diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf29f2691..9ceb1865f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   "license": "Apache 2.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "~0.4",
-    "forever-agent": "~0.5",
+    "forever-agent": "0.5.2",
     "lodash-node": "~2.4",
     "when": "~2.8"
   },
diff --git a/src/lib/connectors/_custom_forever_agent.js b/src/lib/connectors/_custom_forever_agent.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c40ba3a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/connectors/_custom_forever_agent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module.exports = CustomForeverAgent;
+
+var ForeverAgent = require('forever-agent');
+var inherits = require('util').inherits;
+
+function CustomForeverAgent(opts) {
+  ForeverAgent.call(this, opts);
+}
+inherits(CustomForeverAgent, ForeverAgent);
+
+CustomForeverAgent.prototype.addRequest = function (req, host, port) {
+  // force this, so that requests will always use the connection pool
+  req.useChunkedEncodingByDefault = false;
+  ForeverAgent.prototype.addRequest.call(this, req, host, port);
+};
+
+CustomForeverAgent.SSL = ForeverAgent.SSL;
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diff --git a/src/lib/connectors/http.js b/src/lib/connectors/http.js
index 521ba8d0c..8c514fe69 100644
--- a/src/lib/connectors/http.js
+++ b/src/lib/connectors/http.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var handles = {
 };
 var _ = require('../utils');
 var qs = require('querystring');
-var ForeverAgent = require('forever-agent');
+var ForeverAgent = require('./_custom_forever_agent');
 var ConnectionAbstract = require('../connection');
 
 /**
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ HttpConnector.prototype.request = function (params, cb) {
 
   request.setNoDelay(true);
   request.setSocketKeepAlive(true);
-  request.chunkedEncoding = false;
-  request.useChunkedEncodingByDefault = false;
 
   if (params.body) {
     request.setHeader('Content-Length', Buffer.byteLength(params.body, 'utf8'));
@@ -176,4 +174,4 @@ HttpConnector.prototype.request = function (params, cb) {
   return function () {
     request.abort();
   };
-};
+};
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