diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index e75263a62..ba06dac29 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Joe Buck [@four2five](https://github.com/four2five)
 John Barker [@j16r](https://github.com/j16r)
 John Goodall [@jgoodall](https://github.com/jgoodall)
 John Stanford [@jxstanford](https://github.com/jxstanford)
+Jonas Groenaas Drange [@semafor](https://github.com/semafor)
 Josh Chorlton [@jchorl](https://github.com/jchorl)
 jun [@coseyo](https://github.com/coseyo)
 Junpei Tsuji [@jun06t](https://github.com/jun06t)
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 6ee9b45bb..165a30526 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// Version is the current version of Elastic.
-	Version = "6.1.6"
+	Version = "6.1.7"
 
 	// DefaultURL is the default endpoint of Elasticsearch on the local machine.
 	// It is used e.g. when initializing a new Client without a specific URL.
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index d16135a6f..e40cda845 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (e *Error) Error() string {
 // IsConnErr returns true if the error indicates that Elastic could not
 // find an Elasticsearch host to connect to.
 func IsConnErr(err error) bool {
-	return errors.Cause(err) == ErrNoClient
+	return err == ErrNoClient || errors.Cause(err) == ErrNoClient
 }
 
 // IsNotFound returns true if the given error indicates that Elasticsearch
diff --git a/reindex.go b/reindex.go
index 35440fa80..9cdd50a68 100644
--- a/reindex.go
+++ b/reindex.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type ReindexService struct {
 	waitForActiveShards string
 	waitForCompletion   *bool
 	requestsPerSecond   *int
+	slices              *int
 	body                interface{}
 	source              *ReindexSource
 	destination         *ReindexDestination
@@ -51,6 +52,12 @@ func (s *ReindexService) RequestsPerSecond(requestsPerSecond int) *ReindexServic
 	return s
 }
 
+// Slices specifies the number of slices this task should be divided into. Defaults to 1.
+func (s *ReindexService) Slices(slices int) *ReindexService {
+	s.slices = &slices
+	return s
+}
+
 // Refresh indicates whether Elasticsearch should refresh the effected indexes
 // immediately.
 func (s *ReindexService) Refresh(refresh string) *ReindexService {
@@ -179,6 +186,9 @@ func (s *ReindexService) buildURL() (string, url.Values, error) {
 	if s.requestsPerSecond != nil {
 		params.Set("requests_per_second", fmt.Sprintf("%v", *s.requestsPerSecond))
 	}
+	if s.slices != nil {
+		params.Set("slices", fmt.Sprintf("%v", *s.slices))
+	}
 	if s.waitForActiveShards != "" {
 		params.Set("wait_for_active_shards", s.waitForActiveShards)
 	}