diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/engine/client/HighLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec.scala b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/engine/client/HighLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef2877c024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/engine/client/HighLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http.engine.client
+
+import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+import akka.http.{ Http, TestUtils }
+import akka.http.model.HttpEntity._
+import akka.http.model._
+import akka.stream.ActorFlowMaterializer
+import akka.stream.scaladsl._
+import akka.stream.testkit.AkkaSpec
+
+class HighLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loggers = []\n akka.loglevel = OFF") {
+  implicit val materializer = ActorFlowMaterializer()
+
+  "The connection-level client implementation" should {
+
+    "be able to handle 100 pipelined requests across one connection" in {
+      val (serverHostName, serverPort) = TestUtils.temporaryServerHostnameAndPort()
+
+      Http().bindAndHandleSync(r ⇒ HttpResponse(entity = r.uri.toString.reverse.takeWhile(Character.isDigit).reverse),
+        serverHostName, serverPort)
+
+      val N = 100
+      val result = Source(() ⇒ Iterator.from(1))
+        .take(N)
+        .map(id ⇒ HttpRequest(uri = s"/r$id"))
+        .via(Http().outgoingConnection(serverHostName, serverPort))
+        .mapAsync(4, _.entity.toStrict(1.second))
+        .map { r ⇒ val s = r.data.utf8String; log.debug(s); s.toInt }
+        .runFold(0)(_ + _)
+
+      Await.result(result, 10.seconds) shouldEqual N * (N + 1) / 2
+    }
+
+    "be able to handle 100 pipelined requests across 4 connections (client-flow is reusable)" in {
+      val (serverHostName, serverPort) = TestUtils.temporaryServerHostnameAndPort()
+
+      Http().bindAndHandleSync(r ⇒ HttpResponse(entity = r.uri.toString.reverse.takeWhile(Character.isDigit).reverse),
+        serverHostName, serverPort)
+
+      val connFlow = Http().outgoingConnection(serverHostName, serverPort)
+
+      val C = 4
+      val doubleConnection = Flow() { implicit b ⇒
+        import FlowGraph.Implicits._
+
+        val bcast = b.add(Broadcast[HttpRequest](C))
+        val merge = b.add(Merge[HttpResponse](C))
+
+        for (i ← 0 until C)
+          bcast.out(i) ~> connFlow ~> merge.in(i)
+        (bcast.in, merge.out)
+      }
+
+      val N = 100
+      val result = Source(() ⇒ Iterator.from(1))
+        .take(N)
+        .map(id ⇒ HttpRequest(uri = s"/r$id"))
+        .via(doubleConnection)
+        .mapAsync(4, _.entity.toStrict(1.second))
+        .map { r ⇒ val s = r.data.utf8String; log.debug(s); s.toInt }
+        .runFold(0)(_ + _)
+
+      Await.result(result, 10.seconds) shouldEqual C * N * (N + 1) / 2
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/engine/client/OutgoingConnectionSpec.scala b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/engine/client/LowLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec.scala
similarity index 98%
rename from akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/engine/client/OutgoingConnectionSpec.scala
rename to akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/engine/client/LowLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec.scala
index 059b00d065..9d79cf318b 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/engine/client/OutgoingConnectionSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/engine/client/LowLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec.scala
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import akka.http.model._
 import akka.http.model.headers._
 import akka.http.util._
 
-class OutgoingConnectionSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loggers = []\n akka.loglevel = OFF") with Inside {
+class LowLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loggers = []\n akka.loglevel = OFF") with Inside {
   implicit val materializer = ActorFlowMaterializer()
 
-  "The client implementation" should {
+  "The connection-level client implementation" should {
 
     "handle a request/response round-trip" which {