diff --git a/backend.go b/backend.go
index 6944f80d..e9ba38fc 100644
--- a/backend.go
+++ b/backend.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (b *Backend) ReceiveStartupMessage() (FrontendMessage, error) {
 
 	buf, err = b.cr.Next(msgSize)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, translateEOFtoErrUnexpectedEOF(err)
 	}
 
 	code := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buf)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (b *Backend) Receive() (FrontendMessage, error) {
 	if !b.partialMsg {
 		header, err := b.cr.Next(5)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, translateEOFtoErrUnexpectedEOF(err)
 		}
 
 		b.msgType = header[0]
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (b *Backend) Receive() (FrontendMessage, error) {
 
 	msgBody, err := b.cr.Next(b.bodyLen)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, translateEOFtoErrUnexpectedEOF(err)
 	}
 
 	b.partialMsg = false
diff --git a/backend_test.go b/backend_test.go
index 3cfde003..5e9a2ac5 100644
--- a/backend_test.go
+++ b/backend_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package pgproto3_test
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/jackc/pgio"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -35,6 +37,26 @@ func TestBackendReceiveInterrupted(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBackendReceiveUnexpectedEOF(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	server := &interruptReader{}
+	server.push([]byte{'Q', 0, 0, 0, 6})
+
+	backend := pgproto3.NewBackend(pgproto3.NewChunkReader(server), nil)
+
+	// Receive regular msg
+	msg, err := backend.Receive()
+	assert.Nil(t, msg)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF, err)
+
+	// Receive FE msg
+	server.push([]byte{'F', 0, 0, 0, 6})
+	msg, err = backend.ReceiveStartupMessage()
+	assert.Nil(t, msg)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF, err)
+}
+
 func TestStartupMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -93,5 +115,4 @@ func TestStartupMessage(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 		}
 	})
-
 }