diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
index daa1e831..b623652a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
-import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.DefaultServerIntrospector;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.ServerIntrospector;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.support.AbstractLoadBalancingClient;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
 import com.netflix.client.config.CommonClientConfigKey;
-import com.netflix.client.config.DefaultClientConfigImpl;
 import com.netflix.client.config.IClientConfig;
 import com.netflix.loadbalancer.ILoadBalancer;
 import com.netflix.loadbalancer.Server;
@@ -42,40 +40,27 @@ import static org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.RibbonUtils.updateToHttps
 //TODO: rename (ie new class that extends this in Dalston) to ApacheHttpLoadBalancingClient
 public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient
 		extends
-		AbstractLoadBalancingClient<RibbonApacheHttpRequest, RibbonApacheHttpResponse> {
-	private final HttpClient delegate;
-	private final IClientConfig config;
-	private final ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector;
+		AbstractLoadBalancingClient<RibbonApacheHttpRequest, RibbonApacheHttpResponse, HttpClient> {
 
 	@Deprecated
 	public RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient() {
-		this(new DefaultClientConfigImpl(), new DefaultServerIntrospector());
+		super();
 	}
 
 	@Deprecated
 	public RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient(final ILoadBalancer lb) {
 		super(lb);
-		this.config = new DefaultClientConfigImpl();
-		this.delegate = createHttpClient(this.config);
-		this.serverIntrospector = new DefaultServerIntrospector();
-		initWithNiwsConfig(config);
 	}
 
 	public RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient(IClientConfig config, ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector) {
-		this.delegate = createHttpClient(config);
-		this.config = config;
-		this.serverIntrospector = serverIntrospector;
-		initWithNiwsConfig(config);
+		super(config, serverIntrospector);
 	}
 
 	public RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient(HttpClient delegate, IClientConfig config, ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector) {
-		this.delegate = delegate;
-		this.config = config;
-		this.serverIntrospector = serverIntrospector;
-		initWithNiwsConfig(config);
+		super(delegate, config, serverIntrospector);
 	}
 
-	protected HttpClient createHttpClient(IClientConfig config) {
+	protected HttpClient createDelegate(IClientConfig config) {
 		return HttpClientBuilder.create()
 				// already defaults to 0 in builder, so resetting to 0 won't hurt
 				.setMaxConnTotal(config.getPropertyAsInteger(CommonClientConfigKey.MaxTotalConnections, 0))
@@ -86,10 +71,6 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient
 				.build();
 	}
 
-	protected HttpClient getDelegate() {
-		return this.delegate;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public RibbonApacheHttpResponse execute(RibbonApacheHttpRequest request,
 			final IClientConfig configOverride) throws Exception {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/okhttp/OkHttpLoadBalancingClient.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/okhttp/OkHttpLoadBalancingClient.java
index 001e57e2..33851327 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/okhttp/OkHttpLoadBalancingClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/okhttp/OkHttpLoadBalancingClient.java
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.okhttp;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.DefaultServerIntrospector;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.ServerIntrospector;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.support.AbstractLoadBalancingClient;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
 import com.netflix.client.config.CommonClientConfigKey;
-import com.netflix.client.config.DefaultClientConfigImpl;
 import com.netflix.client.config.IClientConfig;
 import com.netflix.loadbalancer.ILoadBalancer;
 import com.netflix.loadbalancer.Server;
@@ -40,30 +38,31 @@ import static org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.RibbonUtils.updateToHttps
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
 public class OkHttpLoadBalancingClient
-		extends AbstractLoadBalancingClient<OkHttpRibbonRequest, OkHttpRibbonResponse> {
-	private final OkHttpClient delegate = new OkHttpClient();
-	private final IClientConfig config;
-	private final ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector;
+		extends AbstractLoadBalancingClient<OkHttpRibbonRequest, OkHttpRibbonResponse, OkHttpClient> {
 
 	@Deprecated
 	public OkHttpLoadBalancingClient() {
 		super();
-		config = new DefaultClientConfigImpl();
-		serverIntrospector = new DefaultServerIntrospector();
 	}
 
