diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ClientConnectionSettingsImpl.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ClientConnectionSettingsImpl.scala
index ce4ba64ddd..83a1506d68 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ClientConnectionSettingsImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ClientConnectionSettingsImpl.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ private[akka] final case class ClientConnectionSettingsImpl(
 
   require(connectingTimeout >= Duration.Zero, "connectingTimeout must be >= 0")
   require(requestHeaderSizeHint > 0, "request-size-hint must be > 0")
+
+  override def productPrefix = "ClientConnectionSettings"
 }
 
 object ClientConnectionSettingsImpl extends SettingsCompanion[ClientConnectionSettingsImpl]("akka.http.client") {
@@ -44,4 +46,4 @@ object ClientConnectionSettingsImpl extends SettingsCompanion[ClientConnectionSe
       parserSettings = ParserSettingsImpl.fromSubConfig(root, c.getConfig("parsing")))
   }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ConnectionPoolSettingsImpl.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ConnectionPoolSettingsImpl.scala
index eb7544e47d..6462a51dc6 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ConnectionPoolSettingsImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ConnectionPoolSettingsImpl.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ private[akka] final case class ConnectionPoolSettingsImpl(
   require(pipeliningLimit > 0, "pipelining-limit must be > 0")
   require(idleTimeout >= Duration.Zero, "idle-timeout must be >= 0")
 
+  override def productPrefix = "ConnectionPoolSettings"
 }
 
 object ConnectionPoolSettingsImpl extends SettingsCompanion[ConnectionPoolSettingsImpl]("akka.http.host-connection-pool") {
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ParserSettingsImpl.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ParserSettingsImpl.scala
index 4ba0734caf..d3ada78e84 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ParserSettingsImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ParserSettingsImpl.scala
@@ -46,9 +46,16 @@ private[akka] final case class ParserSettingsImpl(
 
   override def headerValueCacheLimit(headerName: String): Int =
     headerValueCacheLimits.getOrElse(headerName, defaultHeaderValueCacheLimit)
+
+  override def productPrefix = "ParserSettings"
 }
 
 object ParserSettingsImpl extends SettingsCompanion[ParserSettingsImpl]("akka.http.parsing") {
+
+  // for equality
+  private[this] val noCustomMethods: String ⇒ Option[HttpMethod] = _ ⇒ None
+  private[this] val noCustomStatusCodes: Int ⇒ Option[StatusCode] = _ ⇒ None
+
   def fromSubConfig(root: Config, inner: Config) = {
     val c = inner.withFallback(root.getConfig(prefix))
     val cacheConfig = c getConfig "header-cache"
@@ -69,8 +76,8 @@ object ParserSettingsImpl extends SettingsCompanion[ParserSettingsImpl]("akka.ht
       ErrorLoggingVerbosity(c getString "error-logging-verbosity"),
       cacheConfig.entrySet.asScala.map(kvp ⇒ kvp.getKey -> cacheConfig.getInt(kvp.getKey))(collection.breakOut),
       c getBoolean "tls-session-info-header",
-      _ ⇒ None,
-      _ ⇒ None)
+      noCustomMethods,
+      noCustomStatusCodes)
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/RoutingSettingsImpl.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/RoutingSettingsImpl.scala
index 8e7462179d..cabb1bd18b 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/RoutingSettingsImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/RoutingSettingsImpl.scala
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ final case class RoutingSettingsImpl(
   rangeCountLimit: Int,
   rangeCoalescingThreshold: Long,
   decodeMaxBytesPerChunk: Int,
-  fileIODispatcher: String) extends akka.http.scaladsl.settings.RoutingSettings
+  fileIODispatcher: String) extends akka.http.scaladsl.settings.RoutingSettings {
+
+  override def productPrefix = "RoutingSettings"
+}
 
 object RoutingSettingsImpl extends SettingsCompanion[RoutingSettingsImpl]("akka.http.routing") {
   def fromSubConfig(root: Config, c: Config) = new RoutingSettingsImpl(
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ServerSettingsImpl.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ServerSettingsImpl.scala
index ce818b341d..7241d572eb 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ServerSettingsImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ServerSettingsImpl.scala
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ private[akka] final case class ServerSettingsImpl(
   require(0 < responseHeaderSizeHint, "response-size-hint must be > 0")
   require(0 < backlog, "backlog must be > 0")
 
+  override def productPrefix = "ServerSettings"
 }
 
 object ServerSettingsImpl extends SettingsCompanion[ServerSettingsImpl]("akka.http.server") {
@@ -88,4 +89,4 @@ object ServerSettingsImpl extends SettingsCompanion[ServerSettingsImpl]("akka.ht
   //  def apply(optionalSettings: Option[ServerSettings])(implicit actorRefFactory: ActorRefFactory): ServerSettings =
   //    optionalSettings getOrElse apply(actorSystem)
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/Http.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/Http.scala
index c85455d1bb..6f83e8507d 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/Http.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/Http.scala
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class HttpExt(private val config: Config)(implicit val system: ActorSystem) exte
 
   override val sslConfig = AkkaSSLConfig(system)
 
