diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/ClientConnectionSettings.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/ClientConnectionSettings.scala
similarity index 51%
rename from akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/ClientConnectionSettings.scala
rename to akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/ClientConnectionSettings.scala
index b696f2cffc..829d3597aa 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/ClientConnectionSettings.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/ClientConnectionSettings.scala
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
  */
 
-package akka.http.impl.engine.client
+package akka.http
 
-import akka.http.ParserSettings
-import com.typesafe.config.Config
-import scala.concurrent.duration.{ FiniteDuration, Duration }
-import akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers.`User-Agent`
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
 import akka.http.impl.util._
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers.`User-Agent`
+import com.typesafe.config.Config
+
+import scala.concurrent.duration.{ Duration, FiniteDuration }
 
 final case class ClientConnectionSettings(
   userAgentHeader: Option[`User-Agent`],
@@ -30,4 +31,28 @@ object ClientConnectionSettings extends SettingsCompanion[ClientConnectionSettin
       c getIntBytes "request-header-size-hint",
       ParserSettings fromSubConfig c.getConfig("parsing"))
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates an instance of ClientConnectionSettings using the configuration provided by the given
+   * ActorSystem.
+   *
+   * Java API
+   */
+  def create(system: ActorSystem): ClientConnectionSettings = ClientConnectionSettings(system)
+
+  /**
+   * Creates an instance of ClientConnectionSettings using the given Config.
+   *
+   * Java API
+   */
+  def create(config: Config): ClientConnectionSettings = ClientConnectionSettings(config)
+
+  /**
+   * Create an instance of ClientConnectionSettings using the given String of config overrides to override
+   * settings set in the class loader of this class (i.e. by application.conf or reference.conf files in
+   * the class loader of this class).
+   *
+   * Java API
+   */
+  def create(configOverrides: String): ClientConnectionSettings = ClientConnectionSettings(configOverrides)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/ConnectionPoolSettings.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/ConnectionPoolSettings.scala
similarity index 55%
rename from akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/ConnectionPoolSettings.scala
rename to akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/ConnectionPoolSettings.scala
index 99184d9233..0d46ffd824 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/ConnectionPoolSettings.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/ConnectionPoolSettings.scala
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
  */
 
-package akka.http.impl.engine.client
+package akka.http
 
-import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
-import akka.io.Inet
+import java.lang.{ Iterable ⇒ JIterable }
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import scala.collection.immutable
 import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import akka.japi.Util._
+
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
 import akka.http.impl.util._
+import akka.io.Inet
 
 final case class HostConnectionPoolSetup(host: String, port: Int, setup: ConnectionPoolSetup)
 
@@ -19,6 +23,15 @@ final case class ConnectionPoolSetup(
   settings: ConnectionPoolSettings,
   log: LoggingAdapter)
 
+object ConnectionPoolSetup {
+  /** Java API */
+  def create(encrypted: Boolean,
+             options: JIterable[Inet.SocketOption],
+             settings: ConnectionPoolSettings,
+             log: LoggingAdapter): ConnectionPoolSetup =
+    ConnectionPoolSetup(encrypted, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)
+}
+
 final case class ConnectionPoolSettings(
   maxConnections: Int,
   maxRetries: Int,
@@ -44,4 +57,28 @@ object ConnectionPoolSettings extends SettingsCompanion[ConnectionPoolSettings](
       c getPotentiallyInfiniteDuration "idle-timeout",
       ClientConnectionSettings fromSubConfig c.getConfig("client"))
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates an instance of ConnectionPoolSettings using the configuration provided by the given
+   * ActorSystem.
+   *
+   * Java API
+   */
+  def create(system: ActorSystem): ConnectionPoolSettings = ConnectionPoolSettings(system)
+
+  /**
+   * Creates an instance of ConnectionPoolSettings using the given Config.
+   *
+   * Java API
+   */
+  def create(config: Config): ConnectionPoolSettings = ConnectionPoolSettings(config)
+
+  /**
+   * Create an instance of ConnectionPoolSettings using the given String of config overrides to override
+   * settings set in the class loader of this class (i.e. by application.conf or reference.conf files in
+   * the class loader of this class).
+   *
+   * Java API
+   */
+  def create(configOverrides: String): ConnectionPoolSettings = ConnectionPoolSettings(configOverrides)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/OutgoingConnectionBlueprint.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/OutgoingConnectionBlueprint.scala
index 85dbf6fc77..5dae6f4042 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/OutgoingConnectionBlueprint.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/OutgoingConnectionBlueprint.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 package akka.http.impl.engine.client
 
