diff --git a/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/Configuration.java b/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/Configuration.java
index b75bc77e4..21f98258c 100644
--- a/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/Configuration.java
+++ b/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/Configuration.java
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ public SenderConfiguration withAuthPassword(String password) {
      * @return the sender passed via the constructor or a properly configured sender
      */
     public Sender getSender() {
-      if (sender == null) {
+      if (sender == null || sender.isClosed()) {
         sender = SenderResolver.resolve(this);
       }
       return sender;
diff --git a/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/NoopSender.java b/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/NoopSender.java
index 7b36f03aa..b8a944afc 100644
--- a/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/NoopSender.java
+++ b/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/NoopSender.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
  */
 @ToString
 public class NoopSender implements Sender {
+  private boolean closed = false;
+
   @Override
   public int append(JaegerSpan span) {
     return 1;
@@ -36,6 +38,13 @@ public int flush() {
 
   @Override
   public int close() {
+    this.closed = true;
     return 0;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isClosed() {
+    return closed;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spi/Sender.java b/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spi/Sender.java
index b11df9032..1fa81dda8 100644
--- a/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spi/Sender.java
+++ b/jaeger-core/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spi/Sender.java
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@ public interface Sender {
   int flush() throws SenderException;
 
   int close() throws SenderException;
+
+  boolean isClosed();
 }
diff --git a/jaeger-core/src/test/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/InMemorySender.java b/jaeger-core/src/test/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/InMemorySender.java
index e5ca6012b..3d8e3e629 100644
--- a/jaeger-core/src/test/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/InMemorySender.java
+++ b/jaeger-core/src/test/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/InMemorySender.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public class InMemorySender implements Sender {
   private List<JaegerSpan> flushed;
   private List<JaegerSpan> received;
   private Semaphore semaphore = new Semaphore(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+  private boolean closed = false;
 
   public InMemorySender() {
     appended = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -75,9 +76,15 @@ public int flush() throws SenderException {
 
   @Override
   public int close() throws SenderException {
+    this.closed = true;
     return flush();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isClosed() {
+    return closed;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Removes previously granted "append" permits and grants
    * a new number of permits
diff --git a/jaeger-core/src/test/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/SenderResolverTest.java b/jaeger-core/src/test/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/SenderResolverTest.java
index ff016eef8..9bfe6ba1c 100644
--- a/jaeger-core/src/test/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/SenderResolverTest.java
+++ b/jaeger-core/src/test/java/io/jaegertracing/internal/senders/SenderResolverTest.java
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ private Sender getSenderForServiceFileContents(String contents, boolean append)
   }
 
   static class CustomSender implements Sender {
+    private boolean closed = false;
 
     @Override
     public int append(JaegerSpan span) {
@@ -137,9 +138,15 @@ public int flush() {
 
     @Override
     public int close() {
+      this.closed = true;
       return 0;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isClosed() {
+      return closed;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
       return "CustomSender{}";
diff --git a/jaeger-thrift/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/thrift/internal/senders/ThriftSender.java b/jaeger-thrift/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/thrift/internal/senders/ThriftSender.java
index 7811bd114..c8ff51180 100644
--- a/jaeger-thrift/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/thrift/internal/senders/ThriftSender.java
+++ b/jaeger-thrift/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/thrift/internal/senders/ThriftSender.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public abstract class ThriftSender extends ThriftSenderBase implements Sender {
   private Process process;
   private int processBytesSize;
   private int byteBufferSize;
+  private boolean closed = false;
 
   @ToString.Exclude private List<io.jaegertracing.thriftjava.Span> spanBuffer;
 
@@ -119,7 +120,13 @@ public int flush() throws SenderException {
 
   @Override
   public int close() throws SenderException {
+    this.closed = true;
     return flush();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isClosed() {
+    return closed;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/jaeger-zipkin/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/zipkin/ZipkinSender.java b/jaeger-zipkin/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/zipkin/ZipkinSender.java
index 8c3568e73..f682692c9 100644
--- a/jaeger-zipkin/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/zipkin/ZipkinSender.java
+++ b/jaeger-zipkin/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/zipkin/ZipkinSender.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public final class ZipkinSender implements Sender {
 
   @ToString.Exclude final ThriftSpanEncoder encoder = new ThriftSpanEncoder();
   @ToString.Exclude final List<byte[]> spanBuffer;
+  private boolean closed = false;
 
   /**
    * @param endpoint The POST URL for zipkin's <a href="http://zipkin.io/zipkin-api/#/">v1 api</a>,
@@ -178,9 +179,15 @@ public int close() throws SenderException {
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new SenderException("Failed to close " + delegate, e, n);
     }
+    this.closed = true;
     return n;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isClosed() {
+    return closed;
+  }
+
   // serviceName/host is needed on annotations so zipkin can query
   // see https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-java/pull/75 for more info
   static Span backFillHostOnAnnotations(Span span) {