diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/FutureSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/FutureSpec.scala
index 6163123632..1a8930437e 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/FutureSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/FutureSpec.scala
@@ -82,9 +82,35 @@ class FutureSpec extends AkkaSpec with Checkers with BeforeAndAfterAll with Defa
       val future = Promise[String]().complete(Left(new NonLocalReturnControl[String]("test", result)))
       behave like futureWithResult(_(future, result))
     }
+
+    "have different ECs" in {
+      def namedCtx(n: String) = ExecutionContexts.fromExecutorService(
+        Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(new ThreadFactory {
+          def newThread(r: Runnable) = new Thread(r, n)
+        }))
+
+      val A = namedCtx("A")
+      val B = namedCtx("B")
+
+      // create a promise with ctx A
+      val p = Promise[String]()(A)
+
+      // I would expect that any callback from p
+      // is executed in the context of p
+      val result = p map { _ + Thread.currentThread().getName() }
+
+      p.completeWith(Future { "Hi " }(B))
+      try {
+        Await.result(result, timeout.duration) must be === "Hi A"
+      } finally {
+        A.asInstanceOf[ExecutorService].shutdown()
+        B.asInstanceOf[ExecutorService].shutdown()
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   "A Future" when {
+
     "awaiting a result" that {
       "is not completed" must {
         behave like emptyFuture { test ⇒
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
index d6f4751d6e..d9e179a160 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS
 import java.util.concurrent.{ ExecutionException, Callable, TimeoutException }
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.{ AtomicInteger, AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater }
 import akka.pattern.AskTimeoutException
+import util.DynamicVariable
 
 object Await {
 
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ object Future {
   def blocking(): Unit =
     _taskStack.get match {
       case stack if (stack ne null) && stack.nonEmpty ⇒
-        val executionContext = _executionContext.get match {
+        val executionContext = _executionContext.value match {
           case null ⇒ throw new IllegalStateException("'blocking' needs to be invoked inside a Future callback.")
           case some ⇒ some
         }
@@ -353,33 +354,33 @@ object Future {
     }
 
   private val _taskStack = new ThreadLocal[Stack[() ⇒ Unit]]()
-  private val _executionContext = new ThreadLocal[ExecutionContext]()
+  private val _executionContext = new DynamicVariable[ExecutionContext](null)
 
   /**
    * Internal API, do not call
    */
   private[akka] def dispatchTask(task: () ⇒ Unit, force: Boolean = false)(implicit executor: ExecutionContext): Unit =
     _taskStack.get match {
-      case stack if (stack ne null) && !force ⇒ stack push task
+      case stack if (stack ne null) && (executor eq _executionContext.value) && !force ⇒ stack push task
       case _ ⇒ executor.execute(
         new Runnable {
           def run =
             try {
-              _executionContext set executor
-              val taskStack = Stack.empty[() ⇒ Unit]
-              taskStack push task
-              _taskStack set taskStack
+              _executionContext.withValue(executor) {
+                val taskStack = Stack.empty[() ⇒ Unit]
+                taskStack push task
+                _taskStack set taskStack
 
-              while (taskStack.nonEmpty) {
-                val next = taskStack.pop()
-                try {
-                  next.apply()
-                } catch {
-                  case NonFatal(e) ⇒ executor.reportFailure(e)
+                while (taskStack.nonEmpty) {
+                  val next = taskStack.pop()
+                  try {
+                    next.apply()
+                  } catch {
+                    case NonFatal(e) ⇒ executor.reportFailure(e)
+                  }
                 }
               }
             } finally {
-              _executionContext.remove()
               _taskStack.remove()
             }
         })