diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 095d84b18..aef8234fa 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ An instance of `Client` is passed to the `soap.createClient` callback.  It is us
 
 ### Client.setSecurity(security) - use the specified security protocol
 
-### Client.*method*(args, callback) - call *method* on the SOAP service.
+### Client.*method*(args, callback, options) - call *method* on the SOAP service.
 
 ``` javascript
   client.MyFunction({name: 'value'}, function(err, result, raw, soapHeader) {
@@ -406,6 +406,11 @@ An instance of `Client` is passed to the `soap.createClient` callback.  It is us
 
 The `args` argument allows you to supply arguments that generate an XML document inside of the SOAP Body section.
 
+The `options` object is optional and is passed to the `request`-module.
+Interesting properties might be:
+* `timeout`: Timeout in milliseconds
+* `forever`: Enables keep alive connections
+
 ### Client.*method*Async(args) - call *method* on the SOAP service.
 
 ``` javascript
@@ -589,6 +594,8 @@ as default request options to the constructor:
 * `strictSSL: false`
 * `secureOptions: constants.SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2` (this is likely needed for node >= 10.0)
 
+If you want to reuse tls sessions, you can use the option `forever: true`. 
+
 ``` javascript
 client.setSecurity(new soap.ClientSSLSecurity(
                 '/path/to/key',
@@ -600,6 +607,7 @@ client.setSecurity(new soap.ClientSSLSecurity(
                     // rejectUnauthorized: false,
                     // hostname: 'some-hostname'
                     // secureOptions: constants.SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2,
+                    // forever: true,
                 },
       ));
 ```
diff --git a/lib/security/ClientSSLSecurity.js b/lib/security/ClientSSLSecurity.js
index d4f4c5d0d..3a3800125 100644
--- a/lib/security/ClientSSLSecurity.js
+++ b/lib/security/ClientSSLSecurity.js
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ function ClientSSLSecurity(key, cert, ca, defaults) {
 
   this.defaults = {};
   _.merge(this.defaults, defaults);
+
+  this.agent = null;
 }
 
 ClientSSLSecurity.prototype.toXML = function(headers) {
@@ -55,11 +57,26 @@ ClientSSLSecurity.prototype.toXML = function(headers) {
 };
 
 ClientSSLSecurity.prototype.addOptions = function(options) {
+  var httpsAgent = null;
+
   options.key = this.key;
   options.cert = this.cert;
   options.ca = this.ca;
   _.merge(options, this.defaults);
-  options.agent = new https.Agent(options);
+
+  if (!!options.forever) {
+    if (!this.agent) {
+      options.keepAlive = true;
+
+      this.agent = new https.Agent(options);
+    }
+
+    httpsAgent = this.agent;
+  } else {
+    httpsAgent = new https.Agent(options);
+  }
+
+  options.agent = httpsAgent;
 };
 
 module.exports = ClientSSLSecurity;
diff --git a/test/security/ClientSSLSecurity.js b/test/security/ClientSSLSecurity.js
index aa8fad224..015cc55d2 100644
--- a/test/security/ClientSSLSecurity.js
+++ b/test/security/ClientSSLSecurity.js
@@ -49,4 +49,39 @@ describe('ClientSSLSecurity', function() {
     var instance = new ClientSSLSecurity(null, null, caList);
     instance.should.have.property("ca", caList);
   });
+
+  describe('forever parameter', function () {
+    it('should return different agents if parameter is not present', function () {
+      var instance = new ClientSSLSecurity();
+      var firstOptions = {};
+      var secondOptions = {};
+
+      instance.addOptions(firstOptions);
+      instance.addOptions(secondOptions);
+
+      firstOptions.agent.should.not.equal(secondOptions.agent);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the same agent if parameter is present', function () {
+      var instance = new ClientSSLSecurity();
+      var firstOptions = {forever: true};
+      var secondOptions = {forever: true};
+
+      instance.addOptions(firstOptions);
+      instance.addOptions(secondOptions);
+
+      firstOptions.agent.should.equal(secondOptions.agent);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the same agent if set in defaults', function () {
+      var instance = new ClientSSLSecurity(null, null, null, {forever: true});
+      var firstOptions = {};
+      var secondOptions = {};
+
+      instance.addOptions(firstOptions);
+      instance.addOptions(secondOptions);
+
+      firstOptions.agent.should.equal(secondOptions.agent);
+    });
+  });
 });