diff --git a/src/aleph/http.clj b/src/aleph/http.clj
index 02f8e764..0c7f8658 100644
--- a/src/aleph/http.clj
+++ b/src/aleph/http.clj
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
       ReadTimeoutException
       RequestCancellationException
       RequestTimeoutException)
-    (io.aleph.dirigiste Pools)
+    (io.aleph.dirigiste IPool Pools)
     (io.netty.channel ConnectTimeoutException)
     (io.netty.handler.codec Headers)
     (io.netty.handler.codec.http HttpHeaders)
     (java.net
       InetSocketAddress
       URI)
-    (java.util.concurrent TimeoutException)))
+    (java.util.concurrent Executor TimeoutException)))
 
 (defn start-server
   "Starts an HTTP server using the provided Ring `handler`.  Returns a server
@@ -133,6 +133,25 @@
 (def ^:no-doc default-response-executor
   (flow/utilization-executor 0.9 256 {:onto? false}))
 
+;; Wrapper record to associate a response-executor with a connection pool.
+;; This enables the `request` function to use the pool's executor for response deferreds.
+(defrecord ConnectionPool [^IPool pool ^Executor response-executor]
+  IPool
+  (acquire [_ k callback]
+    (.acquire pool k callback))
+  (release [_ k obj]
+    (.release pool k obj))
+  (dispose [_ k obj]
+    (.dispose pool k obj))
+  (shutdown [_]
+    (.shutdown pool))
+
+  java.io.Closeable
+  (close [_]
+    (.shutdown pool)))
+
+
+
 (defn connection-pool
   "Returns a connection pool which can be used as an argument in `request`.
 
@@ -251,12 +270,13 @@
 
                               true
                               (update :ssl-context #(client/ssl-context % http-versions insecure?)))
+        response-executor' (:response-executor connection-options)
         p (promise)
         create-pool-fn (or pool-builder-fn
                            flow/instrumented-pool)
         create-pool-ctrl-fn (or pool-controller-builder-fn
                                 #(Pools/utilizationController target-utilization connections-per-host total-connections))
-        pool (create-pool-fn
+        raw-pool (create-pool-fn
                {:generate       (fn [host]
                                   (let [c (promise)
                                         conn (create-connection
@@ -273,7 +293,10 @@
                 :control-period control-period
                 :max-queue-size max-queue-size
                 :controller     (create-pool-ctrl-fn)
-                :stats-callback stats-callback})]
+                :stats-callback stats-callback})
+        pool (if response-executor'
+               (->ConnectionPool raw-pool response-executor')
+               raw-pool)]
     @(deliver p pool)))
 
 (def ^:no-doc default-connection-pool
@@ -384,13 +407,15 @@
              request-timeout
              read-timeout]
       :or   {pool               default-connection-pool
-             response-executor  default-response-executor
              middleware         identity
              connection-timeout aleph.netty/default-connect-timeout}
       :as   req}]
-    (let [dispose-conn! (atom (fn []))
-          result (d/deferred response-executor)
-          response (executor/with-executor response-executor
+    (let [response-executor' (or response-executor
+                                 (:response-executor pool)
+                                 default-response-executor)
+          dispose-conn! (atom (fn []))
+          result (d/deferred response-executor')
+          response (executor/with-executor response-executor'
                      ((middleware
                        (fn [req]
                          (let [k (client/req->domain req)
diff --git a/test/aleph/http_test.clj b/test/aleph/http_test.clj
index 9cf29308..e72ee635 100644
--- a/test/aleph/http_test.clj
+++ b/test/aleph/http_test.clj
@@ -757,6 +757,22 @@
          (let [rsp (http-get "/" {:connection-pool pool})]
            (is (= http/default-response-executor (.executor rsp))))))))
 
+(deftest test-connection-pool-response-executor
+  (let [pool-executor (java.util.concurrent.Executors/newFixedThreadPool 1)
+        pool (http/connection-pool
+               {:connection-options
+                {:response-executor pool-executor
+                 :insecure? true}})]
+    (try
+      (with-both-handlers basic-handler
+        (let [rsp (http-get "/string" {:pool pool})]
+          ;; Verify that the response deferred uses the custom pool executor
+          (is (= pool-executor (.executor rsp))
+              "Response deferred should use the connection pool's response-executor")))
+      (finally
+        (.shutdown pool-executor)
+        (.shutdown pool)))))
+
 (deftest test-trace-request-omitted-body
   (with-handler echo-handler
     (is (= "" (-> @(http-trace "/" {:body "REQUEST"})