diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 7b409e1..6ad4041 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
     "expect": true
   },
   "rules": {
-    "security/detect-object-injection": 0
+    "security/detect-object-injection": 0,
+    "no-unused-expressions": 0
   },
   "extends": [
     "emarsys"
diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index fc8e262..92b5edb 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const Escher = require('escher-auth');
+const http = require('http');
+const https = require('https');
 const Options = require('./requestOption');
 const Wrapper = require('./wrapper');
 const SuiteRequestError = require('./requestError');
@@ -21,6 +23,11 @@ class SuiteRequest {
 
     this._escher = new Escher(escherConfig);
     this._options = requestOptions;
+
+    if (requestOptions.keepAlive) {
+      this.httpAgent = new http.Agent({ keepAlive: true });
+      this.httpsAgent = new https.Agent({ keepAlive: true });
+    }
   }
 
   get(path) {
@@ -72,7 +79,9 @@ class SuiteRequest {
     return Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, {
       method: method,
       url: realPath,
-      path: realPath
+      path: realPath,
+      httpAgent: this.httpAgent,
+      httpsAgent: this.httpsAgent
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/request.spec.js b/lib/request.spec.js
index b3f779e..77a9fff 100644
--- a/lib/request.spec.js
+++ b/lib/request.spec.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 const SuiteRequest = require('./request');
 const axios = require('axios');
 const Escher = require('escher-auth');
+const http = require('http');
+const https = require('https');
 
 describe('SuiteRequest', function() {
   const serviceConfig = {
@@ -138,4 +140,31 @@ describe('SuiteRequest', function() {
     const firstCall = Escher.prototype.signRequest.getCall(0);
     expect(firstCall.args[1]).to.eql(JSON.stringify(payload));
   });
+
+  it('should not create http agents by default', function() {
+    suiteRequest = SuiteRequest.create('key-id', 'secret', requestOptions);
+
+    expect(suiteRequest.httpAgent).to.be.undefined;
+    expect(suiteRequest.httpsAgent).to.be.undefined;
+  });
+
+  it('should create http agents when connection is keep alive', function() {
+    requestOptions = new SuiteRequest.Options(serviceConfig.host, Object.assign({ keepAlive: true }, serviceConfig));
+
+    suiteRequest = SuiteRequest.create('key-id', 'secret', requestOptions);
+
+    expect(suiteRequest.httpAgent).to.be.an.instanceOf(http.Agent);
+    expect(suiteRequest.httpsAgent).to.be.an.instanceOf(https.Agent);
+  });
+
+  it('should pass http agents to wrapper', function*() {
+    requestOptions = new SuiteRequest.Options(serviceConfig.host, Object.assign({ keepAlive: true }, serviceConfig));
+    suiteRequest = SuiteRequest.create('key-id', 'secret', requestOptions);
+
+    yield suiteRequest.post('/path', { name: 'Almanach' });
+
+    const requestArgument = requestStub.args[0][0];
+    expect(requestArgument.httpAgent).to.eql(suiteRequest.httpAgent);
+    expect(requestArgument.httpsAgent).to.eql(suiteRequest.httpsAgent);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/lib/requestOption.js b/lib/requestOption.js
index 8bf4c8c..a5ffcb4 100644
--- a/lib/requestOption.js
+++ b/lib/requestOption.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class SuiteRequestOption {
     this.timeout = 'timeout' in options ? options.timeout : 15000;
     this.allowEmptyResponse = false;
     this.maxContentLength = options.maxContentLength || 10 * MEGA_BYTE;
+    this.keepAlive = !!options.keepAlive;
 
     if (!options) {
       options = {};
diff --git a/lib/wrapper.js b/lib/wrapper.js
index fc572f6..36020e0 100644
--- a/lib/wrapper.js
+++ b/lib/wrapper.js
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ class RequestWrapper {
       transformResponse: [body => body],
       maxContentLength: this.requestOptions.maxContentLength,
       validateStatus: () => true,
-      cancelToken: source.token
+      cancelToken: source.token,
+      httpAgent: this.requestOptions.httpAgent,
+      httpsAgent: this.requestOptions.httpsAgent
     };
 
     return axios