diff --git a/gumble/gumble/client.go b/gumble/gumble/client.go
index f7585f9..b158fd1 100644
--- a/gumble/gumble/client.go
+++ b/gumble/gumble/client.go
@@ -181,7 +181,12 @@ func DialWithDialer(dialer *net.Dialer, config *Config, tlsConfig *tls.Config) (
 
 		state: uint32(StateConnected),
 
-		connect: make(chan *RejectError),
+		// Buffered: once DialWithDialer returns on its synchronization
+		// timeout nothing reads this channel again, and an unbuffered send
+		// from handleReject would block readRoutine forever, leaking the
+		// goroutine along with the client, its user and channel maps and its
+		// multi-megabyte read buffer.
+		connect: make(chan *RejectError, 1),
 		end:     make(chan struct{}),
 	}
 
diff --git a/gumble/gumble/reject_regression_test.go b/gumble/gumble/reject_regression_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e4f186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gumble/gumble/reject_regression_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package gumble
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.stormux.org/storm/barnard/gumble/gumble/MumbleProto"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+)
+
+// Regression: the connect channel was unbuffered, so a Reject arriving after
+// DialWithDialer had already returned on its synchronization timeout blocked
+// readRoutine forever, leaking that goroutine and the whole client with it.
+func TestHandleRejectDoesNotBlockWithoutAReceiver(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &Client{
+		Config:  NewConfig(),
+		Users:   make(Users),
+		connect: make(chan *RejectError, 1),
+		state:   uint32(StateConnected),
+	}
+	c.Conn = NewConn(nopConn{})
+
+	reason := "server is full"
+	data, _ := proto.Marshal(&MumbleProto.Reject{Reason: &reason})
+
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		_ = c.handleReject(data)
+		close(done)
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	case <-timeoutChan():
+		t.Fatal("handleReject blocked with no reader on the connect channel")
+	}
+}
+
+// nopConn is a net.Conn that discards everything, so handleReject's Close call
+// has something to act on.
+type nopConn struct{}
+
+func (nopConn) Read(b []byte) (int, error)         { return 0, io.EOF }
+func (nopConn) Write(b []byte) (int, error)        { return len(b), nil }
+func (nopConn) Close() error                       { return nil }
+func (nopConn) LocalAddr() net.Addr                { return nil }
+func (nopConn) RemoteAddr() net.Addr               { return nil }
+func (nopConn) SetDeadline(t time.Time) error      { return nil }
+func (nopConn) SetReadDeadline(t time.Time) error  { return nil }
+func (nopConn) SetWriteDeadline(t time.Time) error { return nil }
+
+func timeoutChan() <-chan time.Time {
+	return time.After(10 * time.Second)
+}