diff --git a/pika_pool.py b/pika_pool.py
index 1b17435..0488c3e 100644
--- a/pika_pool.py
+++ b/pika_pool.py
@@ -231,9 +231,22 @@ class Pool(object):
                 if not Connection.is_connection_invalidated(ex):
                     raise
 
+        @property
+        def cxn_params(self):
+            if isinstance(self.cxn, pika.BaseConnection):
+                return self.cxn.params
+            if isinstance(self.cxn, pika.BlockingConnection):
+                return self.cxn._impl.params
+
+        @property
+        def cxn_str(self):
+            params = self.cxn_params
+            if params:
+                return '{0}:{1}/{2}'.format(params.host, params.port, params.virtual_host)
+
         def __str__(self):
             return ', '.join('{0}={1}'.format(k, v) for k, v in [
-                ('cxn', '{0}:{1}/{2}'.format(self.cxn.params.host, self.cxn.params.port, self.cxn.params.virtual_host)),
+                ('cxn', self.cxn_str),
                 ('channel', '{0}'.format(int(self.channel) if self.channel is not None else self.channel)),
             ])
 
@@ -358,7 +371,7 @@ class QueuedPool(Pool):
 
         def __str__(self):
             return ', '.join('{0}={1}'.format(k, v) for k, v in [
-                ('cxn', '{0}:{1}/{2}'.format(self.cxn.params.host, self.cxn.params.port, self.cxn.params.virtual_host)),
+                ('cxn', self.cxn_str),
                 ('channel', '{0}'.format(int(self.channel) if self.channel is not None else self.channel)),
                 ('created_at', '{0}'.format(datetime.fromtimestamp(self.created_at).isoformat())),
                 ('released_at', '{0}'.format(datetime.fromtimestamp(self.released_at).isoformat())),
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 74294b6..eb1a8f9 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ def test_use_it():
                 delivery_mode=2,
             )
         )
+        assert 'cxn=localhost:5672//' in str(cxn.fairy)
 
 
 class TestQueuedPool(object):