+  private[this] val defaultConnectionPoolSettings = ConnectionPoolSettings(system)
+
   // configured default HttpsContext for the client-side
   // SYNCHRONIZED ACCESS ONLY!
   private[this] var _defaultClientHttpsConnectionContext: HttpsConnectionContext = _
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ class HttpExt(private val config: Config)(implicit val system: ActorSystem) exte
    * use the `akka.http.host-connection-pool` config section or pass in a [[ConnectionPoolSettings]] explicitly.
    */
   def newHostConnectionPool[T](host: String, port: Int = 80,
-                               settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = ConnectionPoolSettings(system),
+                               settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = defaultConnectionPoolSettings,
                                log: LoggingAdapter = system.log)(implicit fm: Materializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), HostConnectionPool] = {
     val cps = ConnectionPoolSetup(settings, ConnectionContext.noEncryption(), log)
     newHostConnectionPool(HostConnectionPoolSetup(host, port, cps))
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ class HttpExt(private val config: Config)(implicit val system: ActorSystem) exte
    */
   def newHostConnectionPoolHttps[T](host: String, port: Int = 443,
                                     connectionContext: HttpsConnectionContext = defaultClientHttpsContext,
-                                    settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = ConnectionPoolSettings(system),
+                                    settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = defaultConnectionPoolSettings,
                                     log: LoggingAdapter = system.log)(implicit fm: Materializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), HostConnectionPool] = {
     val cps = ConnectionPoolSetup(settings, connectionContext, log)
     newHostConnectionPool(HostConnectionPoolSetup(host, port, cps))
@@ -344,7 +346,7 @@ class HttpExt(private val config: Config)(implicit val system: ActorSystem) exte
    * use the `akka.http.host-connection-pool` config section or pass in a [[ConnectionPoolSettings]] explicitly.
    */
   def cachedHostConnectionPool[T](host: String, port: Int = 80,
-                                  settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = ConnectionPoolSettings(system),
+                                  settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = defaultConnectionPoolSettings,
                                   log: LoggingAdapter = system.log)(implicit fm: Materializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), HostConnectionPool] = {
     val cps = ConnectionPoolSetup(settings, ConnectionContext.noEncryption(), log)
     val setup = HostConnectionPoolSetup(host, port, cps)
@@ -362,7 +364,7 @@ class HttpExt(private val config: Config)(implicit val system: ActorSystem) exte
    */
   def cachedHostConnectionPoolHttps[T](host: String, port: Int = 443,
                                        connectionContext: HttpsConnectionContext = defaultClientHttpsContext,
-                                       settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = ConnectionPoolSettings(system),
+                                       settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = defaultConnectionPoolSettings,
                                        log: LoggingAdapter = system.log)(implicit fm: Materializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), HostConnectionPool] = {
     val cps = ConnectionPoolSetup(settings, connectionContext, log)
     val setup = HostConnectionPoolSetup(host, port, cps)
@@ -408,7 +410,7 @@ class HttpExt(private val config: Config)(implicit val system: ActorSystem) exte
    * use the `akka.http.host-connection-pool` config section or pass in a [[ConnectionPoolSettings]] explicitly.
    */
   def superPool[T](connectionContext: HttpsConnectionContext = defaultClientHttpsContext,
-                   settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = ConnectionPoolSettings(system),
+                   settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = defaultConnectionPoolSettings,
                    log: LoggingAdapter = system.log)(implicit fm: Materializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), NotUsed] =
     clientFlow[T](settings) { request ⇒ request -> cachedGateway(request, settings, connectionContext, log) }
 
@@ -417,13 +419,13 @@ class HttpExt(private val config: Config)(implicit val system: ActorSystem) exte
    * effective URI to produce a response future.
    *
    * If an explicit [[ConnectionContext]] is given then it rather than the configured default [[ConnectionContext]] will be used
-   * for setting up the HTTPS connection pool, if the request is targetted towards an `https` endpoint.
+   * for setting up the HTTPS connection pool, if the request is targeted towards an `https` endpoint.
    *
    * Note that the request must have an absolute URI, otherwise the future will be completed with an error.
    */
   def singleRequest(request: HttpRequest,
                     connectionContext: HttpsConnectionContext = defaultClientHttpsContext,
-                    settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = ConnectionPoolSettings(system),
+                    settings: ConnectionPoolSettings = defaultConnectionPoolSettings,
                     log: LoggingAdapter = system.log)(implicit fm: Materializer): Future[HttpResponse] =
     try {
       val gatewayFuture = cachedGateway(request, settings, connectionContext, log)
@@ -544,7 +546,7 @@ class HttpExt(private val config: Config)(implicit val system: ActorSystem) exte
     }
 
