diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e8850c4b0..8d9fe0e6bc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -124,3 +124,9 @@ projects/Unit*/TestResult.xml
 # Vim
 .sw?
 .*.sw?
+
+
+#################
+## JetBrains Rider
+#################
+.idea/
diff --git a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/api/ConnectionFactory.cs b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/api/ConnectionFactory.cs
index b33443e437..1ceeb45e7a 100644
--- a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/api/ConnectionFactory.cs
+++ b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/api/ConnectionFactory.cs
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@ public TimeSpan ContinuationTimeout
         /// </summary>
         public bool TopologyRecoveryEnabled { get; set; } = true;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Force writes to the socket to run on a dedicated thread instead of the thread pool. This may prevent
+        /// timeouts if a large number of blocking requests are going out simultaneously. Will become obsolete
+        /// once requests become asynchronous. Defaults to false.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool EnableSynchronousWriteLoop { get; set; } = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Filter to include/exclude entities from topology recovery.
         /// Default filter includes all entities in topology recovery.
@@ -640,7 +647,7 @@ public IConnection CreateConnection(IEndpointResolver endpointResolver, string c
         internal IFrameHandler CreateFrameHandler(AmqpTcpEndpoint endpoint)
         {
             IFrameHandler fh = Protocols.DefaultProtocol.CreateFrameHandler(endpoint, _memoryPool, SocketFactory,
-                RequestedConnectionTimeout, SocketReadTimeout, SocketWriteTimeout);
+                RequestedConnectionTimeout, SocketReadTimeout, SocketWriteTimeout, EnableSynchronousWriteLoop);
             return ConfigureFrameHandler(fh);
         }
 
diff --git a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/IProtocolExtensions.cs b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/IProtocolExtensions.cs
index e8c2acd125..8edce34190 100644
--- a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/IProtocolExtensions.cs
+++ b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/IProtocolExtensions.cs
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ public static IFrameHandler CreateFrameHandler(
             Func<AddressFamily, ITcpClient> socketFactory,
             TimeSpan connectionTimeout,
             TimeSpan readTimeout,
-            TimeSpan writeTimeout)
+            TimeSpan writeTimeout,
+            bool enableSynchronousWriteLoop)
         {
-            return new SocketFrameHandler(endpoint, socketFactory, connectionTimeout, readTimeout, writeTimeout)
+            return new SocketFrameHandler(endpoint, socketFactory, connectionTimeout, readTimeout, writeTimeout, enableSynchronousWriteLoop)
             {
                 MemoryPool = pool
             };
diff --git a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/SocketFrameHandler.cs b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/SocketFrameHandler.cs
index 141e02aee0..f768a54a45 100644
--- a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/SocketFrameHandler.cs
+++ b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/SocketFrameHandler.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ public static async Task TimeoutAfter(this Task task, TimeSpan timeout)
     class SocketFrameHandler : IFrameHandler
     {
         private readonly AmqpTcpEndpoint _endpoint;
+
+
         // Socket poll timeout in ms. If the socket does not
         // become writeable in this amount of time, we throw
         // an exception.
@@ -78,19 +80,19 @@ class SocketFrameHandler : IFrameHandler
         private readonly byte[] _frameHeaderBuffer;
         private bool _closed;
         private ArrayPool<byte> _pool = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared;
+        private readonly bool _enableSynchronousWriteLoop;
 
         public SocketFrameHandler(AmqpTcpEndpoint endpoint,
             Func<AddressFamily, ITcpClient> socketFactory,
-            TimeSpan connectionTimeout, TimeSpan readTimeout, TimeSpan writeTimeout)
+            TimeSpan connectionTimeout, TimeSpan readTimeout, TimeSpan writeTimeout, bool enableSynchronousWriteLoop)
         {
             _endpoint = endpoint;
+            _enableSynchronousWriteLoop = enableSynchronousWriteLoop;
             _frameHeaderBuffer = new byte[6];
             var channel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<ReadOnlyMemory<byte>>(
                 new UnboundedChannelOptions
                 {
-                    AllowSynchronousContinuations = false,
-                    SingleReader = true,
-                    SingleWriter = false
+                    AllowSynchronousContinuations = false, SingleReader = true, SingleWriter = false
                 });
 
             _channelReader = channel.Reader;
@@ -134,7 +136,15 @@ public SocketFrameHandler(AmqpTcpEndpoint endpoint,
             _writer = new BufferedStream(netstream, _socket.Client.SendBufferSize);
 
             WriteTimeout = writeTimeout;
-            _writerTask = Task.Run(WriteLoop, CancellationToken.None);
+            if (_enableSynchronousWriteLoop)
+            {
+                TaskCreationOptions tco = TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning | TaskCreationOptions.DenyChildAttach;
+                _writerTask = Task.Factory.StartNew(SynchronousWriteLoop, CancellationToken.None, tco, TaskScheduler.Default);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _writerTask = Task.Run(WriteLoop, CancellationToken.None);
+            }
         }
 
         public AmqpTcpEndpoint Endpoint
@@ -281,6 +291,24 @@ private async Task WriteLoop()
             }
         }
 
+        private void SynchronousWriteLoop()
+        {
+            while (_channelReader.WaitToReadAsync().AsTask().Result)
+            {
+                _socket.Client.Poll(_writeableStateTimeoutMicroSeconds, SelectMode.SelectWrite);
+                while (_channelReader.TryRead(out var memory))
+                {
+                    if (MemoryMarshal.TryGetArray(memory, out ArraySegment<byte> segment) &&
+                        segment.Array != null)
+                    {
+                        _writer.Write(segment.Array, segment.Offset, segment.Count);
+                        MemoryPool.Return(segment.Array);
+                    }
+                }
+                _writer.Flush();
+            }
+        }
+
         private static bool ShouldTryIPv6(AmqpTcpEndpoint endpoint)
         {
             return Socket.OSSupportsIPv6 && endpoint.AddressFamily != AddressFamily.InterNetwork;
diff --git a/projects/Unit/TestConnectionFactory.cs b/projects/Unit/TestConnectionFactory.cs
index 76ae3d85c3..89a590f9a8 100644
--- a/projects/Unit/TestConnectionFactory.cs
+++ b/projects/Unit/TestConnectionFactory.cs
@@ -161,6 +161,20 @@ public void TestCreateConnectionAmqpTcpEndpointListAndClientProvidedName()
             }
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestCreateConnectionWithSynchronousWriteLoop()
+        {
+            var cf = new ConnectionFactory
+            {
+                AutomaticRecoveryEnabled = true,
+                HostName = "localhost",
+                EnableSynchronousWriteLoop = true
+            };
+            using (IConnection conn = cf.CreateConnection()){
+                Assert.AreEqual(5672, conn.Endpoint.Port);
+            }
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestCreateConnectionUsesDefaultPort()
         {