diff --git a/lib/Connection.js b/lib/Connection.js
index d4745c087..731ccae50 100644
--- a/lib/Connection.js
+++ b/lib/Connection.js
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class Connection {
         keepAlive: true,
         keepAliveMsecs: 1000,
         maxSockets: keepAliveFalse ? Infinity : 256,
-        maxFreeSockets: 256
+        maxFreeSockets: 256,
+        scheduling: 'lifo'
       }, opts.agent)
       this.agent = this.url.protocol === 'http:'
         ? new http.Agent(agentOptions)