diff --git a/modules/http2/h2_conn.c b/modules/http2/h2_conn.c
index 2e956593aa..88da2bab3e 100644
--- a/modules/http2/h2_conn.c
+++ b/modules/http2/h2_conn.c
@@ -354,6 +354,15 @@ apr_status_t h2_slave_run_pre_connection(conn_rec *slave, apr_socket_t *csd)
          * (Not necessarily in pre_connection, but later. Set it here, so it
          * is in place.) */
         slave->keepalives = 1;
+        /* We signal that this connection will be closed after the request.
+         * Which is true in that sense that we throw away all traffic data
+         * on this slave connection after each requests. Although we might
+         * reuse internal structures like memory pools.
+         * The wanted effect of this is that httpd does not try to clean up
+         * any dangling data on this connection when a request is done. Which
+         * is unneccessary on a h2 stream.
+         */
+        slave->keepalive = AP_CONN_CLOSE;
         return ap_run_pre_connection(slave, csd);
     }
     return APR_SUCCESS;