diff --git a/lib/axiosHttpClient.ts b/lib/axiosHttpClient.ts
index b0374a8..b1d4da5 100644
--- a/lib/axiosHttpClient.ts
+++ b/lib/axiosHttpClient.ts
@@ -154,16 +154,35 @@ export class AxiosHttpClient implements HttpClient {
         proxy: false
       };
 
-      if (httpRequest.proxySettings) {
+      if (httpRequest.agentSettings) {
+        const {http: httpAgent, https: httpsAgent} = httpRequest.agentSettings;
+        if (httpsAgent) {
+          config.httpsAgent = httpsAgent;
+        }
+        if (httpAgent) {
+          config.httpAgent = httpAgent;
+        }
+      } else if (httpRequest.proxySettings) {
         const agent = createProxyAgent(httpRequest.url, httpRequest.proxySettings, httpRequest.headers);
         if (agent.isHttps) {
           config.httpsAgent = agent.agent;
         } else {
           config.httpAgent = agent.agent;
         }
-      } else if (httpRequest.keepAlive) {
-        config.httpAgent = keepaliveAgents.http;
-        config.httpsAgent = keepaliveAgents.https;
+      }
+
+      if (httpRequest.keepAlive === true) {
+        if (config.httpAgent) {
+          config.httpAgent.keepAlive = true;
+        } else {
+          config.httpAgent = keepaliveAgents.http;
+        }
+
+        if (config.httpsAgent) {
+          config.httpsAgent.keepAlive = true;
+        } else {
+          config.httpsAgent = keepaliveAgents.https;
+        }
       }
 
       res = await axiosInstance.request(config);
diff --git a/lib/policies/agentPolicy.browser.ts b/lib/policies/agentPolicy.browser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5412325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/policies/agentPolicy.browser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+import { AgentSettings } from "../serviceClient";
+import { BaseRequestPolicy, RequestPolicy, RequestPolicyFactory, RequestPolicyOptions } from "./requestPolicy";
+import { HttpOperationResponse } from "../httpOperationResponse";
+import { WebResource } from "../webResource";
+
+const agentNotSupportedInBrowser = new Error("AgentPolicy is not supported in browser environment");
+
+export function agentPolicy(_agentSettings?: AgentSettings): RequestPolicyFactory {
+  return {
+    create: (_nextPolicy: RequestPolicy, _options: RequestPolicyOptions) => {
+      throw agentNotSupportedInBrowser;
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+export class AgentPolicy extends BaseRequestPolicy {
+  constructor(nextPolicy: RequestPolicy, options: RequestPolicyOptions) {
+    super(nextPolicy, options);
+    throw agentNotSupportedInBrowser;
+  }
+
+  public sendRequest(_request: WebResource): Promise<HttpOperationResponse> {
+    throw agentNotSupportedInBrowser;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/policies/agentPolicy.ts b/lib/policies/agentPolicy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b823231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/policies/agentPolicy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+import { AgentSettings } from "../serviceClient";
+import { BaseRequestPolicy, RequestPolicy, RequestPolicyFactory, RequestPolicyOptions } from "./requestPolicy";
+import { HttpOperationResponse } from "../httpOperationResponse";
+import { WebResource } from "../webResource";
+
+export function agentPolicy(agentSettings?: AgentSettings): RequestPolicyFactory {
+  return {
+    create: (nextPolicy: RequestPolicy, options: RequestPolicyOptions) => {
+      return new AgentPolicy(nextPolicy, options, agentSettings!);
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+export class AgentPolicy extends BaseRequestPolicy {
+  agentSettings: AgentSettings;
+
+  constructor(nextPolicy: RequestPolicy, options: RequestPolicyOptions, agentSettings: AgentSettings) {
+    super(nextPolicy, options);
+    this.agentSettings = agentSettings;
+  }
+
+  public sendRequest(request: WebResource): Promise<HttpOperationResponse> {
+    if (!request.agentSettings) {
+      request.agentSettings = this.agentSettings;
+    }
+    return this._nextPolicy.sendRequest(request);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/serviceClient.ts b/lib/serviceClient.ts
index 49e247c..b73e789 100644
--- a/lib/serviceClient.ts
+++ b/lib/serviceClient.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { OperationResponse } from "./operationResponse";
 import { ServiceCallback } from "./util/utils";
 import { proxyPolicy, getDefaultProxySettings } from "./policies/proxyPolicy";
 import { throttlingRetryPolicy } from "./policies/throttlingRetryPolicy";
+import { Agent } from "http";
 
