diff --git a/source/Network/Xmpp.hs b/source/Network/Xmpp.hs
index e1b306d..278aa4d 100644
--- a/source/Network/Xmpp.hs
+++ b/source/Network/Xmpp.hs
@@ -179,23 +179,28 @@ connect address hostname = do
         Left (StreamNotStreamElement _name) -> do
             _ <- pushElement $ pickleElem xpStreamError $
                 XmppStreamError StreamInvalidXml Nothing Nothing
+            xmppCloseStreams
             return ()
         Left (StreamInvalidStreamNamespace _ns) -> do
             _ <- pushElement $ pickleElem xpStreamError $
                 XmppStreamError StreamInvalidNamespace Nothing Nothing
+            xmppCloseStreams
             return ()
         Left (StreamInvalidStreamPrefix _prefix) -> do
             _ <- pushElement $ pickleElem xpStreamError $
                 XmppStreamError StreamBadNamespacePrefix Nothing Nothing
+            xmppCloseStreams
             return ()
         -- TODO: Catch remaining xmppStartStream errors.
         Left (StreamWrongVersion _ver) -> do
             _ <- pushElement $ pickleElem xpStreamError $
                 XmppStreamError StreamUnsupportedVersion Nothing Nothing
+            xmppCloseStreams
             return ()
         Left (StreamWrongLangTag _lang) -> do
             _ <- pushElement $ pickleElem xpStreamError $
                 XmppStreamError StreamInvalidXml Nothing Nothing
+            xmppCloseStreams
             return ()
         Right () ->
             return ()
diff --git a/source/Network/Xmpp/Monad.hs b/source/Network/Xmpp/Monad.hs
index b4f2028..6203dbb 100644
--- a/source/Network/Xmpp/Monad.hs
+++ b/source/Network/Xmpp/Monad.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 module Network.Xmpp.Monad where
 
 import           Control.Applicative((<$>))
+import           Control.Concurrent (forkIO, threadDelay)
 import           Control.Monad
 import           Control.Monad.IO.Class
 import           Control.Monad.Trans.Class
@@ -184,4 +185,28 @@ xmppSendIQ' iqID to tp lang body = do
                     StreamXMLError
                 ("In xmppSendIQ' IDs don't match: " ++ show iqID ++ " /= " ++
                     show (iqResultID iq') ++ " .")
-            return $ Right iq'
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+            return $ Right iq'
+
+-- | Send "</stream:stream>" and wait for the server to finish processing and to
+-- close the connection. Any remaining elements from the server and whether or
+-- not we received a </stream:stream> element from the server is returned.
+xmppCloseStreams :: XmppConMonad ([Element], Bool)
+xmppCloseStreams = do
+    send <- gets sConPushBS
+    cc <- gets sCloseConnection
+    liftIO $ send "</stream:stream>"
+    void $ liftIO $ forkIO $ do
+        threadDelay 3000000
+        (Ex.try cc) :: IO (Either Ex.SomeException ())
+        return ()
+    collectElems []
+  where
+    -- Pulls elements from the stream until the stream ends, or an error is
+    -- raised.
+    collectElems :: [Element] -> XmppConMonad ([Element], Bool)
+    collectElems elems = do
+        result <- Ex.try pullElement
+        case result of
+            Left StreamStreamEnd -> return (elems, True)
+            Left _ -> return (elems, False)
+            Right elem -> collectElems (elem:elems)
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