diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
index 5e3c989fd5..5c506abfc8 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
@@ -40,10 +40,13 @@ private[akka] class NettyRemoteTransport(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _provider
   // TODO replace by system.scheduler
   val timer: HashedWheelTimer = new HashedWheelTimer(system.threadFactory)
 
-  // TODO make configurable/shareable with server socket factory
-  val clientChannelFactory = new NioClientSocketChannelFactory(
-    Executors.newCachedThreadPool(system.threadFactory),
-    Executors.newCachedThreadPool(system.threadFactory))
+  val clientChannelFactory = settings.UseDispatcherForIO match {
+    case Some(id) ⇒
+      val d = system.dispatchers.lookup(id)
+      new NioClientSocketChannelFactory(d, d)
+    case None ⇒
+      new NioClientSocketChannelFactory(Executors.newCachedThreadPool(), Executors.newCachedThreadPool())
+  }
 
   /**
    * Backing scaffolding for the default implementation of NettyRemoteSupport.createPipeline.