 
 /**
@@ -40,6 +41,14 @@ export interface ProxySettings {
   password?: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * HTTP and HTTPS agents (Node.js only)
+ */
+export interface AgentSettings {
+  http: Agent;
+  https: Agent;
+}
+
 /**
  * Options to be provided while creating the client.
  */
@@ -99,6 +108,10 @@ export interface ServiceClientOptions {
    * Proxy settings which will be used for every HTTP request (Node.js only).
    */
   proxySettings?: ProxySettings;
+  /**
+   * HTTP and HTTPS agents which will be used for every HTTP request (Node.js only).
+   */
+  agentSettings?: AgentSettings;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/util/constants.ts b/lib/util/constants.ts
index 1410c6d..3504655 100644
--- a/lib/util/constants.ts
+++ b/lib/util/constants.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export const Constants = {
    * @const
    * @type {string}
    */
-  msRestVersion: "1.8.16",
+  msRestVersion: "1.8.17",
 
   /**
    * Specifies HTTP.
diff --git a/lib/webResource.ts b/lib/webResource.ts
index e4d7065..c1b77ac 100644
--- a/lib/webResource.ts
+++ b/lib/webResource.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Mapper, Serializer } from "./serializer";
 import { generateUuid } from "./util/utils";
 import { HttpOperationResponse } from "./httpOperationResponse";
 import { OperationResponse } from "./operationResponse";
-import { ProxySettings } from "./serviceClient";
+import { AgentSettings, ProxySettings } from "./serviceClient";
 
 export type HttpMethods = "GET" | "PUT" | "POST" | "DELETE" | "PATCH" | "HEAD" | "OPTIONS" | "TRACE";
 export type HttpRequestBody = Blob | string | ArrayBuffer | ArrayBufferView | (() => NodeJS.ReadableStream);
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export class WebResource {
   timeout: number;
   proxySettings?: ProxySettings;
   keepAlive?: boolean;
+  agentSettings?: AgentSettings;
 
   abortSignal?: AbortSignalLike;
 
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ export class WebResource {
     onUploadProgress?: (progress: TransferProgressEvent) => void,
     onDownloadProgress?: (progress: TransferProgressEvent) => void,
     proxySettings?: ProxySettings,
-    keepAlive?: boolean) {
+    keepAlive?: boolean,
+    agentSettings?: AgentSettings) {
 
     this.streamResponseBody = streamResponseBody;
     this.url = url || "";
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ export class WebResource {
     this.onDownloadProgress = onDownloadProgress;
     this.proxySettings = proxySettings;
     this.keepAlive = keepAlive;
+    this.agentSettings = agentSettings;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/lib/xhrHttpClient.ts b/lib/xhrHttpClient.ts
index 6ed86ee..f3fe5b7 100644
--- a/lib/xhrHttpClient.ts
+++ b/lib/xhrHttpClient.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export class XhrHttpClient implements HttpClient {
   public sendRequest(request: WebResource): Promise<HttpOperationResponse> {
     const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
 
