diff --git a/tests/integration/standard/test_connection.py b/tests/integration/standard/test_connection.py
index 1b29c528..f7acae67 100644
--- a/tests/integration/standard/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/integration/standard/test_connection.py
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ from cassandra.cluster import NoHostAvailable, Cluster
 from cassandra.io.asyncorereactor import AsyncoreConnection
 from cassandra.protocol import QueryMessage
 from cassandra.connection import Connection
-from cassandra.policies import WhiteListRoundRobinPolicy
+from cassandra.policies import WhiteListRoundRobinPolicy, HostStateListener
 
 from tests import is_monkey_patched
-from tests.integration import use_singledc, PROTOCOL_VERSION
+from tests.integration import use_singledc, PROTOCOL_VERSION, get_node
 
 try:
     from cassandra.io.libevreactor import LibevConnection
@@ -78,6 +78,91 @@ class ConnectionTimeoutTest(unittest.TestCase):
             future.result()
 
 
+class TestHostListener(HostStateListener):
+    host_down = None
+
+    def on_down(self, host):
+        host_down = host
+
+
+class HeartbeatTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    Test to validate failing a heartbeat check doesn't mark a host as down
+
+    @since 3.3
+    @jira_ticket PYTHON-286
+    @expected_result host should not be marked down when heartbeat fails
+
+    @test_category connection heartbeat
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.cluster = Cluster(protocol_version=PROTOCOL_VERSION, idle_heartbeat_interval=1)
+        self.session = self.cluster.connect()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.cluster.shutdown()
+
+    def test_heart_beat_timeout(self):
+        # Setup a host listener to ensure the nodes don't go down
+        test_listener = TestHostListener()
+        host = "127.0.0.1"
+        node = get_node(1)
+        initial_connections = self.fetch_connections(host, self.cluster)
+        self.assertNotEqual(len(initial_connections), 0)
+        self.cluster.register_listener(test_listener)
+        # Pause the node
+        node.pause()
+        # Wait for connections associated with this host go away
+        self.wait_for_no_connections(host, self.cluster)
+        # Resume paused node
+        node.resume()
+        # Run a query to ensure connections are re-established
+        current_host = ""
+        count = 0
+        while current_host != host and count < 100:
+            rs = self.session.execute_async("SELECT * FROM system.local", trace=False)
+            rs.result()
+            current_host = str(rs._current_host)
+            count += 1
+        self.assertLess(count, 100, "Never connected to the first node")
+        new_connections = self.wait_for_connections(host, self.cluster)
+        self.assertIsNone(test_listener.host_down)
+        # Make sure underlying new connections don't match previous ones
+        for connection in initial_connections:
+            self.assertFalse(connection in new_connections)
+
+    def fetch_connections(self, host, cluster):
+        # Given a cluster object and host grab all connection associated with that host
+        connections = []
+        holders = cluster.get_connection_holders()
+        for conn in holders:
+            if host == str(getattr(conn, 'host', '')):
+                if conn._connection is not None:
+                    connections.append(conn._connection)
+        return connections
+
+    def wait_for_connections(self, host, cluster):
+        retry = 0
+        while(retry < 300):
+            retry += 1
+            connections = self.fetch_connections(host, cluster)
+            if len(connections) is not 0:
+                return connections
+            time.sleep(.1)
+        self.fail("No new connections found")
+
+    def wait_for_no_connections(self, host, cluster):
+        retry = 0
+        while(retry < 100):
+            retry += 1
+            connections = self.fetch_connections(host, cluster)
+            if len(connections) is 0:
+                return
+            time.sleep(.1)
+        self.fail("Connections never cleared")
+
+
 class ConnectionTests(object):
 
     klass = None