   // every ActorSystem maintains its own connection pools
-  private[this] val hostPoolCache = new ConcurrentHashMap[HostConnectionPoolSetup, Future[PoolGateway]]
+  private[http] val hostPoolCache = new ConcurrentHashMap[HostConnectionPoolSetup, Future[PoolGateway]]
 
   private def cachedGateway(request: HttpRequest,
                             settings: ConnectionPoolSettings, connectionContext: ConnectionContext,
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/settings/ConnectionPoolSettings.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/settings/ConnectionPoolSettings.scala
index dc58f8eebc..26984e3a6b 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/settings/ConnectionPoolSettings.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/settings/ConnectionPoolSettings.scala
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ abstract class ConnectionPoolSettings extends js.ConnectionPoolSettings { self:
 object ConnectionPoolSettings extends SettingsCompanion[ConnectionPoolSettings] {
   override def apply(config: Config) = ConnectionPoolSettingsImpl(config)
   override def apply(configOverrides: String) = ConnectionPoolSettingsImpl(configOverrides)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/ClientSpec.scala b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/ClientSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6162b36cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/ClientSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http.scaladsl
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
+
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.http.impl.engine.client.PoolGateway
+import akka.http.impl.settings.HostConnectionPoolSetup
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model._
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpMethods._
+import akka.stream.ActorMaterializer
+import com.typesafe.config.{ Config, ConfigFactory }
+import org.scalatest.{ Matchers, WordSpec }
+
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+import scala.concurrent.{ Await, Future }
+
+class ClientSpec extends WordSpec with Matchers {
+  val testConf: Config = ConfigFactory.parseString("""
+    akka.loggers = ["akka.testkit.TestEventListener"]
+    akka.loglevel = ERROR
+    akka.stdout-loglevel = ERROR
+    windows-connection-abort-workaround-enabled = auto
+    akka.log-dead-letters = OFF
+    akka.http.server.request-timeout = infinite""")
+  implicit val system = ActorSystem(getClass.getSimpleName, testConf)
+  import system.dispatcher
+  implicit val materializer = ActorMaterializer()
+
+  "HTTP Client" should {
+
+    "reuse connection pool" in {
+      val (_, hostname, port) = TestUtils.temporaryServerHostnameAndPort()
+      val bindingFuture = Http().bindAndHandleSync(_ ⇒ HttpResponse(), hostname, port)
+      val binding = Await.result(bindingFuture, 3.seconds)
+
+      val respFuture = Http().singleRequest(HttpRequest(POST, s"http://$hostname:$port/"))
+      val resp = Await.result(respFuture, 3.seconds)
+      resp.status shouldBe StatusCodes.OK
+
+      Http().hostPoolCache.size shouldBe 1
+
+      val respFuture2 = Http().singleRequest(HttpRequest(POST, s"http://$hostname:$port/"))
+      val resp2 = Await.result(respFuture, 3.seconds)
+      resp2.status shouldBe StatusCodes.OK
+
+      Http().hostPoolCache.size shouldBe 1
+
+      Await.ready(binding.unbind(), 1.second)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/settings/SettingsEqualitySpec.scala b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/settings/SettingsEqualitySpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2d8de1b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/settings/SettingsEqualitySpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http.scaladsl.settings
+
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+
+import org.scalatest.Matchers
+import org.scalatest.WordSpec
+
+class SettingsEqualitySpec extends WordSpec with Matchers {
+
+  val config = ConfigFactory.parseString("""
+    akka.http.routing {
+      verbose-error-messages = off
+      file-get-conditional = on
+      render-vanity-footer = yes
+      range-coalescing-threshold = 80
+      range-count-limit = 16
+      decode-max-bytes-per-chunk = 1m
+      file-io-dispatcher = ${akka.stream.blocking-io-dispatcher}
+    }
+  """).withFallback(ConfigFactory.load).resolve
+
+  "equality" should {
+    "hold for ConnectionPoolSettings" in {
+      val s1 = ConnectionPoolSettings(config)
+      val s2 = ConnectionPoolSettings(config)
+
+      s1 shouldBe s2
+      s1.toString should startWith("ConnectionPoolSettings(")
+    }
+
+    "hold for ParserSettings" in {
+      val s1 = ParserSettings(config)
+      val s2 = ParserSettings(config)
+
+      s1 shouldBe s2
+      s1.toString should startWith("ParserSettings(")
+    }
+
+    "hold for ClientConnectionSettings" in {
+      val s1 = ClientConnectionSettings(config)
+      val s2 = ClientConnectionSettings(config)
+
+      s1 shouldBe s2
+      s1.toString should startWith("ClientConnectionSettings(")
+    }
+
+    "hold for RoutingSettings" in {
+      val s1 = RoutingSettings(config)
+      val s2 = RoutingSettings(config)
+
+      s1 shouldBe s2
+      s1.toString should startWith("RoutingSettings(")
+    }
+
+    "hold for ServerSettings" in {
+      val s1 = ServerSettings(config)
+      val s2 = ServerSettings(config)
+
+      s1 shouldBe s2
+      s1.toString should startWith("ServerSettings(")
+    }
+  }
+
+}