+import akka.http.ClientConnectionSettings
+
 import language.existentials
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolFlow.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolFlow.scala
index 3431cdb8fb..a6f162718d 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolFlow.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolFlow.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 package akka.http.impl.engine.client
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
+import akka.http.ConnectionPoolSettings
+
 import scala.concurrent.{ Promise, Future }
 import scala.util.Try
 import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolGateway.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolGateway.scala
index 2bd73af7d0..34005517e6 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolGateway.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolGateway.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package akka.http.impl.engine.client
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
+import akka.http.HostConnectionPoolSetup
+
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.concurrent.{ Future, Promise }
 import akka.actor.{ Props, ActorSystem, ActorRef }
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolInterfaceActor.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolInterfaceActor.scala
index 1ed4291ebd..8935528b1d 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolInterfaceActor.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolInterfaceActor.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 package akka.http.impl.engine.client
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
+import akka.http.HostConnectionPoolSetup
+
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.concurrent.Promise
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolSlot.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolSlot.scala
index aaf4ec8b68..00a336d7ce 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolSlot.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/PoolSlot.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 package akka.http.impl.engine.client
 
+import akka.http.ConnectionPoolSettings
+
 import language.existentials
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import scala.util.{ Failure, Success }
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/HostConnectionPool.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/HostConnectionPool.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0d4e866ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/HostConnectionPool.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http.javadsl
+
+import akka.http.HostConnectionPoolSetup
+
+trait HostConnectionPool {
+  def setup: HostConnectionPoolSetup
+}
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/Http.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/Http.scala
index a8c4ccf92f..08927ce3f9 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/Http.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/Http.scala
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 package akka.http.javadsl
 
 import java.lang.{ Iterable ⇒ JIterable }
-import akka.http.ServerSettings
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress
+import akka.http._
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Keep
 
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import akka.japi.Util._
-import akka.japi.Function
+import akka.japi.{ Option, Function }
 import akka.actor.{ ExtendedActorSystem, ActorSystem, ExtensionIdProvider, ExtensionId }
 import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
 import akka.io.Inet
@@ -17,6 +19,9 @@ import akka.stream.FlowMaterializer
 import akka.stream.javadsl.{ Flow, Source }
 import akka.http.scaladsl.{ model ⇒ sm }
 import akka.http.javadsl.model._
+import akka.http.impl.util.JavaMapping.Implicits._
+
+import scala.util.Try
 
 object Http extends ExtensionId[Http] with ExtensionIdProvider {
   override def get(system: ActorSystem): Http = super.get(system)
@@ -39,8 +44,8 @@ class Http(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends akka.actor.Extension {
    * fail, unless the first materialization has already been unbound. Unbinding can be triggered via the materialized
    * [[ServerBinding]].
    */
-  def bind(interface: String, port: Int, fm: FlowMaterializer): Source[IncomingConnection, Future[ServerBinding]] =
-    Source.adapt(delegate.bind(interface, port)(fm)
+  def bind(interface: String, port: Int, materializer: FlowMaterializer): Source[IncomingConnection, Future[ServerBinding]] =
+    Source.adapt(delegate.bind(interface, port)(materializer)
       .map(new IncomingConnection(_))
       .mapMaterialized(_.map(new ServerBinding(_))(ec)))
 
@@ -58,8 +63,8 @@ class Http(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends akka.actor.Extension {
            backlog: Int, options: JIterable[Inet.SocketOption],
            settings: ServerSettings,
            log: LoggingAdapter,
-           fm: FlowMaterializer): Source[IncomingConnection, Future[ServerBinding]] =
-    Source.adapt(delegate.bind(interface, port, backlog, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(fm)
+           materializer: FlowMaterializer): Source[IncomingConnection, Future[ServerBinding]] =
+    Source.adapt(delegate.bind(interface, port, backlog, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(materializer)
       .map(new IncomingConnection(_))
       .mapMaterialized(_.map(new ServerBinding(_))(ec)))
 
@@ -73,9 +78,9 @@ class Http(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends akka.actor.Extension {
    */
   def bindAndHandle(handler: Flow[HttpRequest, HttpResponse, _],
                     interface: String, port: Int,
-                    fm: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
+                    materializer: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
     delegate.bindAndHandle(handler.asInstanceOf[Flow[sm.HttpRequest, sm.HttpResponse, _]].asScala,
-      interface, port)(fm)
+      interface, port)(materializer)
       .map(new ServerBinding(_))(ec)
 
