diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.h b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.h

index 81fd14c..cd1710f 100644

--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.h

+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.h

@@ -856,6 +856,17 @@ PROXY_DECLARE(int) ap_proxy_connect_backend(const char *proxy_function,

 PROXY_DECLARE(int) ap_proxy_connection_create(const char *proxy_function,

                                               proxy_conn_rec *conn,

                                               conn_rec *c, server_rec *s);

+

+/**

+ * Determine if proxy connection can potentially be reused at the

+ * end of this request.

+ * @param conn proxy connection

+ * @return non-zero if reusable, 0 otherwise

+ * @note Even if this function returns non-zero, the connection may

+ * be subsequently marked for closure.

+ */

+PROXY_DECLARE(int) ap_proxy_connection_reusable(proxy_conn_rec *conn);

+

 /**

  * Signal the upstream chain that the connection to the backend broke in the

  * middle of the response. This is done by sending an error bucket with

diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_fcgi.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_fcgi.c

index 0f84416..c57696a 100644

--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_fcgi.c

+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_fcgi.c

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static apr_status_t send_begin_request(proxy_conn_rec *conn, int request_id)

     brb.roleB1 = ((FCGI_RESPONDER >> 8) & 0xff);

     brb.roleB0 = ((FCGI_RESPONDER) & 0xff);

-    brb.flags = FCGI_KEEP_CONN;

+    brb.flags = ap_proxy_connection_reusable(conn) ? FCGI_KEEP_CONN : 0;

     brb.reserved[0] = 0;

     brb.reserved[1] = 0;

     brb.reserved[2] = 0;

diff --git a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c

index 8bc9fab..ca70ae4 100644

--- a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c

+++ b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c

@@ -1333,6 +1333,13 @@ static void init_conn_pool(apr_pool_t *p, proxy_worker *worker)

     worker->cp = cp;

 }

+PROXY_DECLARE(int) ap_proxy_connection_reusable(proxy_conn_rec *conn)

+{

+    proxy_worker *worker = conn->worker;

+

+    return ! (conn->close || !worker->s->is_address_reusable || worker->s->disablereuse);

+}

+

 static apr_status_t connection_cleanup(void *theconn)

 {

     proxy_conn_rec *conn = (proxy_conn_rec *)theconn;

@@ -1361,7 +1368,7 @@ static apr_status_t connection_cleanup(void *theconn)

     }

     /* determine if the connection need to be closed */

-    if (conn->close || !worker->s->is_address_reusable || worker->s->disablereuse) {

+    if (!ap_proxy_connection_reusable(conn)) {

         apr_pool_t *p = conn->pool;

         apr_pool_clear(p);

         conn = apr_pcalloc(p, sizeof(proxy_conn_rec));