diff --git a/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPSampler2.java b/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPSampler2.java
index 912ba1a016..b2bce9f29a 100644
--- a/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPSampler2.java
+++ b/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPSampler2.java
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ public class HTTPSampler2 extends HTTPSamplerBase {
 		if ( httpClient == null )
 		{
 			httpClient = new HttpClient(new SimpleHttpConnectionManager());
+			httpClient.setHostConfiguration(hc);
 			map.put(hc, httpClient);
 		}