diff --git a/ollama/_client.py b/ollama/_client.py
index 8dfce824..274349d9 100644
--- a/ollama/_client.py
+++ b/ollama/_client.py
@@ -181,18 +181,21 @@ def _request(
     if stream:
 
       def inner():
-        with self._client.stream(*args, **kwargs) as r:
-          try:
-            r.raise_for_status()
-          except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
-            e.response.read()
-            raise ResponseError(e.response.text, e.response.status_code) from None
-
-          for line in r.iter_lines():
-            part = json.loads(line)
-            if err := part.get('error'):
-              raise ResponseError(err)
-            yield cls(**part)
+        try:
+          with self._client.stream(*args, **kwargs) as r:
+            try:
+              r.raise_for_status()
+            except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
+              e.response.read()
+              raise ResponseError(e.response.text, e.response.status_code) from None
+
+            for line in r.iter_lines():
+              part = json.loads(line)
+              if err := part.get('error'):
+                raise ResponseError(err)
+              yield cls(**part)
+        except httpx.ConnectError:
+          raise ConnectionError(CONNECTION_ERROR_MESSAGE) from None
 
       return inner()
 
@@ -774,18 +777,21 @@ async def _request(
     if stream:
 
       async def inner():
-        async with self._client.stream(*args, **kwargs) as r:
-          try:
-            r.raise_for_status()
-          except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
-            await e.response.aread()
-            raise ResponseError(e.response.text, e.response.status_code) from None
-
-          async for line in r.aiter_lines():
-            part = json.loads(line)
-            if err := part.get('error'):
-              raise ResponseError(err)
-            yield cls(**part)
+        try:
+          async with self._client.stream(*args, **kwargs) as r:
+            try:
+              r.raise_for_status()
+            except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
+              await e.response.aread()
+              raise ResponseError(e.response.text, e.response.status_code) from None
+
+            async for line in r.aiter_lines():
+              part = json.loads(line)
+              if err := part.get('error'):
+                raise ResponseError(err)
+              yield cls(**part)
+        except httpx.ConnectError:
+          raise ConnectionError(CONNECTION_ERROR_MESSAGE) from None
 
       return inner()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 7b7ab38e..4a9b26fa 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 import pytest
+from httpx import ConnectError, MockTransport
 from httpx import Response as httpxResponse
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from pytest_httpserver import HTTPServer, URIPattern
 from werkzeug.wrappers import Request, Response
 
 from ollama._client import CONNECTION_ERROR_MESSAGE, AsyncClient, Client, _copy_tools
-from ollama._types import Image, Message
+from ollama._types import Image, Message, ResponseError
 
 PNG_BASE64 = 'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAIAAACQd1PeAAAADElEQVR4nGNgYGAAAAAEAAH2FzhVAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC'
 PNG_BYTES = base64.b64decode(PNG_BASE64)
@@ -1338,6 +1339,68 @@ def test_client_connection_error():
     client.show('model')
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def disconnected_transport():
+  def handler(request):
+    raise ConnectError('connection refused', request=request)
+
+  return MockTransport(handler)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('method', ['chat', 'generate', 'pull', 'push', 'create'])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('stream', [False, True])
+def test_client_connection_error_streaming_parity(disconnected_transport, method, stream):
+  client = Client(transport=disconnected_transport)
+  try:
+    with pytest.raises(ConnectionError) as exc_info:
+      response = getattr(client, method)('model', stream=stream)
+      if stream:
+        list(response)
+    assert str(exc_info.value) == CONNECTION_ERROR_MESSAGE
+  finally:
+    client.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('method', ['chat', 'generate', 'pull', 'push', 'create'])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('stream', [False, True])
+async def test_async_client_connection_error_streaming_parity(disconnected_transport, method, stream):
+  client = AsyncClient(transport=disconnected_transport)
+  try:
+    with pytest.raises(ConnectionError) as exc_info:
+      response = await getattr(client, method)('model', stream=stream)
+      if stream:
+        async for _ in response:
+          pass
+    assert str(exc_info.value) == CONNECTION_ERROR_MESSAGE
+  finally:
+    await client.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('status_code', [200, 500])
+def test_client_stream_response_error(status_code):
+  transport = MockTransport(lambda request: httpxResponse(status_code, json={'error': 'model failed'}))
+  client = Client(transport=transport)
+  try:
+    with pytest.raises(ResponseError, match='model failed') as exc_info:
+      list(client.generate('model', stream=True))
+    assert exc_info.value.status_code == (-1 if status_code == 200 else status_code)
+  finally:
+    client.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('status_code', [200, 500])
+async def test_async_client_stream_response_error(status_code):
+  transport = MockTransport(lambda request: httpxResponse(status_code, json={'error': 'model failed'}))
+  client = AsyncClient(transport=transport)
+  try:
+    with pytest.raises(ResponseError, match='model failed') as exc_info:
+      async for _ in await client.generate('model', stream=True):
+        pass
+    assert exc_info.value.status_code == (-1 if status_code == 200 else status_code)
+  finally:
+    await client.close()
+
+
 async def test_async_client_connection_error():
   client = AsyncClient('http://localhost:1234')
   with pytest.raises(ConnectionError) as exc_info: