs b/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiSubscriber.cs
index f0d3ec0..e91ff34 100644
--- a/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiSubscriber.cs
+++ b/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiSubscriber.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ namespace Tapeti.Connection
         }
 
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Called after the connection is lost and regained. Reapplies the bindings and if Resume
+        /// has already been called, restarts the consumers. For internal use only.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public async Task Reconnect()
+        {
+            await ApplyBindings();
+
+            if (consuming)
+                await ConsumeQueues();
+        }
+
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public async Task Resume()
         {
@@ -47,7 +61,12 @@ namespace Tapeti.Connection
                 return;
 
             consuming = true;
+            await ConsumeQueues();
+        }
 
+
+        private async Task ConsumeQueues()
+        {
             var queues = config.Bindings.GroupBy(binding => binding.QueueName);
 
             await Task.WhenAll(queues.Select(async group =>
diff --git a/Tapeti/TapetiConnection.cs b/Tapeti/TapetiConnection.cs
index 3e167c5..75ef8c9 100644
--- a/Tapeti/TapetiConnection.cs
+++ b/Tapeti/TapetiConnection.cs
@@ -145,15 +145,15 @@ namespace Tapeti
         protected virtual void OnReconnected(EventArgs e)
         {
             var reconnectedEvent = Reconnected;
-            if (reconnectedEvent == null)
+            if (reconnectedEvent == null && subscriber == null)
                 return;
 
-            Task.Run(() =>
+            Task.Run(async () =>
             {
-                subscriber?.ApplyBindings().ContinueWith(t =>
-                {
-                    reconnectedEvent.Invoke(this, e);
-                });
+                if (subscriber != null)
+                    await subscriber.Reconnect();
+
+                reconnectedEvent?.Invoke(this, e);
             });
         }