diff --git a/Net/include/Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h b/Net/include/Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h
index 714b24d69..5d21716a4 100644
--- a/Net/include/Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h
+++ b/Net/include/Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ public:
 
 	HTTPClientSession(const std::string& host, Poco::UInt16 port, const ProxyConfig& proxyConfig);
 		/// Creates a HTTPClientSession using the given host, port and proxy configuration.
+			
+	HTTPClientSession(const StreamSocket& socket, const ProxyConfig& proxyConfig);
+		/// Creates a HTTPClientSession using the given socket and proxy configuration.
 
 	virtual ~HTTPClientSession();
 		/// Destroys the HTTPClientSession and closes
diff --git a/Net/src/HTTPClientSession.cpp b/Net/src/HTTPClientSession.cpp
index 336a6b617..9dc357967 100644
--- a/Net/src/HTTPClientSession.cpp
+++ b/Net/src/HTTPClientSession.cpp
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ HTTPClientSession::HTTPClientSession(const StreamSocket& socket):
 	_reconnect(false),
 	_mustReconnect(false),
 	_expectResponseBody(false),
-	_responseReceived(false)
+	_responseReceived(false)	
 {
+	setKeepAlive(true);
 }
 
 
@@ -101,7 +102,19 @@ HTTPClientSession::HTTPClientSession(const std::string& host, Poco::UInt16 port,
 {
 }
 
-
+HTTPClientSession::HTTPClientSession(const StreamSocket& socket, const ProxyConfig& proxyConfig):
+	HTTPSession(socket),
+	_port(HTTPSession::HTTP_PORT),
+	_proxyConfig(proxyConfig),
+	_keepAliveTimeout(DEFAULT_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT, 0),
+	_reconnect(false),
+	_mustReconnect(false),
+	_expectResponseBody(false),
+	_responseReceived(false)
+{
+	setKeepAlive(true);
+}
+	
 HTTPClientSession::~HTTPClientSession()
 {
 }