diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 33cab5143e..ca196bc176 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ IncomingMessage.prototype._addHeaderLine = function (field, value) {
   }
 };
 
-function OutgoingMessage () {
-  events.EventEmitter.call(this);
+function OutgoingMessage (connection) {
+  events.EventEmitter.call(this, connection);
+
+  this.connection = connection;
 
   this.output = [];
   this.outputEncodings = [];
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.close = function () {
 
 
 function ServerResponse (req) {
-  OutgoingMessage.call(this);
+  OutgoingMessage.call(this, req.connection);
 
   if (req.httpVersionMajor < 1 || req.httpVersionMinor < 1) {
     this.use_chunked_encoding_by_default = false;
@@ -283,8 +285,8 @@ ServerResponse.prototype.writeHead = function (statusCode) {
 ServerResponse.prototype.sendHeader = ServerResponse.prototype.writeHead;
 ServerResponse.prototype.writeHeader = ServerResponse.prototype.writeHead;
 
-function ClientRequest (method, url, headers) {
-  OutgoingMessage.call(this);
+function ClientRequest (connection, method, url, headers) {
+  OutgoingMessage.call(this, connection);
 
   this.should_keep_alive = false;
   if (method === "GET" || method === "HEAD") {
@@ -559,7 +561,7 @@ process.http.Client.prototype.request = function (method, url, headers) {
     url = method;
     method = null;
   }
-  var req = new ClientRequest(method || "GET", url, headers);
+  var req = new ClientRequest(this, method || "GET", url, headers);
   this._pushRequest(req);
   return req;
 };