+    if (request.agentSettings) {
+      throw new Error("HTTP agent settings not supported in browser environment");
+    }
+
     if (request.proxySettings) {
       throw new Error("HTTP proxy is not supported in browser environment");
     }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a4e359e..b3e0bcd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@azure/ms-rest-js",
-  "version": "1.8.15",
+  "version": "1.8.17",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6cbdca..9b1a027 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "email": "azsdkteam@microsoft.com",
     "url": "https://github.com/Azure/ms-rest-js"
   },
-  "version": "1.8.16",
+  "version": "1.8.17",
   "description": "Isomorphic client Runtime for Typescript/node.js/browser javascript client libraries generated using AutoRest",
   "tags": [
     "isomorphic",
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
     "./es/lib/policies/msRestUserAgentPolicy.js": "./es/lib/policies/msRestUserAgentPolicy.browser.js",
     "./es/lib/util/base64.js": "./es/lib/util/base64.browser.js",
     "./es/lib/util/xml.js": "./es/lib/util/xml.browser.js",
-    "./es/lib/defaultHttpClient.js": "./es/lib/defaultHttpClient.browser.js"
+    "./es/lib/defaultHttpClient.js": "./es/lib/defaultHttpClient.browser.js",
+    "./es/lib/policies/agentPolicy.js": "./es/lib/policies/agentPolicy.browser.js",
+    "./es/lib/policies/proxyPolicy.js": "./es/lib/policies/proxyPolicy.browser.js"
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/test/policies/agentPolicyTests.ts b/test/policies/agentPolicyTests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f46d78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/policies/agentPolicyTests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+import "chai/register-should";
+import { AgentSettings } from "../../lib/serviceClient";
+import { RequestPolicyOptions } from "../../lib/policies/requestPolicy";
+import { WebResource } from "../../lib/webResource";
+import { HttpHeaders } from "../../lib/httpHeaders";
+import { agentPolicy, AgentPolicy } from "../../lib/policies/agentPolicy";
+import { nodeDescribe, browserDescribe } from "../msAssert";
+
+describe("AgentPolicy", function () {
+  const emptyRequestPolicy = {
+    sendRequest: (_: WebResource) =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        request: new WebResource(),
+        status: 404,
+        headers: new HttpHeaders(undefined),
+      }),
+  };
+
+  const emptyPolicyOptions = new RequestPolicyOptions();
+
+  nodeDescribe("for Node.js", function () {
+    const http = require("http");
+    const https = require("https");
+
+    const agentSettings: AgentSettings = {
+      http: new http.Agent(),
+      https: new https.Agent(),
+    };
+
+    it("factory passes correct agent settings", function () {
+      const factory = agentPolicy(agentSettings);
+
+      const policy = factory.create(
+        emptyRequestPolicy,
+        emptyPolicyOptions
+      ) as AgentPolicy;
+
+      policy.agentSettings.should.be.deep.equal(agentSettings);
+    });
+
+    it("sets correct agent settings through constructor", function () {
+      const policy = new AgentPolicy(
+        emptyRequestPolicy,
+        emptyPolicyOptions,
+        agentSettings
+      );
+
+      policy.agentSettings.should.be.deep.equal(agentSettings);
+    });
+
+    it("should assign agent settings to the web request", async function () {
+      const policy = new AgentPolicy(
+        emptyRequestPolicy,
+        emptyPolicyOptions,
+        agentSettings
+      );
+      const request = new WebResource();
+
+      await policy.sendRequest(request);
+
+      request.agentSettings!.should.be.deep.equal(agentSettings);
+    });
+
+    it("should not override agent settings to the web request", async function () {
+      const policy = new AgentPolicy(
+        emptyRequestPolicy,
+        emptyPolicyOptions,
+        agentSettings
+      );
+
+      const request = new WebResource();
+      const requestSpecificAgentSettings = {
+        http: new http.Agent({keepAlive: true}),
+        https: new http.Agent({keepAlive: true}),
+      };
+      request.agentSettings = requestSpecificAgentSettings;
+
+      await policy.sendRequest(request);
+
+      request.agentSettings!.should.be.deep.equal(requestSpecificAgentSettings);
+    });
+  });
+
+  browserDescribe("for browser", () => {
+    it("should throw an Error while constructing object", () => {
+      const agentSettings = {} as AgentSettings;
+      const construct = () =>
+        new AgentPolicy(emptyRequestPolicy, emptyPolicyOptions, agentSettings);
+      construct.should.throw();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/xhrTests.browser.ts b/test/xhrTests.browser.ts
index 20b2b62..7a709e2 100644
--- a/test/xhrTests.browser.ts
+++ b/test/xhrTests.browser.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
+import { AgentSettings } from "../lib/serviceClient";
+import { WebResource } from "../lib/webResource";
 import { assert } from "chai";
 import { parseHeaders, XhrHttpClient } from "../lib/xhrHttpClient";
-import { WebResource } from "../lib/webResource";
 
 describe("XhrHttpClient", function() {
   it("parses headers", function() {
@@ -38,4 +39,12 @@ describe("XhrHttpClient", function() {
     const client = new XhrHttpClient();
     assert.throws(() => { client.sendRequest(request); }, Error);
   });
+
+  it("throws when agent settings are passed", function() {
+    const request = new WebResource();
+    request.agentSettings = {} as AgentSettings;
+
+    const client = new XhrHttpClient();
+    assert.throws(() => { client.sendRequest(request); }, Error);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/webpack.testconfig.ts b/webpack.testconfig.ts
index 70c6c1a..7377606 100644
--- a/webpack.testconfig.ts
+++ b/webpack.testconfig.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const config: webpack.Configuration = {
     new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(/(\.).+util\/xml/, path.resolve(__dirname, "./lib/util/xml.browser.ts")),
     new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(/(\.).+defaultHttpClient/, path.resolve(__dirname, "./lib/defaultHttpClient.browser.ts")),
     new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(/(\.).+msRestUserAgentPolicy/, path.resolve(__dirname, "./lib/policies/msRestUserAgentPolicy.browser.ts")),
+    new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(/(\.).+agentPolicy/, path.resolve(__dirname, "./lib/policies/agentPolicy.browser.ts")),
     new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(/(\.).+proxyPolicy/, path.resolve(__dirname, "./lib/policies/proxyPolicy.browser.ts"))
   ],
   module: {