diff --git a/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/src/System/ServiceModel/Channels/HttpChannelFactory.cs b/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/src/System/ServiceModel/Channels/HttpChannelFactory.cs
index 7e1352ee1a0..1ac5b3fd9ce 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/src/System/ServiceModel/Channels/HttpChannelFactory.cs
+++ b/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/src/System/ServiceModel/Channels/HttpChannelFactory.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ internal class HttpChannelFactory<TChannel>
         private bool _useDefaultWebProxy;
         private Lazy<string> _webSocketSoapContentType;
         private SHA512 _hashAlgorithm;
+        private bool _keepAliveEnabled;
 
         internal HttpChannelFactory(HttpTransportBindingElement bindingElement, BindingContext context)
             : base(bindingElement, context, HttpTransportDefaults.GetDefaultMessageEncoderFactory())
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ internal HttpChannelFactory(HttpTransportBindingElement bindingElement, BindingC
             _authenticationScheme = bindingElement.AuthenticationScheme;
             _maxBufferSize = bindingElement.MaxBufferSize;
             _transferMode = bindingElement.TransferMode;
+            _keepAliveEnabled = bindingElement.KeepAliveEnabled;
 
             if (bindingElement.ProxyAddress != null)
             {
@@ -331,6 +333,9 @@ internal async Task<HttpClient> GetHttpClientAsync(EndpointAddress to,
 
                 httpClient = new HttpClient(clientHandler);
 
+                if(!_keepAliveEnabled)
+                   httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.ConnectionClose = true;
+
                 // We provide our own CancellationToken for each request. Setting HttpClient.Timeout to -1 
                 // prevents a call to CancellationToken.CancelAfter that HttpClient does internally which
                 // causes TimerQueue contention at high load.
diff --git a/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tests/Common/Scenarios/ServiceInterfaces.cs b/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tests/Common/Scenarios/ServiceInterfaces.cs
index 21302a59c0e..4325f565da9 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tests/Common/Scenarios/ServiceInterfaces.cs
+++ b/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tests/Common/Scenarios/ServiceInterfaces.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ public interface IWcfService
 
     [OperationContract]
     void ReturnContentType(string contentType);
+
+    [OperationContract]
+    bool IsHttpKeepAliveDisabled();
 }
 
 [ServiceContract]
diff --git a/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tests/Scenarios/Binding/Http/BasicHttpBindingTests.4.0.0.cs b/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tests/Scenarios/Binding/Http/BasicHttpBindingTests.4.0.0.cs
index 8fe2d91f3a0..7f8fbd079fd 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tests/Scenarios/Binding/Http/BasicHttpBindingTests.4.0.0.cs
+++ b/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tests/Scenarios/Binding/Http/BasicHttpBindingTests.4.0.0.cs
@@ -42,4 +42,41 @@ public static void DefaultSettings_Echo_RoundTrips_String()
             ScenarioTestHelpers.CloseCommunicationObjects((ICommunicationObject)serviceProxy, factory);
         }
     }
+
+    [WcfFact]
+    [OuterLoop]
+    public static void HttpKeepAliveDisabled_Echo_RoundTrips_True()
+    {
+        ChannelFactory<IWcfService> factory = null;
+        IWcfService serviceProxy = null;
+        Binding binding = null;
+        CustomBinding customBinding = null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            // *** SETUP *** \\
+            binding = new BasicHttpBinding(BasicHttpSecurityMode.None);
+            customBinding = new CustomBinding(binding);
+            var httpElement = customBinding.Elements.Find<HttpTransportBindingElement>();
+            httpElement.KeepAliveEnabled = false;
+
+            factory = new ChannelFactory<IWcfService>(customBinding, new EndpointAddress(Endpoints.HttpBaseAddress_Basic));
+            serviceProxy = factory.CreateChannel();
+
+            // *** EXECUTE *** \\
+            bool result = serviceProxy.IsHttpKeepAliveDisabled();
+
+            // *** VALIDATE *** \\
+            Assert.True(result, "Error: expected response from service: 'true' Actual was: 'false'");
+
+            // *** CLEANUP *** \\
+            factory.Close();
+            ((ICommunicationObject)serviceProxy).Close();
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            // *** ENSURE CLEANUP *** \\
+            ScenarioTestHelpers.CloseCommunicationObjects((ICommunicationObject)serviceProxy, factory);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tools/IISHostedWcfService/App_code/IWcfService.cs b/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tools/IISHostedWcfService/App_code/IWcfService.cs
index 4bf660bea35..4fd840a5863 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tools/IISHostedWcfService/App_code/IWcfService.cs
+++ b/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tools/IISHostedWcfService/App_code/IWcfService.cs
@@ -155,5 +155,8 @@ public interface IWcfService
             ReplyAction = "http://www.contoso.com/IXmlMessageContarctTestService/EchoMessageResquestWithMessageHeaderResponse")]
         [XmlSerializerFormat(SupportFaults = true)]
         XmlMessageContractTestResponse EchoMessageResquestWithMessageHeader(XmlMessageContractTestRequestWithMessageHeader request);
+
+        [OperationContract]
+        bool IsHttpKeepAliveDisabled();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tools/IISHostedWcfService/App_code/WcfService.cs b/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tools/IISHostedWcfService/App_code/WcfService.cs
index 6360171ae13..33bcc8cb490 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tools/IISHostedWcfService/App_code/WcfService.cs
+++ b/src/System.Private.ServiceModel/tools/IISHostedWcfService/App_code/WcfService.cs
@@ -424,6 +424,15 @@ public string EchoTimeAndSetCookie(string name)
             return value;
         }
 
+        public bool IsHttpKeepAliveDisabled()
+        {
+            MessageProperties properties = new MessageProperties(OperationContext.Current.IncomingMessageProperties);
+            var property = (HttpRequestMessageProperty)properties[HttpRequestMessageProperty.Name];
+            WebHeaderCollection collection = property.Headers;
+            string connectionValue = collection.Get(Enum.GetName(typeof(HttpRequestHeader), HttpRequestHeader.Connection));
+            return connectionValue.Equals("Close", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+
         private static string StreamToString(Stream stream)
         {
             var reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8);
diff --git a/src/System.ServiceModel.Http/ref/System.ServiceModel.Http.cs b/src/System.ServiceModel.Http/ref/System.ServiceModel.Http.cs
index 6fd87cb36fb..d921a42be4e 100644
--- a/src/System.ServiceModel.Http/ref/System.ServiceModel.Http.cs
+++ b/src/System.ServiceModel.Http/ref/System.ServiceModel.Http.cs
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ protected HttpTransportBindingElement(System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpTransport
         public System.ServiceModel.Channels.WebSocketTransportSettings WebSocketSettings { get { return default(System.ServiceModel.Channels.WebSocketTransportSettings); } set { } }
         [System.ComponentModel.DefaultValue(true)]
         public bool UseDefaultWebProxy { get { return default(bool); } set { } }
+        [System.ComponentModel.DefaultValue(true)]
+        public bool KeepAliveEnabled { get { return default(bool); } set { } }
         public override System.ServiceModel.Channels.IChannelFactory<TChannel> BuildChannelFactory<TChannel>(System.ServiceModel.Channels.BindingContext context) { return default(System.ServiceModel.Channels.IChannelFactory<TChannel>); }
         public override bool CanBuildChannelFactory<TChannel>(System.ServiceModel.Channels.BindingContext context) { return default(bool); }
         public override System.ServiceModel.Channels.BindingElement Clone() { return default(System.ServiceModel.Channels.BindingElement); }