diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 3e46b32..df8b0f1 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -67,5 +67,7 @@
     <source-file src="src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPut.java" target-dir="src/com/synconset/cordovahttp"/>
     <source-file src="src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java" target-dir="src/com/synconset/cordovahttp"/>
     <source-file src="src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpUpload.java" target-dir="src/com/synconset/cordovahttp"/>
+  
+    <framework src="com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection:3.9.1" />
   </platform>
 </plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/TLSSocketFactory.java b/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/TLSSocketFactory.java
index e39df61..37cedb0 100644
--- a/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/TLSSocketFactory.java
+++ b/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/TLSSocketFactory.java
@@ -11,45 +11,45 @@ import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
 
 public class TLSSocketFactory extends SSLSocketFactory {
 
-    private SSLSocketFactory internalSSLSocketFactory;
+    private SSLSocketFactory delegate;
 
     public TLSSocketFactory(SSLContext context) {
-        internalSSLSocketFactory = context.getSocketFactory();
+        delegate = context.getSocketFactory();
     }
 
     @Override
     public String[] getDefaultCipherSuites() {
-        return internalSSLSocketFactory.getDefaultCipherSuites();
+        return delegate.getDefaultCipherSuites();
     }
 
     @Override
     public String[] getSupportedCipherSuites() {
-        return internalSSLSocketFactory.getSupportedCipherSuites();
+        return delegate.getSupportedCipherSuites();
     }
 
     @Override
     public Socket createSocket(Socket s, String host, int port, boolean autoClose) throws IOException {
-        return enableTLSOnSocket(internalSSLSocketFactory.createSocket(s, host, port, autoClose));
+        return enableTLSOnSocket(delegate.createSocket(s, host, port, autoClose));
     }
 
     @Override
     public Socket createSocket(String host, int port) throws IOException, UnknownHostException {
-        return enableTLSOnSocket(internalSSLSocketFactory.createSocket(host, port));
+        return enableTLSOnSocket(delegate.createSocket(host, port));
     }
 
     @Override
     public Socket createSocket(String host, int port, InetAddress localHost, int localPort) throws IOException, UnknownHostException {
-        return enableTLSOnSocket(internalSSLSocketFactory.createSocket(host, port, localHost, localPort));
+        return enableTLSOnSocket(delegate.createSocket(host, port, localHost, localPort));
     }
 
     @Override
     public Socket createSocket(InetAddress host, int port) throws IOException {
-        return enableTLSOnSocket(internalSSLSocketFactory.createSocket(host, port));
+        return enableTLSOnSocket(delegate.createSocket(host, port));
     }
 
     @Override
     public Socket createSocket(InetAddress address, int port, InetAddress localAddress, int localPort) throws IOException {
-        return enableTLSOnSocket(internalSSLSocketFactory.createSocket(address, port, localAddress, localPort));
+        return enableTLSOnSocket(delegate.createSocket(address, port, localAddress, localPort));
     }
 
     private Socket enableTLSOnSocket(Socket socket) {
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
index 3d24021..4b359c6 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ import android.text.TextUtils;
 
 import com.github.kevinsawicki.http.HttpRequest;
 import com.github.kevinsawicki.http.HttpRequest.HttpRequestException;
+import com.github.kevinsawicki.http.HttpRequest.ConnectionFactory;
+
+import okhttp3.OkUrlFactory;
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URLStreamHandler;
+import java.net.Proxy;
+
 
 abstract class CordovaHttp {
     protected static final String TAG = "CordovaHTTP";
@@ -231,9 +241,29 @@ abstract class CordovaHttp {
         return map;
     }
 
+    private ConnectionFactory getConnectionFactory() {
+      final OkHttpClient okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient();
+
+      return new ConnectionFactory() {
+        public HttpURLConnection create(URL url) {
+          OkHttpClient okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient();
+          OkUrlFactory okUrlFactory = new OkUrlFactory(okHttpClient);
+          return (HttpURLConnection) okUrlFactory.open(url);
+        }
+    
+        public HttpURLConnection create(URL url, Proxy proxy) {
+          OkHttpClient okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder().proxy(proxy).build();
+          OkUrlFactory okUrlFactory = new OkUrlFactory(okHttpClient);
+          return (HttpURLConnection) okUrlFactory.open(url);
+        }
+      };
+    }
+
     protected void prepareRequest(HttpRequest request) throws HttpRequestException, JSONException {
       this.setupRedirect(request);
       this.setupSecurity(request);
+
+      request.setConnectionFactory(getConnectionFactory());
       request.readTimeout(this.getRequestTimeout());
       request.acceptCharset(ACCEPTED_CHARSETS);
       request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());