diff --git a/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/pool.py b/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/pool.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/pool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+"""Google Cloud Bigtable HappyBase pool module."""
+
+
+import threading
+
+import six
+
+from gcloud.bigtable.happybase.connection import Connection
+from gcloud.bigtable.happybase.connection import _get_cluster
+
+
+_MIN_POOL_SIZE = 1
+"""Minimum allowable size of a connection pool."""
+
+
+class ConnectionPool(object):
+    """Thread-safe connection pool.
+
+    .. note::
+
+        All keyword arguments are passed unmodified to the
+        :class:`.Connection` constructor **except** for ``autoconnect``.
+        This is because the ``open`` / ``closed`` status of a connection
+        is managed by the pool. In addition, if ``cluster`` is not passed,
+        the default / inferred cluster is determined by the pool and then
+        passed to each :class:`.Connection` that is created.
+
+    :type size: int
+    :param size: The maximum number of concurrently open connections.
+
+    :type kwargs: dict
+    :param kwargs: Keyword arguments passed to :class:`.Connection`
+                   constructor.
+
+    :raises: :class:`TypeError <exceptions.TypeError>` if ``size``
+             is non an integer.
+             :class:`ValueError <exceptions.ValueError>` if ``size``
+             is not positive.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, size, **kwargs):
+        if not isinstance(size, six.integer_types):
+            raise TypeError('Pool size arg must be an integer')
+
+        if size < _MIN_POOL_SIZE:
+            raise ValueError('Pool size must be positive')
+
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._queue = six.moves.queue.LifoQueue(maxsize=size)
+        self._thread_connections = threading.local()
+
+        connection_kwargs = kwargs
+        connection_kwargs['autoconnect'] = False
+        if 'cluster' not in connection_kwargs:
+            connection_kwargs['cluster'] = _get_cluster(
+                timeout=kwargs.get('timeout'))
+
+        for _ in six.moves.range(size):
+            connection = Connection(**connection_kwargs)
+            self._queue.put(connection)
diff --git a/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/test_pool.py b/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/test_pool.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17dcee0acb5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcloud/bigtable/happybase/test_pool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+# Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+
+import unittest2
+
+
+class TestConnectionPool(unittest2.TestCase):
+
+    def _getTargetClass(self):
+        from gcloud.bigtable.happybase.pool import ConnectionPool
+        return ConnectionPool
+
+    def _makeOne(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._getTargetClass()(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def test_constructor_defaults(self):
+        import six
+        import threading
+        from gcloud.bigtable.happybase.connection import Connection
+
+        size = 11
+        cluster_copy = _Cluster()
+        all_copies = [cluster_copy] * size
+        cluster = _Cluster(copies=all_copies)  # Avoid implicit environ check.
+        pool = self._makeOne(size, cluster=cluster)
+
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(pool._lock, type(threading.Lock())))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(pool._thread_connections, threading.local))
+        self.assertEqual(pool._thread_connections.__dict__, {})
+
+        queue = pool._queue
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(queue, six.moves.queue.LifoQueue))
+        self.assertTrue(queue.full())
+        self.assertEqual(queue.maxsize, size)
+        for connection in queue.queue:
+            self.assertTrue(isinstance(connection, Connection))
+            self.assertTrue(connection._cluster is cluster_copy)
+
+    def test_constructor_passes_kwargs(self):
+        table_prefix = 'foo'
+        table_prefix_separator = '<>'
+        cluster = _Cluster()  # Avoid implicit environ check.
+
+        size = 1
+        pool = self._makeOne(size, table_prefix=table_prefix,
+                             table_prefix_separator=table_prefix_separator,
+                             cluster=cluster)
+
+        for connection in pool._queue.queue:
+            self.assertEqual(connection.table_prefix, table_prefix)
+            self.assertEqual(connection.table_prefix_separator,
+                             table_prefix_separator)
+
+    def test_constructor_ignores_autoconnect(self):
+        from gcloud._testing import _Monkey
+        from gcloud.bigtable.happybase.connection import Connection
+        from gcloud.bigtable.happybase import pool as MUT
+
+        class ConnectionWithOpen(Connection):
+
+            _open_called = False
+
+            def open(self):
+                self._open_called = True
+
+        # First make sure the custom Connection class does as expected.
