diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/mesos/client.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/mesos/client.go
index 4b01f0c43cc..c9f1ac222f3 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/mesos/client.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/mesos/client.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 )
 
 const defaultClusterName = "mesos"
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ func newMesosClient(
 	md detector.Master,
 	mesosHttpClientTimeout, stateCacheTTL time.Duration) (*mesosClient, error) {
 
-	tr := &http.Transport{}
+	tr := util.SetTransportDefaults(&http.Transport{})
 	httpClient := &http.Client{
 		Transport: tr,
 		Timeout:   mesosHttpClientTimeout,