diff --git a/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/netty/connectionpool/NettyClientConnectionFactory.java b/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/netty/connectionpool/NettyClientConnectionFactory.java
index 9200ce1458..ecac84fb1d 100644
--- a/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/netty/connectionpool/NettyClientConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/netty/connectionpool/NettyClientConnectionFactory.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public final class NettyClientConnectionFactory {
         this.channelInitializer = channelInitializer;
     }
 
-    public ChannelFuture connect(final EventLoop eventLoop, SocketAddress socketAddress, CurrentPassport passport) {
+    public ChannelFuture connect(final EventLoop eventLoop, SocketAddress socketAddress, CurrentPassport passport, IConnectionPool pool) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(socketAddress, "socketAddress");
         if (socketAddress instanceof InetSocketAddress) {
             // This should be checked by the ClientConnectionManager
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public ChannelFuture connect(final EventLoop eventLoop, SocketAddress socketAddr
                 .handler(channelInitializer)
                 .group(eventLoop)
                 .attr(CurrentPassport.CHANNEL_ATTR, passport)
+                .attr(PerServerConnectionPool.CHANNEL_ATTR, pool)
                 .option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, connPoolConfig.getConnectTimeout())
                 .option(ChannelOption.SO_KEEPALIVE, connPoolConfig.getTcpKeepAlive())
                 .option(ChannelOption.TCP_NODELAY, connPoolConfig.getTcpNoDelay())
diff --git a/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/netty/connectionpool/PerServerConnectionPool.java b/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/netty/connectionpool/PerServerConnectionPool.java
index bf2386b9e7..f7fc599098 100644
--- a/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/netty/connectionpool/PerServerConnectionPool.java
+++ b/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/netty/connectionpool/PerServerConnectionPool.java
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 import com.netflix.zuul.exception.OutboundErrorType;
 import com.netflix.zuul.passport.CurrentPassport;
 import com.netflix.zuul.passport.PassportState;
+import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoop;
+import io.netty.util.AttributeKey;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@
 public class PerServerConnectionPool implements IConnectionPool
 {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PerServerConnectionPool.class);
-
+    public static final AttributeKey<IConnectionPool> CHANNEL_ATTR = AttributeKey.newInstance("_connection_pool");
     private final ConcurrentHashMap<EventLoop, Deque<PooledConnection>> connectionsPerEventLoop =
             new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     protected final PooledConnectionFactory pooledConnectionFactory;
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ protected void tryMakingNewConnection(
     }
 
     protected ChannelFuture connectToServer(EventLoop eventLoop, CurrentPassport passport, SocketAddress serverAddr) {
-        return connectionFactory.connect(eventLoop, serverAddr, passport);
+        return connectionFactory.connect(eventLoop, serverAddr, passport, this);
     }
 
     protected void handleConnectCompletion(
@@ -287,7 +289,6 @@ protected void handleConnectCompletion(
         if (cf.isSuccess()) {
             
             passport.add(PassportState.ORIGIN_CH_CONNECTED);
-            
             server.incrementOpenConnectionsCount();
             createConnSucceededCounter.increment();
             connsInUse.incrementAndGet();