diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPool.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPool.java
index 140b86504..a705cb023 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPool.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPool.java
@@ -172,19 +172,12 @@ public HystrixThreadPoolDefault(HystrixThreadPoolKey threadPoolKey, HystrixThrea
             this.properties = HystrixPropertiesFactory.getThreadPoolProperties(threadPoolKey, propertiesDefaults);
             HystrixConcurrencyStrategy concurrencyStrategy = HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy();
             this.queueSize = properties.maxQueueSize().get();
-            this.queue = concurrencyStrategy.getBlockingQueue(queueSize);
 
-            if (properties.getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize().get()) {
-                this.metrics = HystrixThreadPoolMetrics.getInstance(threadPoolKey,
-                        concurrencyStrategy.getThreadPool(threadPoolKey, properties.coreSize(), properties.maximumSize(), properties.keepAliveTimeMinutes(), TimeUnit.MINUTES, queue),
-                        properties);
-                this.threadPool = this.metrics.getThreadPool();
-            } else {
-                this.metrics = HystrixThreadPoolMetrics.getInstance(threadPoolKey,
-                        concurrencyStrategy.getThreadPool(threadPoolKey, properties.coreSize(), properties.coreSize(), properties.keepAliveTimeMinutes(), TimeUnit.MINUTES, queue),
-                        properties);
-                this.threadPool = this.metrics.getThreadPool();
-            }
+            this.metrics = HystrixThreadPoolMetrics.getInstance(threadPoolKey,
+                    concurrencyStrategy.getThreadPool(threadPoolKey, properties),
+                    properties);
+            this.threadPool = this.metrics.getThreadPool();
+            this.queue = this.threadPool.getQueue();
 
             /* strategy: HystrixMetricsPublisherThreadPool */
             HystrixMetricsPublisherFactory.createOrRetrievePublisherForThreadPool(threadPoolKey, this.metrics, this.properties);
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixConcurrencyStrategy.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixConcurrencyStrategy.java
index 3405cec68..f4bc5dc25 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixConcurrencyStrategy.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixConcurrencyStrategy.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixThreadPool;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixThreadPoolKey;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixThreadPoolProperties;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.HystrixPlugins;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.properties.HystrixProperty;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.util.PlatformSpecific;
@@ -75,9 +76,49 @@ public abstract class HystrixConcurrencyStrategy {
      * @return instance of {@link ThreadPoolExecutor}
      */
     public ThreadPoolExecutor getThreadPool(final HystrixThreadPoolKey threadPoolKey, HystrixProperty<Integer> corePoolSize, HystrixProperty<Integer> maximumPoolSize, HystrixProperty<Integer> keepAliveTime, TimeUnit unit, BlockingQueue<Runnable> workQueue) {
+        final ThreadFactory threadFactory = getThreadFactory(threadPoolKey);
+
+        final int dynamicCoreSize = corePoolSize.get();
+        final int dynamicMaximumSize = maximumPoolSize.get();
+
+        if (dynamicCoreSize > dynamicMaximumSize) {
+            logger.error("Hystrix ThreadPool configuration at startup for : " + threadPoolKey.name() + " is trying to set coreSize = " +
+                    dynamicCoreSize + " and maximumSize = " + dynamicMaximumSize + ".  Maximum size will be set to " +
+                    dynamicCoreSize + ", the coreSize value, since it must be equal to or greater than the coreSize value");
+            return new ThreadPoolExecutor(dynamicCoreSize, dynamicCoreSize, keepAliveTime.get(), unit, workQueue, threadFactory);
+        } else {
+            return new ThreadPoolExecutor(dynamicCoreSize, dynamicMaximumSize, keepAliveTime.get(), unit, workQueue, threadFactory);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public ThreadPoolExecutor getThreadPool(final HystrixThreadPoolKey threadPoolKey, HystrixThreadPoolProperties threadPoolProperties) {
+        final ThreadFactory threadFactory = getThreadFactory(threadPoolKey);
+
+        final boolean allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize = threadPoolProperties.getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize().get();
+        final int dynamicCoreSize = threadPoolProperties.coreSize().get();
+        final int keepAliveTime = threadPoolProperties.keepAliveTimeMinutes().get();
+        final int maxQueueSize = threadPoolProperties.maxQueueSize().get();
+        final BlockingQueue<Runnable> workQueue = getBlockingQueue(maxQueueSize);
+
+        if (allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize) {
+            final int dynamicMaximumSize = threadPoolProperties.maximumSize().get();
+            if (dynamicCoreSize > dynamicMaximumSize) {
+                logger.error("Hystrix ThreadPool configuration at startup for : " + threadPoolKey.name() + " is trying to set coreSize = " +
+                        dynamicCoreSize + " and maximumSize = " + dynamicMaximumSize + ".  Maximum size will be set to " +
+                        dynamicCoreSize + ", the coreSize value, since it must be equal to or greater than the coreSize value");
+                return new ThreadPoolExecutor(dynamicCoreSize, dynamicCoreSize, keepAliveTime, TimeUnit.MINUTES, workQueue, threadFactory);
+            } else {
+                return new ThreadPoolExecutor(dynamicCoreSize, dynamicMaximumSize, keepAliveTime, TimeUnit.MINUTES, workQueue, threadFactory);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return new ThreadPoolExecutor(dynamicCoreSize, dynamicCoreSize, keepAliveTime, TimeUnit.MINUTES, workQueue, threadFactory);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static ThreadFactory getThreadFactory(final HystrixThreadPoolKey threadPoolKey) {
         ThreadFactory threadFactory = null;
         if (!PlatformSpecific.isAppEngineStandardEnvironment()) {
-            threadFactory = new ThreadFactory() {
+            return new ThreadFactory() {
                 protected final AtomicInteger threadNumber = new AtomicInteger(0);
 
                 @Override
@@ -89,19 +130,7 @@ public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
 
             };
         } else {
-            threadFactory = PlatformSpecific.getAppEngineThreadFactory();
-        }
-
-        final int dynamicCoreSize = corePoolSize.get();
-        final int dynamicMaximumSize = maximumPoolSize.get();
-
-        if (dynamicCoreSize > dynamicMaximumSize) {
-            logger.error("Hystrix ThreadPool configuration at startup for : " + threadPoolKey.name() + " is trying to set coreSize = " +
-                    dynamicCoreSize + " and maximumSize = " + dynamicMaximumSize + ".  Maximum size will be set to " +
-                    dynamicCoreSize + ", the coreSize value, since it must be equal to or greater than the coreSize value");
-            return new ThreadPoolExecutor(dynamicCoreSize, dynamicCoreSize, keepAliveTime.get(), unit, workQueue, threadFactory);
-        } else {
-            return new ThreadPoolExecutor(dynamicCoreSize, dynamicMaximumSize, keepAliveTime.get(), unit, workQueue, threadFactory);
+            return PlatformSpecific.getAppEngineThreadFactory();
         }
     }