diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/druid/collections/LoadBalancingPool.java b/common/src/main/java/io/druid/collections/LoadBalancingPool.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4fbc558eebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/druid/collections/LoadBalancingPool.java
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Metamarkets Group Inc. (Metamarkets) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  Metamarkets licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.druid.collections;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
+import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
+import com.metamx.common.logger.Logger;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.PriorityBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+/**
+ * Simple load balancing pool that always returns the least used item.
+ *
+ * An item's usage is incremented every time one gets requested from the pool
+ * and is decremented every time close is called on the holder.
+ *
+ * The pool eagerly instantiates all the items in the pool when created,
+ * using the given supplier.
+ *
+ * @param <T> type of items to pool
+ */
+public class LoadBalancingPool<T> implements Supplier<ResourceHolder<T>>
+{
+  private static final Logger log = new Logger(LoadBalancingPool.class);
+
+  private final Supplier<T> generator;
+  private final int capacity;
+  private final PriorityBlockingQueue<CountingHolder> queue;
+
+  public LoadBalancingPool(int capacity, Supplier<T> generator)
+  {
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(capacity > 0, "capacity must be greater than 0");
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(generator);
+
+    this.generator = generator;
+    this.capacity = capacity;
+    this.queue = new PriorityBlockingQueue<>(capacity);
+
+    // eagerly intantiate all items in the pool
+    init();
+  }
+
+  private void init() {
+    for(int i = 0; i < capacity; ++i) {
+      queue.offer(new CountingHolder(generator.get()));
+    }
+  }
+
+  public ResourceHolder<T> get()
+  {
+    final CountingHolder holder;
+    // items never stay out of the queue for long, so we'll get one eventually
+    try {
+      holder = queue.take();
+    } catch(InterruptedException e) {
+      Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+      throw Throwables.propagate(e);
+    }
+
+    // synchronize on item to ensure count cannot get changed by
+    // CountingHolder.close right after we put the item back in the queue
+    synchronized (holder) {
+      holder.count.incrementAndGet();
+      queue.offer(holder);
+    }
+    return holder;
+  }
+
+  private class CountingHolder implements ResourceHolder<T>, Comparable<CountingHolder>
+  {
+    private AtomicInteger count = new AtomicInteger(0);
+    private final T object;
+
+    public CountingHolder(final T object)
+    {
+      this.object = object;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public T get()
+    {
+      return object;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Not idempotent, should only be called once when done using the resource
+     *
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException
+    {
+      // ensures count always gets adjusted while item is removed from the queue
+      synchronized (this) {
+        // item may not be in queue if another thread is calling LoadBalancingPool.get()
+        // at the same time; in that case let the other thread put it back.
+        boolean removed = queue.remove(this);
+        count.decrementAndGet();
+        if (removed) {
+          queue.offer(this);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(CountingHolder o)
+    {
+      return Integer.compare(count.get(), o.count.get());
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    protected void finalize() throws Throwable
+    {
+      try {
+        final int shouldBeZero = count.get();
+        if (shouldBeZero != 0) {
+          log.warn("Expected 0 resource count, got [%d]! Object was[%s].", shouldBeZero, object);
+        }
+      }
+      finally {
+        super.finalize();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/druid/collections/ResourceHolder.java b/common/src/main/java/io/druid/collections/ResourceHolder.java
index b8589212450..6fa3be80c2d 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/druid/collections/ResourceHolder.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/druid/collections/ResourceHolder.java
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ import java.io.Closeable;
  */
 public interface ResourceHolder<T> extends Closeable
 {
-  public T get();
+  T get();
 }