   /**
@@ -91,9 +96,9 @@ class Http(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends akka.actor.Extension {
                     backlog: Int, options: JIterable[Inet.SocketOption],
                     settings: ServerSettings,
                     log: LoggingAdapter,
-                    fm: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
+                    materializer: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
     delegate.bindAndHandle(handler.asInstanceOf[Flow[sm.HttpRequest, sm.HttpResponse, _]].asScala,
-      interface, port, backlog, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(fm)
+      interface, port, backlog, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(materializer)
       .map(new ServerBinding(_))(ec)
 
   /**
@@ -106,8 +111,8 @@ class Http(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends akka.actor.Extension {
    */
   def bindAndHandleSync(handler: Function[HttpRequest, HttpResponse],
                         interface: String, port: Int,
-                        fm: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
-    delegate.bindAndHandleSync(handler.apply(_).asInstanceOf[sm.HttpResponse], interface, port)(fm)
+                        materializer: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
+    delegate.bindAndHandleSync(handler.apply(_).asScala, interface, port)(materializer)
       .map(new ServerBinding(_))(ec)
 
   /**
@@ -123,9 +128,9 @@ class Http(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends akka.actor.Extension {
                         backlog: Int, options: JIterable[Inet.SocketOption],
                         settings: ServerSettings,
                         log: LoggingAdapter,
-                        fm: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
-    delegate.bindAndHandleSync(handler.apply(_).asInstanceOf[sm.HttpResponse],
-      interface, port, backlog, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(fm)
+                        materializer: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
+    delegate.bindAndHandleSync(handler.apply(_).asScala,
+      interface, port, backlog, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(materializer)
       .map(new ServerBinding(_))(ec)
 
   /**
@@ -138,8 +143,8 @@ class Http(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends akka.actor.Extension {
    */
   def bindAndHandleAsync(handler: Function[HttpRequest, Future[HttpResponse]],
                          interface: String, port: Int,
-                         fm: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
-    delegate.bindAndHandleAsync(handler.apply(_).asInstanceOf[Future[sm.HttpResponse]], interface, port)(fm)
+                         materializer: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
+    delegate.bindAndHandleAsync(handler.apply(_).asInstanceOf[Future[sm.HttpResponse]], interface, port)(materializer)
       .map(new ServerBinding(_))(ec)
 
