diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/disable-conn-pooling-3456782afe56ac94.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/disable-conn-pooling-3456782afe56ac94.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9dadcfd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/disable-conn-pooling-3456782afe56ac94.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Disable HTTP connection pooling by asking HTTP server to close our
+    connection right upon use. The rationale is that some BMC observed in
+    the wild seem to close persistent connections abruptly upon eventual
+    re-use failing completely unrelated operation. So in ``sushy`` we
+    just try not to maintain persistent connections with BMC at all.
diff --git a/sushy/connector.py b/sushy/connector.py
index d507f682..31508f9e 100644
--- a/sushy/connector.py
+++ b/sushy/connector.py
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ class Connector(object):
         self._verify = verify
         self._session = requests.Session()
         self._session.verify = self._verify
+
+        # NOTE(etingof): field studies reveal that some BMCs choke at
+        # long-running persistent HTTP connections (or TCP connections).
+        # By default, we ask HTTP server to shut down HTTP connection we've
+        # just used.
+        self._session.headers['Connection'] = 'close'
+
         if username or password:
             LOG.warning('Passing username and password to Connector is '
                         'deprecated. Authentication is passed through '