 	@Deprecated
 	public OkHttpLoadBalancingClient(final ILoadBalancer lb) {
 		super(lb);
-		config = new DefaultClientConfigImpl();
-		serverIntrospector = new DefaultServerIntrospector();
 	}
 
 	public OkHttpLoadBalancingClient(IClientConfig config,
 			ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector) {
-		this.config = config;
-		this.serverIntrospector = serverIntrospector;
-		initWithNiwsConfig(config);
+		super(config, serverIntrospector);
+	}
+
+	public OkHttpLoadBalancingClient(OkHttpClient delegate, IClientConfig config,
+									 ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector) {
+		super(delegate, config, serverIntrospector);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected OkHttpClient createDelegate(IClientConfig config) {
+		return new OkHttpClient();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/support/AbstractLoadBalancingClient.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/support/AbstractLoadBalancingClient.java
index 8805f216..db376f57 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/support/AbstractLoadBalancingClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/support/AbstractLoadBalancingClient.java
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.support;
 
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.DefaultServerIntrospector;
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.ServerIntrospector;
+
 import com.netflix.client.AbstractLoadBalancerAwareClient;
 import com.netflix.client.IResponse;
 import com.netflix.client.RequestSpecificRetryHandler;
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ import com.netflix.loadbalancer.ILoadBalancer;
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
-public abstract class AbstractLoadBalancingClient<S extends ContextAwareRequest, T extends IResponse> extends
+public abstract class AbstractLoadBalancingClient<S extends ContextAwareRequest, T extends IResponse, D> extends
 		AbstractLoadBalancerAwareClient<S, T> {
 
 	protected int connectTimeout;
@@ -42,16 +45,47 @@ public abstract class AbstractLoadBalancingClient<S extends ContextAwareRequest,
 
 	protected boolean okToRetryOnAllOperations;
 
+	protected final D delegate;
+	protected final IClientConfig config;
+	protected final ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector;
+
+	@Deprecated
 	public AbstractLoadBalancingClient() {
 		super(null);
+		this.config = new DefaultClientConfigImpl();
+		this.delegate = createDelegate(this.config);
+		this.serverIntrospector = new DefaultServerIntrospector();
 		this.setRetryHandler(RetryHandler.DEFAULT);
+		initWithNiwsConfig(config);
 	}
 
+	@Deprecated
 	public AbstractLoadBalancingClient(final ILoadBalancer lb) {
 		super(lb);
+		this.config = new DefaultClientConfigImpl();
+		this.delegate = createDelegate(config);
+		this.serverIntrospector = new DefaultServerIntrospector();
 		this.setRetryHandler(RetryHandler.DEFAULT);
+		initWithNiwsConfig(config);
 	}
 
+	protected AbstractLoadBalancingClient(IClientConfig config, ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector) {
+		super(null);
+		this.delegate = createDelegate(config);
+		this.config = config;
+		this.serverIntrospector = serverIntrospector;
+		this.setRetryHandler(RetryHandler.DEFAULT);
+		initWithNiwsConfig(config);
+	}
+
+	protected AbstractLoadBalancingClient(D delegate, IClientConfig config, ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector) {
+		super(null);
+		this.delegate = delegate;
+		this.config = config;
+		this.serverIntrospector = serverIntrospector;
+		this.setRetryHandler(RetryHandler.DEFAULT);
+		initWithNiwsConfig(config);
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void initWithNiwsConfig(IClientConfig clientConfig) {
@@ -72,6 +106,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractLoadBalancingClient<S extends ContextAwareRequest,
 				DefaultClientConfigImpl.DEFAULT_OK_TO_RETRY_ON_ALL_OPERATIONS);
 	}
 
+	protected abstract D createDelegate(IClientConfig config);
+
+	public D getDelegate() {
+		return this.delegate;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public RequestSpecificRetryHandler getRequestSpecificRetryHandler(
 			final S request, final IClientConfig requestConfig) {