diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPClient.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPClient.swift
index 44f237a61..949b09e70 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPClient.swift
@@ -172,6 +172,17 @@ public class HTTPClient {
         return self.execute(request: request, delegate: accumulator, deadline: deadline).futureResult
     }
 
+    /// Execute arbitrary HTTP request using specified URL.
+    ///
+    /// - parameters:
+    ///     - request: HTTP request to execute.
+    ///     - eventLoop: NIO Event Loop preference.
+    ///     - deadline: Point in time by which the request must complete.
+    public func execute(request: Request, eventLoop: EventLoopPreference, deadline: NIODeadline? = nil) -> EventLoopFuture<Response> {
+        let accumulator = ResponseAccumulator(request: request)
+        return self.execute(request: request, delegate: accumulator, eventLoop: eventLoop, deadline: deadline).futureResult
+    }
+
     /// Execute arbitrary HTTP request and handle response processing using provided delegate.
     ///
     /// - parameters:
@@ -180,7 +191,27 @@ public class HTTPClient {
     ///     - deadline: Point in time by which the request must complete.
     public func execute<T: HTTPClientResponseDelegate>(request: Request, delegate: T, deadline: NIODeadline? = nil) -> Task<T.Response> {
         let eventLoop = self.eventLoopGroup.next()
+        return self.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate, eventLoop: eventLoop, deadline: deadline)
+    }
+
+    /// Execute arbitrary HTTP request and handle response processing using provided delegate.
+    ///
+    /// - parameters:
+    ///     - request: HTTP request to execute.
+    ///     - delegate: Delegate to process response parts.
+    ///     - eventLoop: NIO Event Loop preference.
+    ///     - deadline: Point in time by which the request must complete.
+    public func execute<T: HTTPClientResponseDelegate>(request: Request, delegate: T, eventLoop: EventLoopPreference, deadline: NIODeadline? = nil) -> Task<T.Response> {
+        switch eventLoop.preference {
+        case .indifferent:
+            return self.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate, eventLoop: self.eventLoopGroup.next(), deadline: deadline)
+        case .prefers(let preferred):
+            precondition(self.eventLoopGroup.makeIterator().contains { $0 === preferred }, "Provided EventLoop must be part of clients EventLoopGroup.")
+            return self.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate, eventLoop: preferred, deadline: deadline)
+        }
+    }
 
+    private func execute<T: HTTPClientResponseDelegate>(request: Request, delegate: T, eventLoop: EventLoop, deadline: NIODeadline? = nil) -> Task<T.Response> {
         let redirectHandler: RedirectHandler<T.Response>?
         if self.configuration.followRedirects {
             redirectHandler = RedirectHandler<T.Response>(request: request) { newRequest in
@@ -312,6 +343,29 @@ public class HTTPClient {
         case createNew
     }
 
+    /// Specifies how the library will treat event loop passed by the user.
+    public struct EventLoopPreference {
+        enum Preference {
+            /// Event Loop will be selected by the library.
+            case indifferent
+            /// Library will try to use provided event loop if possible.
+            case prefers(EventLoop)
+        }
+
+        var preference: Preference
+
+        init(_ preference: Preference) {
+            self.preference = preference
+        }
+
+        /// Event Loop will be selected by the library.
+        public static let indifferent = EventLoopPreference(.indifferent)
+        /// Library will try to use provided event loop if possible.
+        public static func prefers(_ eventLoop: EventLoop) -> EventLoopPreference {
+            return EventLoopPreference(.prefers(eventLoop))
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Timeout configuration
     public struct Timeout {
         /// Specifies connect timeout.
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift
index cb33ba8ed..93f66905b 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extension HTTPClientTests {
             ("testNoResponseWithIgnoreErrorForSSLUncleanShutdown", testNoResponseWithIgnoreErrorForSSLUncleanShutdown),
             ("testWrongContentLengthForSSLUncleanShutdown", testWrongContentLengthForSSLUncleanShutdown),
             ("testWrongContentLengthWithIgnoreErrorForSSLUncleanShutdown", testWrongContentLengthWithIgnoreErrorForSSLUncleanShutdown),
+            ("testEventLoopArgument", testEventLoopArgument),
         ]
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
index ecd6c6209..c9b85e957 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
@@ -484,4 +484,41 @@ class HTTPClientTests: XCTestCase {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    func testEventLoopArgument() throws {
+        let httpBin = HttpBin()
+        let eventLoopGroup = MultiThreadedEventLoopGroup(numberOfThreads: 1)
+        let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .shared(eventLoopGroup))
+        defer {
+            try! eventLoopGroup.syncShutdownGracefully()
+            httpBin.shutdown()
+        }
+
+        class EventLoopValidatingDelegate: HTTPClientResponseDelegate {
+            typealias Response = Bool
+
+            let eventLoop: EventLoop
+            var result = false
+
+            init(eventLoop: EventLoop) {
+                self.eventLoop = eventLoop
+            }
+
+            func didReceiveHead(task: HTTPClient.Task<Bool>, _ head: HTTPResponseHead) -> EventLoopFuture<Void> {
+                self.result = task.eventLoop === self.eventLoop
+                return task.eventLoop.makeSucceededFuture(())
+            }
+
+            func didFinishRequest(task: HTTPClient.Task<Bool>) throws -> Bool {
+                return self.result
+            }
+        }
+
+        let eventLoop = eventLoopGroup.next()
+        let delegate = EventLoopValidatingDelegate(eventLoop: eventLoop)
+        let request = try HTTPClient.Request(url: "http://localhost:\(httpBin.port)/get")
+        let response = try httpClient.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate, eventLoop: .prefers(eventLoop)).wait()
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(true, response)
+    }
 }