+        cluster_copy1 = _Cluster()
+        cluster_copy2 = _Cluster()
+        cluster_copy3 = _Cluster()
+        cluster = _Cluster(
+            copies=[cluster_copy1, cluster_copy2, cluster_copy3])
+        connection = ConnectionWithOpen(autoconnect=False, cluster=cluster)
+        self.assertFalse(connection._open_called)
+        self.assertTrue(connection._cluster is cluster_copy1)
+        connection = ConnectionWithOpen(autoconnect=True, cluster=cluster)
+        self.assertTrue(connection._open_called)
+        self.assertTrue(connection._cluster is cluster_copy2)
+
+        # Then make sure autoconnect=True is ignored in a pool.
+        size = 1
+        with _Monkey(MUT, Connection=ConnectionWithOpen):
+            pool = self._makeOne(size, autoconnect=True, cluster=cluster)
+
+        for connection in pool._queue.queue:
+            self.assertTrue(isinstance(connection, ConnectionWithOpen))
+            self.assertTrue(connection._cluster is cluster_copy3)
+            self.assertFalse(connection._open_called)
+
+    def test_constructor_infers_cluster(self):
+        from gcloud._testing import _Monkey
+        from gcloud.bigtable.happybase.connection import Connection
+        from gcloud.bigtable.happybase import pool as MUT
+
+        size = 1
+        cluster_copy = _Cluster()
+        all_copies = [cluster_copy] * size
+        cluster = _Cluster(copies=all_copies)
+        get_cluster_calls = []
+
+        def mock_get_cluster(timeout=None):
+            get_cluster_calls.append(timeout)
+            return cluster
+
+        with _Monkey(MUT, _get_cluster=mock_get_cluster):
+            pool = self._makeOne(size)
+
+        for connection in pool._queue.queue:
+            self.assertTrue(isinstance(connection, Connection))
+            # We know that the Connection() constructor will
+            # call cluster.copy().
+            self.assertTrue(connection._cluster is cluster_copy)
+
+        self.assertEqual(get_cluster_calls, [None])
+
+    def test_constructor_non_integer_size(self):
+        size = None
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self._makeOne(size)
+
+    def test_constructor_non_positive_size(self):
+        size = -10
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            self._makeOne(size)
+        size = 0
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            self._makeOne(size)
+
+
+class _Client(object):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.stop_calls = 0
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.stop_calls += 1
+
+
+class _Cluster(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, copies=()):
+        self.copies = list(copies)
+        # Included to support Connection.__del__
+        self._client = _Client()
+
+    def copy(self):
+        if self.copies:
+            result = self.copies[0]
+            self.copies[:] = self.copies[1:]
+            return result
+        else:
+            return self
diff --git a/scripts/run_pylint.py b/scripts/run_pylint.py
index f78da26e59e9..bfd8cf020f01 100644
--- a/scripts/run_pylint.py
+++ b/scripts/run_pylint.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 PRODUCTION_RC = os.path.join(SCRIPTS_DIR, 'pylintrc_default')
 TEST_RC = os.path.join(SCRIPTS_DIR, 'pylintrc_reduced')
 TEST_DISABLED_MESSAGES = [
+    'abstract-method',
+    'arguments-differ',
+    'assignment-from-no-return',
     'attribute-defined-outside-init',
     'exec-used',
     'import-error',
@@ -55,8 +58,6 @@
     'too-many-locals',
     'too-many-public-methods',
     'unbalanced-tuple-unpacking',
-    'arguments-differ',
-    'assignment-from-no-return',
 ]
 TEST_RC_ADDITIONS = {
     'MESSAGES CONTROL': {
diff --git a/scripts/verify_included_modules.py b/scripts/verify_included_modules.py
index 8c328f7f3188..2eacc7eb9954 100644
--- a/scripts/verify_included_modules.py
+++ b/scripts/verify_included_modules.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     'gcloud.bigtable.cluster',
     'gcloud.bigtable.column_family',
     'gcloud.bigtable.happybase.connection',
+    'gcloud.bigtable.happybase.pool',
     'gcloud.bigtable.happybase.table',
     'gcloud.bigtable.row',
     'gcloud.bigtable.row_data',