diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dataflow/Future2Actor.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dataflow/Future2Actor.scala
index 26f92d8a6d..a850bae739 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dataflow/Future2Actor.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dataflow/Future2Actor.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ class Future2ActorSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout {
       expectMsgAllOf(1 second, 42, 42)
     }
 
+    "support convenient sending to multiple destinations with implicit sender" in {
+      implicit val someActor = system.actorOf(Props(ctx ⇒ Actor.emptyBehavior))
+      Future(42) pipeTo testActor pipeTo testActor
+      expectMsgAllOf(1 second, 42, 42)
+      lastSender must be(someActor)
+    }
+
+    "support convenient sending with explicit sender" in {
+      val someActor = system.actorOf(Props(ctx ⇒ Actor.emptyBehavior))
+      Future(42).to(testActor, someActor)
+      expectMsgAllOf(1 second, 42)
+      lastSender must be(someActor)
+    }
+
     "support reply via sender" in {
       val actor = system.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
         def receive = {
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
index 539a0126a6..231cae957f 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
@@ -125,11 +125,7 @@ class Deployer(val settings: ActorSystem.Settings, val dynamicAccess: DynamicAcc
 
     val within = Duration(deployment.getMilliseconds("within"), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
 
-    val resizer: Option[Resizer] = if (config.hasPath("resizer")) {
-      Some(DefaultResizer(deployment.getConfig("resizer")))
-    } else {
-      None
-    }
+    val resizer: Option[Resizer] = if (config.hasPath("resizer")) Some(DefaultResizer(deployment.getConfig("resizer"))) else None
 
     val router: RouterConfig = deployment.getString("router") match {
       case "from-code"        ⇒ NoRouter
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala
index b611fd7128..d73e146dfb 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import akka.actor.{ Status, ActorRef }
 trait PipeToSupport {
 
   final class PipeableFuture[T](val future: Future[T]) {
-    def pipeTo(recipient: ActorRef): Future[T] =
+    def pipeTo(recipient: ActorRef)(implicit sender: ActorRef = null): Future[T] =
       future onComplete {
         case Right(r) ⇒ recipient ! r
         case Left(f)  ⇒ recipient ! Status.Failure(f)
       }
-
-    def to(recipient: ActorRef): PipeableFuture[T] = {
-      pipeTo(recipient)
+    def to(recipient: ActorRef): PipeableFuture[T] = to(recipient, null)
+    def to(recipient: ActorRef, sender: ActorRef): PipeableFuture[T] = {
+      pipeTo(recipient)(sender)
       this
     }
   }