diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/execchain/MainClientExec.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/execchain/MainClientExec.java
index 271d796c4..dc607ee51 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/execchain/MainClientExec.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/execchain/MainClientExec.java
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ public CloseableHttpResponse execute(
                     this.authenticator.generateAuthResponse(request, proxyAuthState, context);
                 }
 
+                context.setAttribute(HttpCoreContext.HTTP_REQUEST, request);
                 response = requestExecutor.execute(request, managedConn, context);
 
                 // The connection is in or can be brought to a re-usable state.