   /**
@@ -155,8 +160,222 @@ class Http(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends akka.actor.Extension {
                          backlog: Int, options: JIterable[Inet.SocketOption],
                          settings: ServerSettings,
                          log: LoggingAdapter,
-                         fm: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
+                         materializer: FlowMaterializer): Future[ServerBinding] =
     delegate.bindAndHandleAsync(handler.apply(_).asInstanceOf[Future[sm.HttpResponse]],
-      interface, port, backlog, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(fm)
+      interface, port, backlog, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(materializer)
       .map(new ServerBinding(_))(ec)
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a [[Flow]] representing a prospective HTTP client connection to the given endpoint.
+   * Every materialization of the produced flow will attempt to establish a new outgoing connection.
+   */
+  def outgoingConnection(host: String, port: Int): Flow[HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Future[OutgoingConnection]] =
+    Flow.wrap {
+      akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow[HttpRequest].map(_.asScala)
+        .viaMat(delegate.outgoingConnection(host, port))(Keep.right)
+        .mapMaterialized(_.map(new OutgoingConnection(_))(ec))
+    }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a [[Flow]] representing a prospective HTTP client connection to the given endpoint.
+   * Every materialization of the produced flow will attempt to establish a new outgoing connection.
+   */
+  def outgoingConnection(host: String, port: Int,
+                         localAddress: Option[InetSocketAddress],
+                         options: JIterable[Inet.SocketOption],
+                         settings: ClientConnectionSettings,
+                         log: LoggingAdapter): Flow[HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Future[OutgoingConnection]] =
+    Flow.wrap {
+      akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow[HttpRequest].map(_.asScala)
+        .viaMat(delegate.outgoingConnection(host, port, localAddress.asScala, immutableSeq(options), settings, log))(Keep.right)
+        .mapMaterialized(_.map(new OutgoingConnection(_))(ec))
+    }
+
+  /**
+   * Starts a new connection pool to the given host and configuration and returns a [[Flow]] which dispatches
+   * the requests from all its materializations across this pool.
+   * While the started host connection pool internally shuts itself down automatically after the configured idle
+   * timeout it will spin itself up again if more requests arrive from an existing or a new client flow
+   * materialization. The returned flow therefore remains usable for the full lifetime of the application.
+   *
+   * Since the underlying transport usually comprises more than a single connection the produced flow might generate
+   * responses in an order that doesn't directly match the consumed requests.
+   * For example, if two requests A and B enter the flow in that order the response for B might be produced before the
+   * response for A.
+   * In order to allow for easy response-to-request association the flow takes in a custom, opaque context
+   * object of type ``T`` from the application which is emitted together with the corresponding response.
+   */
+  def newHostConnectionPool[T](host: String, port: Int, materializer: FlowMaterializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), HostConnectionPool] =
+    adaptTupleFlow(delegate.newHostConnectionPool[T](host, port)(materializer))
+
+  /**
+   * Starts a new connection pool to the given host and configuration and returns a [[Flow]] which dispatches
+   * the requests from all its materializations across this pool.
+   * While the started host connection pool internally shuts itself down automatically after the configured idle
+   * timeout it will spin itself up again if more requests arrive from an existing or a new client flow
+   * materialization. The returned flow therefore remains usable for the full lifetime of the application.
+   *
+   * Since the underlying transport usually comprises more than a single connection the produced flow might generate
+   * responses in an order that doesn't directly match the consumed requests.
+   * For example, if two requests A and B enter the flow in that order the response for B might be produced before the
+   * response for A.
+   * In order to allow for easy response-to-request association the flow takes in a custom, opaque context
+   * object of type ``T`` from the application which is emitted together with the corresponding response.
+   */
+  def newHostConnectionPool[T](host: String, port: Int,
+                               options: JIterable[Inet.SocketOption],
+                               settings: ConnectionPoolSettings,
+                               log: LoggingAdapter, materializer: FlowMaterializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), HostConnectionPool] =
+    adaptTupleFlow(delegate.newHostConnectionPool[T](host, port, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(materializer))
+
+  /**
+   * Starts a new connection pool to the given host and configuration and returns a [[Flow]] which dispatches
+   * the requests from all its materializations across this pool.
+   * While the started host connection pool internally shuts itself down automatically after the configured idle
+   * timeout it will spin itself up again if more requests arrive from an existing or a new client flow
+   * materialization. The returned flow therefore remains usable for the full lifetime of the application.
+   *
+   * Since the underlying transport usually comprises more than a single connection the produced flow might generate
+   * responses in an order that doesn't directly match the consumed requests.
+   * For example, if two requests A and B enter the flow in that order the response for B might be produced before the
+   * response for A.
+   * In order to allow for easy response-to-request association the flow takes in a custom, opaque context
+   * object of type ``T`` from the application which is emitted together with the corresponding response.
+   */
+  def newHostConnectionPool[T](setup: HostConnectionPoolSetup, materializer: FlowMaterializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), HostConnectionPool] =
+    adaptTupleFlow(delegate.newHostConnectionPool[T](setup)(materializer))
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a [[Flow]] which dispatches incoming HTTP requests to the per-ActorSystem pool of outgoing
+   * HTTP connections to the given target host endpoint. For every ActorSystem, target host and pool
+   * configuration a separate connection pool is maintained.
+   * The HTTP layer transparently manages idle shutdown and restarting of connections pools as configured.
+   * The returned [[Flow]] instances therefore remain valid throughout the lifetime of the application.
+   *
+   * The internal caching logic guarantees that there will never be more than a single pool running for the
+   * given target host endpoint and configuration (in this ActorSystem).
+   *
+   * Since the underlying transport usually comprises more than a single connection the produced flow might generate
+   * responses in an order that doesn't directly match the consumed requests.
+   * For example, if two requests A and B enter the flow in that order the response for B might be produced before the
+   * response for A.
+   * In order to allow for easy response-to-request association the flow takes in a custom, opaque context
+   * object of type ``T`` from the application which is emitted together with the corresponding response.
+   */
+  def cachedHostConnectionPool[T](host: String, port: Int, materializer: FlowMaterializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), HostConnectionPool] =
+    adaptTupleFlow(delegate.cachedHostConnectionPool[T](host, port)(materializer))
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a [[Flow]] which dispatches incoming HTTP requests to the per-ActorSystem pool of outgoing
+   * HTTP connections to the given target host endpoint. For every ActorSystem, target host and pool
+   * configuration a separate connection pool is maintained.
+   * The HTTP layer transparently manages idle shutdown and restarting of connections pools as configured.
+   * The returned [[Flow]] instances therefore remain valid throughout the lifetime of the application.
+   *
+   * The internal caching logic guarantees that there will never be more than a single pool running for the
+   * given target host endpoint and configuration (in this ActorSystem).
