diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/Reactor2TcpStompClient.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/Reactor2TcpStompClient.java
index 42a7977474..46aa3532e6 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/Reactor2TcpStompClient.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/Reactor2TcpStompClient.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,30 +20,38 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
 import reactor.Environment;
 import reactor.core.config.ConfigurationReader;
 import reactor.core.config.DispatcherConfiguration;
 import reactor.core.config.DispatcherType;
 import reactor.core.config.ReactorConfiguration;
-import reactor.io.net.NetStreams;
+import reactor.io.net.NetStreams.TcpClientFactory;
 import reactor.io.net.Spec.TcpClientSpec;
+import reactor.io.net.impl.netty.NettyClientSocketOptions;
 
+import org.springframework.context.Lifecycle;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.messaging.tcp.TcpOperations;
 import org.springframework.messaging.tcp.reactor.Reactor2TcpClient;
 import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 
 /**
- * A STOMP over TCP client that uses
- * {@link Reactor2TcpClient}.
+ * A STOMP over TCP client that uses {@link Reactor2TcpClient}.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 4.2
  */
-public class Reactor2TcpStompClient extends StompClientSupport {
+public class Reactor2TcpStompClient extends StompClientSupport implements Lifecycle {
 
 	private final TcpOperations<byte[]> tcpClient;
 
+	private final EventLoopGroup eventLoopGroup;
+
+	private final Environment environment;
+
+	private volatile boolean running = false;
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Create an instance with host "127.0.0.1" and port 61613.
@@ -57,11 +65,11 @@ public class Reactor2TcpStompClient extends StompClientSupport {
 	 * @param host the host
 	 * @param port the port
 	 */
-	public Reactor2TcpStompClient(final String host, final int port) {
-		ConfigurationReader reader = new StompClientDispatcherConfigReader();
-		Environment environment = new Environment(reader).assignErrorJournal();
-		StompTcpClientSpecFactory factory = new StompTcpClientSpecFactory(environment, host, port);
-		this.tcpClient = new Reactor2TcpClient<byte[]>(factory);
+	public Reactor2TcpStompClient(String host, int port) {
+		this.eventLoopGroup = Reactor2TcpClient.initEventLoopGroup();
+		this.environment = new Environment();
+		this.tcpClient = new Reactor2TcpClient<byte[]>(
+				new StompTcpClientSpecFactory(host, port, this.eventLoopGroup, this.environment));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -70,6 +78,43 @@ public class Reactor2TcpStompClient extends StompClientSupport {
 	 */
 	public Reactor2TcpStompClient(TcpOperations<byte[]> tcpClient) {
 		this.tcpClient = tcpClient;
+		this.eventLoopGroup = null;
+		this.environment = null;
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public void start() {
+		if (!isRunning()) {
+			this.running = true;
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void stop() {
+		if (isRunning()) {
+			this.running = false;
+			try {
+				if (this.eventLoopGroup != null) {
+					this.eventLoopGroup.shutdownGracefully().await(5000);
+				}
+				if (this.environment != null) {
+					this.environment.shutdown();
+				}
+			}
+			catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+				if (logger.isErrorEnabled()) {
+					logger.error("Failed to shutdown gracefully", ex);
+				}
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isRunning() {
+		return this.running;
 	}
 
 
@@ -120,30 +165,36 @@ public class Reactor2TcpStompClient extends StompClientSupport {
 	}
 
 
-	private static class StompTcpClientSpecFactory
-			implements NetStreams.TcpClientFactory<Message<byte[]>, Message<byte[]>> {
-
-		private final Environment environment;
+	private static class StompTcpClientSpecFactory implements TcpClientFactory<Message<byte[]>, Message<byte[]>> {
 
 		private final String host;
 
 		private final int port;
 
-		public StompTcpClientSpecFactory(Environment environment, String host, int port) {
-			this.environment = environment;
+		private final EventLoopGroup eventLoopGroup;
+
+		private final Environment environment;
+
+
+		public StompTcpClientSpecFactory(String host, int port, EventLoopGroup group, Environment environment) {
 			this.host = host;
 			this.port = port;
+			this.eventLoopGroup = group;
+			this.environment = environment;
 		}
 
 		@Override
 		public TcpClientSpec<Message<byte[]>, Message<byte[]>> apply(
 				TcpClientSpec<Message<byte[]>, Message<byte[]>> tcpClientSpec) {
 
+			final Reactor2StompCodec codec = new Reactor2StompCodec(new StompEncoder(), new StompDecoder());
+
 			return tcpClientSpec
-					.codec(new Reactor2StompCodec(new StompEncoder(), new StompDecoder()))
 					.env(this.environment)
-					.dispatcher(this.environment.getCachedDispatchers("StompClient").get())
-					.connect(this.host, this.port);
+					.dispatcher(this.environment.getDispatcher(Environment.WORK_QUEUE))
+					.connect(this.host, this.port)
+					.codec(codec)
+					.options(new NettyClientSocketOptions().eventLoopGroup(this.eventLoopGroup));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/StompClientSupport.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/StompClientSupport.java
index 708f277b9c..bedbeb089e 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/StompClientSupport.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/StompClientSupport.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ package org.springframework.messaging.simp.stomp;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.messaging.converter.MessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.messaging.converter.SimpleMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
@@ -40,6 +43,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  */
 public abstract class StompClientSupport {
 
+	protected Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+
 	private MessageConverter messageConverter = new SimpleMessageConverter();
 
 	private TaskScheduler taskScheduler;
diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/Reactor2TcpClient.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/Reactor2TcpClient.java
index 2cc29a46ba..0b8106aa6f 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/Reactor2TcpClient.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/Reactor2TcpClient.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class Reactor2TcpClient<P> implements TcpOperations<P> {
 	}
 
 
-	private static NioEventLoopGroup initEventLoopGroup() {
+	public static NioEventLoopGroup initEventLoopGroup() {
 		int ioThreadCount;
 		try {
 			ioThreadCount = Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("reactor.tcp.ioThreadCount"));