diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index 7b5798fe021a87..0dc8da0f4f6c5e 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -509,12 +509,6 @@ function parserOnIncomingClient(res, shouldKeepAlive) {
   var socket = this.socket;
   var req = socket._httpMessage;
 
-  // propagate "domain" setting...
-  if (req.domain && !res.domain) {
-    debug('setting "res.domain"');
-    res.domain = req.domain;
-  }
-
   debug('AGENT incoming response!');
 
   if (req.res) {
@@ -629,6 +623,9 @@ function tickOnSocket(req, socket) {
   req.socket = socket;
   req.connection = socket;
   parser.reinitialize(HTTPParser.RESPONSE, parser[is_reused_symbol]);
+  if (process.domain) {
+    process.domain.add(parser);
+  }
   parser.socket = socket;
   parser.incoming = null;
   parser.outgoing = req;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-parser-reuse-domain.js b/test/parallel/test-http-parser-reuse-domain.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fd164f47d1e007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-parser-reuse-domain.js
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const domain = require('domain');
+const http = require('http');
+
+const agent = new http.Agent({
+  // keepAlive is important here so that the underlying socket of all requests
+  // is reused and tied to the same domain.
+  keepAlive: true
+});
+
+const reqSockets = new Set();
+
+function performHttpRequest(opts, cb) {
+  const req = http.get({ port: server.address().port, agent }, (res) => {
+    if (!req.socket) {
+      console.log('missing socket property on req object, failing test');
+      markTestAsFailed();
+      req.abort();
+      cb(new Error('req.socket missing'));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    reqSockets.add(req.socket);
+
+    // Consume the data from the response to make sure the 'end' event is
+    // emitted.
+    res.on('data', function noop() {});
+    res.on('end', () => {
+      if (opts.shouldThrow) {
+        throw new Error('boom');
+      } else {
+        cb();
+      }
+    });
+
+    res.on('error', (resErr) => {
+      console.log('got error on response, failing test:', resErr);
+      markTestAsFailed();
+    });
+
+  }).on('error', (reqErr) => {
+    console.log('got error on request, failing test:', reqErr);
+    markTestAsFailed();
+  });
+
+  req.end();
+}
+
+function performHttpRequestInNewDomain(opts, cb) {
+  const d = domain.create();
+  d.run(() => {
+    performHttpRequest(opts, cb);
+  });
+
+  return d;
+}
+
+const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+  res.end();
+});
+
+server.listen(0, common.mustCall(function() {
+  const d1 = performHttpRequestInNewDomain({
+    shouldThrow: false
+  }, common.mustCall((firstReqErr) => {
+    if (firstReqErr) {
+      markTestAsFailed();
+      return;
+    }
+    // We want to schedule the second request on the next turn of the event
+    // loop so that the parser from the first request is actually reused.
+    setImmediate(common.mustCall(() => {
+      const d2 = performHttpRequestInNewDomain({
+        shouldThrow: true
+      }, (secondReqErr) => {
+        // Since this request throws before its callback has the chance
+        // to be called, we mark the test as failed if this callback is
+        // called.
+        console.log('second request\'s cb called unexpectedly, failing test');
+        markTestAsFailed();
+      });
+
+      // The second request throws when its response's end event is
+      // emitted. So we expect its domain to emit an error event.
+      d2.on('error', common.mustCall((d2err) => {
+        server.close();
+        if (reqSockets.size !== 1) {
+          console.log('more than 1 socket used for both requests, failing ' +
+            'test');
+          markTestAsFailed();
+        }
+      }, 1));
+    }));
+  }));
+
+  d1.on('error', (d1err) => {
+    // d1 is the domain attached to the first request, which doesn't throw,
+    // so we don't expect its error handler to be called.
+    console.log('first request\'s domain\'s error handler called, ' +
+      'failing test');
+    markTestAsFailed();
+  });
+}));
+
+function markTestAsFailed() {
+  if (server) {
+    server.close();
+  }
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+}