diff --git a/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheClientProperties.java b/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheClientProperties.java
index 6f87627e87..cca39ebf79 100644
--- a/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheClientProperties.java
+++ b/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheClientProperties.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -134,6 +134,28 @@ public final class ApacheClientProperties {
      */
     public static final String RETRY_HANDLER = "jersey.config.apache.client.retryHandler";
 
+    /**
+     * ConnectionReuseStrategy for the {@link org.apache.http.client.HttpClient}.
+     * <p/>
+     * The value MUST be an instance of {@link org.apache.http.impl.ConnectionReuseStrategy}.
+     * <p/>
+     * If the property is absent the default reuse strategy of the Apache HTTP library will be used
+     * <p/>
+     * The name of the configuration property is <tt>{@value}</tt>.
+     */
+    public static final String REUSE_STRATEGY = "jersey.config.apache.client.reuseStrategy";
+
+    /**
+     * ConnectionKeepAliveStrategy for the {@link org.apache.http.client.HttpClient}.
+     * <p/>
+     * The value MUST be an instance of {@link org.apache.http.conn.ConnectionKeepAliveStrategy}.
+     * <p/>
+     * If the property is absent the default keepalive strategy of the Apache HTTP library will be used
+     * <p/>
+     * The name of the configuration property is <tt>{@value}</tt>.
+     */
+    public static final String KEEPALIVE_STRATEGY = "jersey.config.apache.client.keepAliveStrategy";
+
     /**
      * Get the value of the specified property.
      *
diff --git a/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnector.java b/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnector.java
index 693a8d36b2..7377cfeccb 100644
--- a/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnector.java
+++ b/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnector.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 import org.glassfish.jersey.message.internal.OutboundMessageContext;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.message.internal.ReaderWriter;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.message.internal.Statuses;
-
+import org.apache.http.ConnectionReuseStrategy;
 import org.apache.http.Header;
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.config.ConnectionConfig;
 import org.apache.http.config.Registry;
 import org.apache.http.config.RegistryBuilder;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ConnectionKeepAliveStrategy;
 import org.apache.http.conn.HttpClientConnectionManager;
 import org.apache.http.conn.ManagedHttpClientConnection;
 import org.apache.http.conn.routing.HttpRoute;
@@ -111,12 +112,14 @@
  * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#REQUEST_CONFIG}</li>
  * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER}</li>
  * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#DISABLE_COOKIES}</li>
- * <li>{@link ClientProperties#PROXY_URI}</li>
- * <li>{@link ClientProperties#PROXY_USERNAME}</li>
- * <li>{@link ClientProperties#PROXY_PASSWORD}</li>
- * <li>{@link ClientProperties#REQUEST_ENTITY_PROCESSING} - default value is {@link RequestEntityProcessing#CHUNKED}</li>
+ * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#KEEPALIVE_STRATEGY}</li>
+ * <li>{@link org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientProperties#PROXY_URI}</li>
+ * <li>{@link org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientProperties#PROXY_USERNAME}</li>
+ * <li>{@link org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientProperties#PROXY_PASSWORD}</li>
+ * <li>{@link org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientProperties#REQUEST_ENTITY_PROCESSING} - default value is {@link org.glassfish.jersey.client.RequestEntityProcessing#CHUNKED}</li>
  * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#PREEMPTIVE_BASIC_AUTHENTICATION}</li>
  * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#RETRY_HANDLER}</li>
+ * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#REUSE_STRATEGY}</li>
  * </ul>
  * <p>
  * This connector uses {@link RequestEntityProcessing#CHUNKED chunked encoding} as a default setting. This can
@@ -197,6 +200,34 @@ class ApacheConnector implements Connector {
             }
         }
 
+        Object keepAliveStrategy = config.getProperties().get(ApacheClientProperties.KEEPALIVE_STRATEGY);
+        if (keepAliveStrategy != null) {
+            if (!(keepAliveStrategy instanceof ConnectionKeepAliveStrategy)) {
+                LOGGER.log(
+                        Level.WARNING,
+                        LocalizationMessages.IGNORING_VALUE_OF_PROPERTY(
+                                ApacheClientProperties.KEEPALIVE_STRATEGY,
+                                keepAliveStrategy.getClass().getName(),
+                                ConnectionKeepAliveStrategy.class.getName())
+                );
+                keepAliveStrategy = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Object reuseStrategy = config.getProperties().get(ApacheClientProperties.REUSE_STRATEGY);
+        if (reuseStrategy != null) {
+            if (!(reuseStrategy instanceof ConnectionReuseStrategy)) {
+                LOGGER.log(
+                        Level.WARNING,
+                        LocalizationMessages.IGNORING_VALUE_OF_PROPERTY(
+                                ApacheClientProperties.REUSE_STRATEGY,
+                                reuseStrategy.getClass().getName(),
+                                ConnectionReuseStrategy.class.getName())
+                );
+                reuseStrategy = null;
+            }
+        }
+
         Object reqConfig = config.getProperties().get(ApacheClientProperties.REQUEST_CONFIG);
         if (reqConfig != null) {
             if (!(reqConfig instanceof RequestConfig)) {
@@ -217,7 +248,13 @@ class ApacheConnector implements Connector {
         clientBuilder.setConnectionManager(getConnectionManager(client, config, sslContext));
         clientBuilder.setConnectionManagerShared(
                 PropertiesHelper.getValue(config.getProperties(), ApacheClientProperties.CONNECTION_MANAGER_SHARED, false, null));
-        clientBuilder.setSslcontext(sslContext);
+        clientBuilder.setSSLContext(sslContext);
+        if (keepAliveStrategy != null) {
+            clientBuilder.setKeepAliveStrategy((ConnectionKeepAliveStrategy) keepAliveStrategy);
+        }
+        if (reuseStrategy != null) {
+            clientBuilder.setConnectionReuseStrategy((ConnectionReuseStrategy) reuseStrategy);
+        }
 
         final RequestConfig.Builder requestConfigBuilder = RequestConfig.custom();
 
diff --git a/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnectorProvider.java b/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnectorProvider.java
index 1d988b0f61..bf1a432b84 100644
--- a/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnectorProvider.java
+++ b/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnectorProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#REQUEST_CONFIG}</li>
  * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER}</li>
  * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#DISABLE_COOKIES}</li>
+ * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#KEEPALIVE_STRATEGY}</li>
  * <li>{@link org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientProperties#PROXY_URI}</li>
  * <li>{@link org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientProperties#PROXY_USERNAME}</li>
  * <li>{@link org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientProperties#PROXY_PASSWORD}</li>
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
  * - default value is {@link org.glassfish.jersey.client.RequestEntityProcessing#CHUNKED}</li>
  * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#PREEMPTIVE_BASIC_AUTHENTICATION}</li>
  * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#RETRY_HANDLER}</li>
+ * <li>{@link ApacheClientProperties#REUSE_STRATEGY}</li>
  * </ul>
  * </p>
  * <p>