diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/logmon_hook_unix_test.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/logmon_hook_unix_test.go
index 582692a27..1d9e66c16 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/logmon_hook_unix_test.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/logmon_hook_unix_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/allocrunner/interfaces"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/testlog"
@@ -86,3 +87,74 @@ func TestTaskRunner_LogmonHook_StartCrashStop(t *testing.T) {
 	// Running stop should shutdown logmon
 	require.NoError(t, hook.Stop(context.Background(), nil, nil))
 }
+
+// TestTaskRunner_LogmonHook_ShutdownMidStart simulates logmon crashing while the
+// Nomad client is calling Start() and asserts that we recover and spawn a new logmon.
+func TestTaskRunner_LogmonHook_ShutdownMidStart(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	alloc := mock.BatchAlloc()
+	task := alloc.Job.TaskGroups[0].Tasks[0]
+
+	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "nomadtest")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		require.NoError(t, os.RemoveAll(dir))
+	}()
+
+	hookConf := newLogMonHookConfig(task.Name, dir)
+	hook := newLogMonHook(hookConf, testlog.HCLogger(t))
+
+	req := interfaces.TaskPrestartRequest{
+		Task: task,
+	}
+	resp := interfaces.TaskPrestartResponse{}
+
+	// First start
+	require.NoError(t, hook.Prestart(context.Background(), &req, &resp))
+	defer hook.Stop(context.Background(), nil, nil)
+
+	origState := resp.State
+	origHookData := resp.State[logmonReattachKey]
+	require.NotEmpty(t, origHookData)
+
+	// Pluck PID out of reattach synthesize a crash
+	reattach := struct {
+		Pid int
+	}{}
+	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal([]byte(origHookData), &reattach))
+	pid := reattach.Pid
+	require.NotZero(t, pid)
+
+	proc, _ := os.FindProcess(pid)
+
+	// Assert logmon is running
+	require.NoError(t, proc.Signal(syscall.Signal(0)))
+
+	// SIGSTOP would freeze process without it being considered
+	// exited; so this causes process to be non-exited at beginning of call
+	// then we kill process while Start call is running
+	require.NoError(t, proc.Signal(syscall.SIGSTOP))
+
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+
+		proc.Signal(syscall.SIGCONT)
+		proc.Signal(os.Kill)
+	}()
+
+	req.PreviousState = map[string]string{
+		logmonReattachKey: origHookData,
+	}
+
+	initLogmon, initClient := hook.logmon, hook.logmonPluginClient
+
+	resp = interfaces.TaskPrestartResponse{}
+	err = hook.Prestart(context.Background(), &req, &resp)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEqual(t, origState, resp.State)
+
+	// assert that we got a new client and logmon
+	require.True(t, initLogmon != hook.logmon)
+	require.True(t, initClient != hook.logmonPluginClient)
+}