+   *
+   * Since the underlying transport usually comprises more than a single connection the produced flow might generate
+   * responses in an order that doesn't directly match the consumed requests.
+   * For example, if two requests A and B enter the flow in that order the response for B might be produced before the
+   * response for A.
+   * In order to allow for easy response-to-request association the flow takes in a custom, opaque context
+   * object of type ``T`` from the application which is emitted together with the corresponding response.
+   */
+  def cachedHostConnectionPool[T](host: String, port: Int,
+                                  options: JIterable[Inet.SocketOption],
+                                  settings: ConnectionPoolSettings,
+                                  log: LoggingAdapter, materializer: FlowMaterializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), HostConnectionPool] =
+    adaptTupleFlow(delegate.cachedHostConnectionPool[T](host, port, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(materializer))
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a [[Flow]] which dispatches incoming HTTP requests to the per-ActorSystem pool of outgoing
+   * HTTP connections to the given target host endpoint. For every ActorSystem, target host and pool
+   * configuration a separate connection pool is maintained.
+   * The HTTP layer transparently manages idle shutdown and restarting of connections pools as configured.
+   * The returned [[Flow]] instances therefore remain valid throughout the lifetime of the application.
+   *
+   * The internal caching logic guarantees that there will never be more than a single pool running for the
+   * given target host endpoint and configuration (in this ActorSystem).
+   *
+   * Since the underlying transport usually comprises more than a single connection the produced flow might generate
+   * responses in an order that doesn't directly match the consumed requests.
+   * For example, if two requests A and B enter the flow in that order the response for B might be produced before the
+   * response for A.
+   * In order to allow for easy response-to-request association the flow takes in a custom, opaque context
+   * object of type ``T`` from the application which is emitted together with the corresponding response.
+   */
+  def cachedHostConnectionPool[T](setup: HostConnectionPoolSetup, materializer: FlowMaterializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), HostConnectionPool] =
+    adaptTupleFlow(delegate.cachedHostConnectionPool[T](setup)(materializer))
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new "super connection pool flow", which routes incoming requests to a (cached) host connection pool
+   * depending on their respective effective URI. Note that incoming requests must have either an absolute URI or
+   * a valid `Host` header.
+   *
+   * Since the underlying transport usually comprises more than a single connection the produced flow might generate
+   * responses in an order that doesn't directly match the consumed requests.
+   * For example, if two requests A and B enter the flow in that order the response for B might be produced before the
+   * response for A.
+   * In order to allow for easy response-to-request association the flow takes in a custom, opaque context
+   * object of type ``T`` from the application which is emitted together with the corresponding response.
+   */
+  def superPool[T](materializer: FlowMaterializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), Unit] =
+    adaptTupleFlow(delegate.superPool[T]()(materializer))
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new "super connection pool flow", which routes incoming requests to a (cached) host connection pool
+   * depending on their respective effective URI. Note that incoming requests must have either an absolute URI or
+   * a valid `Host` header.
+   *
+   * Since the underlying transport usually comprises more than a single connection the produced flow might generate
+   * responses in an order that doesn't directly match the consumed requests.
+   * For example, if two requests A and B enter the flow in that order the response for B might be produced before the
+   * response for A.
+   * In order to allow for easy response-to-request association the flow takes in a custom, opaque context
+   * object of type ``T`` from the application which is emitted together with the corresponding response.
+   */
+  def superPool[T](options: JIterable[Inet.SocketOption],
+                   settings: ConnectionPoolSettings,
+                   log: LoggingAdapter, materializer: FlowMaterializer): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), Unit] =
+    adaptTupleFlow(delegate.superPool[T](immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(materializer))
+
+  /**
+   * Fires a single [[HttpRequest]] across the (cached) host connection pool for the request's
+   * effective URI to produce a response future.
+   *
+   * Note that the request must have either an absolute URI or a valid `Host` header, otherwise
+   * the future will be completed with an error.
+   */
+  def singleRequest(request: HttpRequest, materializer: FlowMaterializer): Future[HttpResponse] =
+    delegate.singleRequest(request.asScala)(materializer)
+
+  /**
+   * Fires a single [[HttpRequest]] across the (cached) host connection pool for the request's
+   * effective URI to produce a response future.
+   *
+   * Note that the request must have either an absolute URI or a valid `Host` header, otherwise
+   * the future will be completed with an error.
+   */
+  def singleRequest(request: HttpRequest,
+                    options: JIterable[Inet.SocketOption],
+                    settings: ConnectionPoolSettings,
+                    log: LoggingAdapter, materializer: FlowMaterializer): Future[HttpResponse] =
+    delegate.singleRequest(request.asScala, immutableSeq(options), settings, log)(materializer)
+
+  /**
+   * Triggers an orderly shutdown of all host connections pools currently maintained by the [[ActorSystem]].
+   * The returned future is completed when all pools that were live at the time of this method call
+   * have completed their shutdown process.
+   *
+   * If existing pool client flows are re-used or new ones materialized concurrently with or after this
+   * method call the respective connection pools will be restarted and not contribute to the returned future.
+   */
+  def shutdownAllConnectionPools(): Future[Unit] = delegate.shutdownAllConnectionPools()
+
+  private def adaptTupleFlow[T, Mat](scalaFlow: akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow[(scaladsl.model.HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), Mat]): Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), Mat] =
+    Flow.wrap {
+      // we know that downcasting javadsl.model.HttpRequest => scaladsl.model.HttpRequest will always work
+      scalaFlow.asInstanceOf[akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow[(HttpRequest, T), (Try[HttpResponse], T), Mat]]
+    }
 }
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/OutgoingConnection.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/OutgoingConnection.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..407f7d1aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/OutgoingConnection.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http.javadsl
+
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress
+
+import akka.http.scaladsl
+
+class OutgoingConnection private[http] (delegate: scaladsl.Http.OutgoingConnection) {
+  /**
+   * The local address of this connection.
+   */
+  def localAddress: InetSocketAddress = delegate.localAddress
+
+  /**
+   * The address of the remote peer.
+   */
+  def remoteAddress: InetSocketAddress = delegate.remoteAddress
+}
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 e97a8556e4..d38aa46981 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
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package akka.http.scaladsl
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
-import akka.http.ServerSettings
+import akka.http._
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import scala.util.Try
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ object Http extends ExtensionId[HttpExt] with ExtensionIdProvider {
    * Represents a connection pool to a specific target host and pool configuration.
    */
   case class HostConnectionPool(setup: HostConnectionPoolSetup)(
-    private[http] val gatewayFuture: Future[PoolGateway]) { // enable test access
+    private[http] val gatewayFuture: Future[PoolGateway]) extends javadsl.HostConnectionPool { // enable test access
 
