diff --git a/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/Client.java b/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/Client.java
index fc706b85369..8dbd22072c2 100644
--- a/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/Client.java
+++ b/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/Client.java
@@ -773,6 +773,80 @@ public Client alias(final Map<String, String> aliases) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A {@code Client} implementation that operates in the context of a session. {@code ChildSessionClient} is tied to
+     * another client as a child, it borrows the connection from the parent client's pool for the transaction. Requests are
+     * sent to a single server, where each request is bound to the same thread and same connection with the same set of
+     * bindings across requests.
+     * Transaction are not automatically committed. It is up the client to issue commit/rollback commands.
+     */
+    public final static class SessionedChildClient extends Client {
+        private final String sessionId;
+        private final boolean manageTransactions;
+        private final boolean maintainStateAfterException;
+        private final Client parentClient;
+        private Connection borrowedConnection;
+        private boolean closed;
+
+        public SessionedChildClient(final Client parentClient, String sessionId) {
+            super(parentClient.cluster, parentClient.settings);
+            this.parentClient = parentClient;
+            this.sessionId = sessionId;
+            this.closed = false;
+            this.manageTransactions = parentClient.settings.getSession().map(s -> s.manageTransactions).orElse(false);
+            this.maintainStateAfterException = parentClient.settings.getSession().map(s -> s.maintainStateAfterException).orElse(false);
+        }
+
+        public String getSessionId() {
+            return sessionId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public RequestMessage.Builder buildMessage(final RequestMessage.Builder builder) {
+            builder.processor("session");
+            builder.addArg(Tokens.ARGS_SESSION, sessionId);
+            builder.addArg(Tokens.ARGS_MANAGE_TRANSACTION, manageTransactions);
+            builder.addArg(Tokens.ARGS_MAINTAIN_STATE_AFTER_EXCEPTION, maintainStateAfterException);
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void initializeImplementation() {
+            // do nothing, parentClient is already initialized
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected synchronized Connection chooseConnection(RequestMessage msg) throws TimeoutException, ConnectionException {
+            if (borrowedConnection == null) {
+                //Borrow from parentClient's pool instead of creating new connection
+                borrowedConnection = parentClient.chooseConnection(msg);
+            }
+            //Increment everytime, the connection is chosen, all these will be decremented when transaction is commited/rolledback
+            borrowedConnection.borrowed.incrementAndGet();
+            return borrowedConnection;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public synchronized CompletableFuture<Void> closeAsync() {
+            if (borrowedConnection != null && !borrowedConnection.isDead()) {
+
+                //Decrement one last time which was incremented by parentClient when the connection is borrowed initially
+                borrowedConnection.borrowed.decrementAndGet();
+                borrowedConnection.returnToPool();
+
+                borrowedConnection = null;
+            }
+            closed = true;
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isClosing() {
+            return parentClient.isClosing() || closed;
+        }
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * A {@code Client} implementation that operates in the context of a session.  Requests are sent to a single
      * server, where each request is bound to the same thread with the same set of bindings across requests.
diff --git a/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/Connection.java b/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/Connection.java
index 749789a86c4..3633d397c68 100644
--- a/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/Connection.java
+++ b/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/Connection.java
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public ChannelPromise write(final RequestMessage requestMessage, final Completab
         return requestPromise;
     }
 
-    private void returnToPool() {
+    public void returnToPool() {
         try {
             if (pool != null) pool.returnConnection(this);
         } catch (ConnectionException ce) {
diff --git a/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/remote/DriverRemoteConnection.java b/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/remote/DriverRemoteConnection.java
index ee2364ec445..f2db3ef99f9 100644
--- a/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/remote/DriverRemoteConnection.java
+++ b/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/remote/DriverRemoteConnection.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.driver.remote;
 
 import org.apache.commons.configuration2.Configuration;
+import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.driver.Channelizer;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.driver.Client;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.driver.Cluster;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.remote.RemoteConnection;
@@ -259,9 +260,16 @@ public void close() throws Exception {
      */
     @Override
     public Transaction tx() {
-        final DriverRemoteConnection session = new DriverRemoteConnection(
-                client.getCluster().connect(UUID.randomUUID().toString()), remoteTraversalSourceName, true);
-        return new DriverRemoteTransaction(session);
+        if (client.getCluster().getChannelizer().equalsIgnoreCase(Channelizer.HttpChannelizer.class.getName())) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Cannot use sessions or tx() with %s", Channelizer.HttpChannelizer.class.getSimpleName()));
+        }
+        client.init();
+        final Client.SessionedChildClient childSessionClient = new Client.SessionedChildClient(
+                this.client, // parent client with existing connection pool
+                UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+
+        return new DriverRemoteTransaction(
+                new DriverRemoteConnection(childSessionClient, remoteTraversalSourceName, true));
     }
 
     @Override