diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b36f9a95..d92e0ec6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - `MemFS` now immediately releases all memory it holds when `close()` is called,
   rather than when it gets garbage collected. Closes [issue #308](https://github.com/PyFilesystem/pyfilesystem2/issues/308).
+- `FTPFS` now translates `EOFError` into `RemoteConnectionError`. Closes [#292](https://github.com/PyFilesystem/pyfilesystem2/issues/292)
 
 ## [2.4.8] - 2019-06-12
 
diff --git a/fs/ftpfs.py b/fs/ftpfs.py
index 8e295da4..21e98a10 100644
--- a/fs/ftpfs.py
+++ b/fs/ftpfs.py
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ def ftp_errors(fs, path=None):
         raise errors.RemoteConnectionError(
             msg="unable to connect to {}".format(fs.host)
         )
+    except EOFError:
+        raise errors.RemoteConnectionError(msg="lost connection to {}".format(fs.host))
     except error_temp as error:
         if path is not None:
             raise errors.ResourceError(
diff --git a/tests/test_ftpfs.py b/tests/test_ftpfs.py
index df6c97a7..19ce22ed 100644
--- a/tests/test_ftpfs.py
+++ b/tests/test_ftpfs.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import socket
-import ftplib
 import os
 import platform
 import shutil
@@ -114,6 +113,20 @@ def test_manager(self):
             with ftp_errors(mem_fs):
                 raise error_perm("999 foo")
 
+    def test_manager_with_host(self):
+        mem_fs = open_fs("mem://")
+        mem_fs.host = "ftp.example.com"
+
+        with self.assertRaises(errors.RemoteConnectionError) as err_info:
+            with ftp_errors(mem_fs):
+                raise EOFError
+        self.assertEqual(str(err_info.exception), "lost connection to ftp.example.com")
+
+        with self.assertRaises(errors.RemoteConnectionError) as err_info:
+            with ftp_errors(mem_fs):
+                raise socket.error
+        self.assertEqual(str(err_info.exception), "unable to connect to ftp.example.com")
+
 
 @attr("slow")
 class TestFTPFS(FSTestCases, unittest.TestCase):
@@ -167,7 +180,7 @@ def tearDown(self):
 
     def test_ftp_url(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.fs.ftp_url, "ftp://{}:{}@{}:{}".format(self.user, self.pasw, self.server.host, self.server.port))
-        
+
     def test_geturl(self):
         self.fs.makedir("foo")
         self.fs.create("bar")
@@ -251,7 +264,7 @@ def make_fs(self):
     def test_features(self):
         pass
 
-    
+
 @attr("slow")
 class TestAnonFTPFS(FSTestCases, unittest.TestCase):