     /**
      * Asynchronously triggers the shutdown of the host connection pool.
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/ConnectionPoolSpec.scala b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/ConnectionPoolSpec.scala
index b50550a898..52aca0aa4c 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/ConnectionPoolSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/ConnectionPoolSpec.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package akka.http.impl.engine.client
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
-import akka.http.ServerSettings
+import akka.http.{ ClientConnectionSettings, ConnectionPoolSettings, ServerSettings }
 
 import scala.concurrent.Await
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/LowLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec.scala b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/LowLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec.scala
index d15ab5a601..31f7405b3e 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/LowLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/client/LowLevelOutgoingConnectionSpec.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package akka.http.impl.engine.client
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
+import akka.http.ClientConnectionSettings
 import org.scalatest.Inside
 import akka.util.ByteString
 import akka.event.NoLogging
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/ClientServerSpec.scala b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/ClientServerSpec.scala
index 90603ea07e..50214ab907 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/ClientServerSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/ClientServerSpec.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package akka.http.scaladsl
 
 import java.io.{ BufferedReader, BufferedWriter, InputStreamReader, OutputStreamWriter }
 import java.net.Socket
-import akka.http.ServerSettings
+import akka.http.{ ClientConnectionSettings, ServerSettings }
 import com.typesafe.config.{ Config, ConfigFactory }
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.concurrent.Await
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import akka.testkit.EventFilter
 import akka.stream.{ ActorFlowMaterializer, BindFailedException }
 import akka.stream.scaladsl._
 import akka.stream.testkit._
-import akka.http.impl.engine.client.ClientConnectionSettings
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpEntity._
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpMethods._
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model._