diff --git a/envoy/upstream/thread_local_cluster.h b/envoy/upstream/thread_local_cluster.h
index 16c59ebf7f0ef..bc607d3a59404 100644
--- a/envoy/upstream/thread_local_cluster.h
+++ b/envoy/upstream/thread_local_cluster.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class HttpPoolData {
 
   Upstream::HostDescriptionConstSharedPtr host() const { return pool_->host(); }
 
+  Http::ConnectionPool::Instance* pool() const { return pool_; }
+
 private:
   friend class HttpPoolDataPeer;