diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_protocol.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_protocol.cc
index 65ba3039d153..d7af58802792 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_protocol.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_protocol.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "atom/browser/atom_browser_client.h"
 #include "atom/browser/atom_browser_context.h"
 #include "atom/browser/atom_browser_main_parts.h"
+#include "atom/browser/api/atom_api_session.h"
 #include "atom/browser/net/adapter_request_job.h"
 #include "atom/browser/net/atom_url_request_job_factory.h"
 #include "atom/common/native_mate_converters/file_path_converter.h"
@@ -34,6 +35,23 @@ struct Converter<const net::URLRequest*> {
   }
 };
 
+template<>
+struct Converter<net::URLRequestContextGetter*> {
+  static bool FromV8(v8::Isolate* isolate, v8::Local<v8::Value> val,
+                     net::URLRequestContextGetter** out) {
+    if (val->IsNull()) {
+      *out = nullptr;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    atom::api::Session* session;
+    if (!Converter<atom::api::Session*>::FromV8(isolate, val, &session))
+      return false;
+    *out = session->browser_context()->GetRequestContext();
+    return true;
+  }
+};
+
 }  // namespace mate
 
 namespace atom {
@@ -126,13 +144,16 @@ class CustomProtocolRequestJob : public AdapterRequestJob {
       } else if (name == "RequestHttpJob") {
         GURL url;
         std::string method, referrer;
+        net::URLRequestContextGetter* getter =
+            registry_->browser_context()->GetRequestContext();
         dict.Get("url", &url);
         dict.Get("method", &method);
         dict.Get("referrer", &referrer);
+        dict.Get("session", &getter);
 
         BrowserThread::PostTask(BrowserThread::IO, FROM_HERE,
             base::Bind(&AdapterRequestJob::CreateHttpJobAndStart, GetWeakPtr(),
-                       registry_->browser_context(), url, method, referrer));
+                       base::Unretained(getter), url, method, referrer));
         return;
       }
     }
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_session.h b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_session.h
index 59e1a9380796..8e14c3a37834 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_session.h
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_session.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class Session: public mate::TrackableObject<Session> {
   static mate::Handle<Session> CreateFrom(
       v8::Isolate* isolate, AtomBrowserContext* browser_context);
 
+  AtomBrowserContext* browser_context() const { return browser_context_; }
+
  protected:
   explicit Session(AtomBrowserContext* browser_context);
   ~Session();
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/protocol.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/protocol.coffee
index 6e22329318b4..4a661523509c 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/protocol.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/protocol.coffee
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ class RequestErrorJob
 
 protocol.RequestHttpJob =
 class RequestHttpJob
-  constructor: ({@url, @method, @referrer}) ->
+  constructor: ({@session, @url, @method, @referrer}) ->
 
 module.exports = protocol
diff --git a/atom/browser/net/adapter_request_job.cc b/atom/browser/net/adapter_request_job.cc
index 20be9a708945..d9c9b467d48c 100644
--- a/atom/browser/net/adapter_request_job.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/net/adapter_request_job.cc
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include "atom/browser/net/adapter_request_job.h"
 
-#include "atom/browser/atom_browser_context.h"
 #include "base/threading/sequenced_worker_pool.h"
 #include "atom/browser/net/url_request_buffer_job.h"
 #include "atom/browser/net/url_request_fetch_job.h"
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ void AdapterRequestJob::CreateFileJobAndStart(const base::FilePath& path) {
 }
 
 void AdapterRequestJob::CreateHttpJobAndStart(
-    AtomBrowserContext* browser_context,
+    net::URLRequestContextGetter* request_context_getter,
     const GURL& url,
     const std::string& method,
     const std::string& referrer) {
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ void AdapterRequestJob::CreateHttpJobAndStart(
     return;
   }
 
