diff --git a/lib/Connection.js b/lib/Connection.js
index f6021ec..86ee924 100644
--- a/lib/Connection.js
+++ b/lib/Connection.js
@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ Connection.prototype.connect = function() {
   parser.on('continue', function(info) {
     var type = self._curReq.type;
     if (type === 'IDLE') {
+      if (self._queue.length
+          && self._curReq
+          && self._curReq.type === 'IDLE'
+          && self._sock
+          && self._sock.writable
+          && !self._idle.enabled) {
+        self.debug && self.debug('=> DONE');
+        self._sock.write('DONE' + CRLF);
+        return;
+      }
       // now idling
       self._idle.started = Date.now();
     } else if (/^AUTHENTICATE XOAUTH/.test(self._curReq.fullcmd)) {
@@ -225,6 +235,7 @@ Connection.prototype.connect = function() {
       // no longer idling
       self._idle.enabled = false;
       self._idle.started = undefined;
+      clearTimeout(self._tmrKeepalive);
 
       self._curReq = undefined;
 
@@ -1726,8 +1737,7 @@ Connection.prototype._enqueue = function(fullcmd, promote, cb) {
              && this._sock.writable
              && this._idle.enabled) {
     this._idle.enabled = false;
-    this.debug && this.debug('=> DONE');
-    this._sock.write('DONE' + CRLF);
+    clearTimeout(this._tmrKeepalive);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/test-connection-idle-order.js b/test/test-connection-idle-order.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8df728f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-connection-idle-order.js
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+var assert = require('assert'),
+    net = require('net'),
+    Imap = require('../lib/Connection');
+
+var result, body = '', bodyInfo;
+
+var CRLF = '\r\n';
+
+var RESPONSES = [
+  ['* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA CHILDREN',
+   'A0 OK Thats all she wrote!',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA CHILDREN UIDPLUS MOVE',
+   'A1 OK authenticated (Success)',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* NAMESPACE (("" "/")) NIL NIL',
+   'A2 OK Success',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* LIST (\\Noselect) "/" "/"',
+   'A3 OK Success',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* FLAGS (\\Answered \\Flagged \\Draft \\Deleted \\Seen)',
+   '* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Flags permitted.',
+   '* OK [UIDVALIDITY 2] UIDs valid.',
+   '* 685 EXISTS',
+   '* 0 RECENT',
+   '* OK [UIDNEXT 4422] Predicted next UID.',
+   'A4 OK [READ-ONLY] INBOX selected. (Success)',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* 1 FETCH (UID 1)',
+   '* 1 FETCH (INTERNALDATE "05-Sep-2004 00:38:03 +0000" UID 1000)',
+   '* 1 FETCH (BODY[TEXT] "IMAP is terrible")',
+   '* 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\\Seen))',
+   'A5 OK Success',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* STATUS test (MESSAGES 231 RECENT 0 UNSEEN 0 UIDVALIDITY 123 UIDNEXT 442)',
+   'A6 OK STATUS completed',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* BYE LOGOUT Requested',
+   'A7 OK good day (Success)',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF)
+];
+var EXPECTED = [
+  'A0 CAPABILITY',
+  'A1 LOGIN "foo" "bar"',
+  'A2 NAMESPACE',
+  'A3 LIST "" ""',
+  'A4 EXAMINE "INBOX"',
+  'A5 FETCH 1 (UID FLAGS INTERNALDATE BODY.PEEK[TEXT])',
+  'IDLE IDLE',
+  'DONE',
+  'A6 STATUS "test" (MESSAGES RECENT UNSEEN UIDVALIDITY UIDNEXT)',
+  'A7 LOGOUT'
+];
+
+var exp = -1,
+    res = -1,
+    sentCont = false;
+
+var srv = net.createServer(function(sock) {
+  sock.write('* OK asdf\r\n');
+  var buf = '', lines;
+  sock.on('data', function(data) {
+    buf += data.toString('utf8');
+    if (buf.indexOf(CRLF) > -1) {
+      lines = buf.split(CRLF);
+      buf = lines.pop();
+      lines.forEach(function(l) {
+        assert(l === EXPECTED[++exp], 'Unexpected client request: ' + l);
+        if (l === 'DONE') {
+          assert(sentCont, 'DONE seen before continuation sent');
+          sock.write('IDLE ok\r\n');
+        } else if (l === 'IDLE IDLE') {
+          setTimeout(function() {
+            sentCont = true;
+            sock.write('+ idling\r\n');
+          }, 100);
+        } else {
+          assert(RESPONSES[++res], 'No response for client request: ' + l);
+          sock.write(RESPONSES[res]);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  });
+});
+srv.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', function() {
+  var port = srv.address().port;
+  var imap = new Imap({
+    user: 'foo',
+    password: 'bar',
+    host: '127.0.0.1',
+    port: port,
+    keepalive: true
+  });
+  imap.on('ready', function() {
+    srv.close();
+    imap.openBox('INBOX', true, function() {
+      var f = imap.seq.fetch(1, { bodies: ['TEXT'] });
+      f.on('message', function(m) {
+        m.on('body', function(stream, info) {
+          bodyInfo = info;
+          stream.on('data', function(chunk) { body += chunk.toString('utf8'); });
+        });
+        m.on('attributes', function(attrs) {
+          result = attrs;
+        });
+      });
+      f.on('end', function() {
+        imap.status('test', function(err, status) {
+          imap.end();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+  imap.connect();
+});
+
+process.once('exit', function() {
+  assert.deepEqual(result, {
+    uid: 1,
+    date: new Date('05-Sep-2004 00:38:03 +0000'),
+    flags: [ '\\Seen' ]
+  });
+  assert.equal(body, 'IMAP is terrible');
+  assert.deepEqual(bodyInfo, {
+    seqno: 1,
+    which: 'TEXT',
+    size: 16
+  });
+});
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