diff --git a/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/SpotifyApi.java b/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/SpotifyApi.java
index ccfb05cd2..719629e5d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/SpotifyApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/SpotifyApi.java
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ public class SpotifyApi {
   public static final String DEFAULT_HOST = "api.spotify.com";
 
   /**
-   * A HttpManager configured with default settings.
+   * A HttpManager Builder ready to build SpotifyHttpManager
    */
-  public static final IHttpManager DEFAULT_HTTP_MANAGER = new SpotifyHttpManager.Builder().build();
+  public static final SpotifyHttpManager.Builder shmb = new SpotifyHttpManager.Builder();
 
   /**
    * The default port of Spotify API calls.
@@ -1885,7 +1885,8 @@ public GetUsersProfileRequest.Builder getUsersProfile(String user_id) {
    */
   public static class Builder {
 
-    private IHttpManager httpManager = DEFAULT_HTTP_MANAGER;
+    private SpotifyHttpManager.Builder spotifyHttpManagerBuilder = new SpotifyHttpManager.Builder();
+    private IHttpManager httpManager = null;
     private String scheme = DEFAULT_SCHEME;
     private String host = DEFAULT_HOST;
     private Integer port = DEFAULT_PORT;
@@ -1898,6 +1899,7 @@ public static class Builder {
     private URI redirectUri;
     private String accessToken;
     private String refreshToken;
+    private boolean usePoolingConnectionManager = false;
 
     /**
      * The HttpManager setter.
@@ -2042,12 +2044,20 @@ public Builder setRefreshToken(String refreshToken) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    public Builder setPoolingConnectionManager() {
+      this.usePoolingConnectionManager = true;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Build a {@link SpotifyApi} instance with the information given to the builder.
      *
      * @return A {@link SpotifyApi} instance.
      */
     public SpotifyApi build() {
+      if (usePoolingConnectionManager)
+        spotifyHttpManagerBuilder.setPoolingConnectionManager();
+      httpManager = spotifyHttpManagerBuilder.build();
       return new SpotifyApi(this);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/SpotifyHttpManager.java b/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/SpotifyHttpManager.java
index aeee5b5b6..0a64b16b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/SpotifyHttpManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/SpotifyHttpManager.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.io.BasicHttpClientConnectionManager;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.io.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.io.HttpClientConnectionManager;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.*;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.util.Timeout;
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ public class SpotifyHttpManager implements IHttpManager {
   private final Integer connectionRequestTimeout;
   private final Integer connectTimeout;
   private final Integer socketTimeout;
+  private final boolean usePooledConnectionManager;
 
   /**
    * Construct a new SpotifyHttpManager instance.
@@ -59,6 +62,8 @@ public SpotifyHttpManager(Builder builder) {
     this.connectionRequestTimeout = builder.connectionRequestTimeout;
     this.connectTimeout = builder.connectTimeout;
     this.socketTimeout = builder.socketTimeout;
+    this.usePooledConnectionManager = builder.usePoolingConnectionManager;
+    HttpClientConnectionManager connectionManager = null;
 
     CacheConfig cacheConfig = CacheConfig.custom()
       .setMaxCacheEntries(cacheMaxEntries != null ? cacheMaxEntries : DEFAULT_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES)
@@ -81,8 +86,20 @@ public SpotifyHttpManager(Builder builder) {
         ? Timeout.ofMilliseconds(builder.connectTimeout)
         : ConnectionConfig.DEFAULT.getConnectTimeout())
       .build();
-    BasicHttpClientConnectionManager connectionManager = new BasicHttpClientConnectionManager();
-    connectionManager.setConnectionConfig(connectionConfig);
+
+    if (usePooledConnectionManager) {
+      connectionManager = new PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager();
+      SpotifyApi.LOGGER.log(
+        Level.FINE,
+        "Using PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.");
+    } else {
+      connectionManager = new BasicHttpClientConnectionManager();
+      ((BasicHttpClientConnectionManager) connectionManager).setConnectionConfig(connectionConfig);
+      SpotifyApi.LOGGER.log(
+        Level.FINE,
+        "Using BasicHttpClientConnectionManager.");
+    }
+
     RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig
       .custom()
       .setCookieSpec(StandardCookieSpec.STRICT)
@@ -366,6 +383,7 @@ public static class Builder {
     private Integer connectionRequestTimeout;
     private Integer connectTimeout;
     private Integer socketTimeout;
+    private boolean usePoolingConnectionManager = false;
 
     public Builder setProxy(HttpHost proxy) {
       this.proxy = proxy;
@@ -402,6 +420,11 @@ public Builder setSocketTimeout(Integer socketTimeout) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    public Builder setPoolingConnectionManager() {
+      this.usePoolingConnectionManager = true;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     public SpotifyHttpManager build() {
       return new SpotifyHttpManager(this);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/requests/AbstractRequest.java b/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/requests/AbstractRequest.java
index f00d9f56d..71213870f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/requests/AbstractRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/se/michaelthelin/spotify/requests/AbstractRequest.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public static abstract class Builder<T, BT extends Builder<T, ?>> implements IRe
     private final List<NameValuePair> queryParameters = new ArrayList<>();
     private final List<Header> headers = new ArrayList<>();
     private final List<NameValuePair> bodyParameters = new ArrayList<>();
-    private IHttpManager httpManager = SpotifyApi.DEFAULT_HTTP_MANAGER;
+    private IHttpManager httpManager = null;
     private String scheme = SpotifyApi.DEFAULT_SCHEME;
     private String host = SpotifyApi.DEFAULT_HOST;
     private Integer port = SpotifyApi.DEFAULT_PORT;