-  real_job_ = new URLRequestFetchJob(browser_context, request(),
+  real_job_ = new URLRequestFetchJob(request_context_getter, request(),
                                      network_delegate(), url, method, referrer);
   real_job_->Start();
 }
diff --git a/atom/browser/net/adapter_request_job.h b/atom/browser/net/adapter_request_job.h
index 6aff376f3021..768718584d03 100644
--- a/atom/browser/net/adapter_request_job.h
+++ b/atom/browser/net/adapter_request_job.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "base/memory/ref_counted_memory.h"
 #include "base/memory/weak_ptr.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_context.h"
+#include "net/url_request/url_request_context_getter.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_job.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_job_factory.h"
 #include "v8/include/v8.h"
@@ -61,10 +62,11 @@ class AdapterRequestJob : public net::URLRequestJob {
                                const std::string& charset,
                                scoped_refptr<base::RefCountedBytes> data);
   void CreateFileJobAndStart(const base::FilePath& path);
-  void CreateHttpJobAndStart(AtomBrowserContext* browser_context,
-                             const GURL& url,
-                             const std::string& method,
-                             const std::string& referrer);
+  void CreateHttpJobAndStart(
+      net::URLRequestContextGetter* request_context_getter,
+      const GURL& url,
+      const std::string& method,
+      const std::string& referrer);
   void CreateJobFromProtocolHandlerAndStart();
 
  private:
diff --git a/atom/browser/net/url_request_fetch_job.cc b/atom/browser/net/url_request_fetch_job.cc
index e353ff170879..5389b8bb6216 100644
--- a/atom/browser/net/url_request_fetch_job.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/net/url_request_fetch_job.cc
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
 
-#include "atom/browser/atom_browser_context.h"
 #include "base/strings/string_util.h"
+#include "base/thread_task_runner_handle.h"
 #include "net/base/io_buffer.h"
 #include "net/base/net_errors.h"
 #include "net/http/http_response_headers.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_fetcher.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_fetcher_response_writer.h"
+#include "net/url_request/url_request_context_builder.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_status.h"
 
 namespace atom {
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class ResponsePiper : public net::URLFetcherResponseWriter {
 }  // namespace
 
 URLRequestFetchJob::URLRequestFetchJob(
-    AtomBrowserContext* browser_context,
+    net::URLRequestContextGetter* request_context_getter,
     net::URLRequest* request,
     net::NetworkDelegate* network_delegate,
     const GURL& url,
@@ -90,7 +91,12 @@ URLRequestFetchJob::URLRequestFetchJob(
     request_type = GetRequestType(method);
 
   fetcher_.reset(net::URLFetcher::Create(url, request_type, this));
-  fetcher_->SetRequestContext(browser_context->url_request_context_getter());
+  // Use request context if provided else create one.
+  if (request_context_getter)
+    fetcher_->SetRequestContext(request_context_getter);
+  else
+    fetcher_->SetRequestContext(GetRequestContext());
+
   fetcher_->SaveResponseWithWriter(make_scoped_ptr(new ResponsePiper(this)));
 
   // Use |request|'s referrer if |referrer| is not specified.
@@ -107,6 +113,17 @@ URLRequestFetchJob::URLRequestFetchJob(
   }
 }
 
+net::URLRequestContextGetter* URLRequestFetchJob::GetRequestContext() {
+  if (!url_request_context_getter_.get()) {
+    auto task_runner = base::ThreadTaskRunnerHandle::Get();
+    net::URLRequestContextBuilder builder;
+    builder.set_proxy_service(net::ProxyService::CreateDirect());
+    url_request_context_getter_ =
+        new net::TrivialURLRequestContextGetter(builder.Build(), task_runner);
+  }
+  return url_request_context_getter_.get();
+}
+
 void URLRequestFetchJob::HeadersCompleted() {
   response_info_.reset(new net::HttpResponseInfo);
   response_info_->headers = fetcher_->GetResponseHeaders();
diff --git a/atom/browser/net/url_request_fetch_job.h b/atom/browser/net/url_request_fetch_job.h
index d598e3223618..228af7904fe9 100644
--- a/atom/browser/net/url_request_fetch_job.h
+++ b/atom/browser/net/url_request_fetch_job.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include "net/url_request/url_request_context_getter.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_fetcher_delegate.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_job.h"
 
@@ -17,13 +18,14 @@ class AtomBrowserContext;
 class URLRequestFetchJob : public net::URLRequestJob,
                            public net::URLFetcherDelegate {
  public:
-  URLRequestFetchJob(AtomBrowserContext* browser_context,
+  URLRequestFetchJob(net::URLRequestContextGetter* request_context_getter,
                      net::URLRequest* request,
                      net::NetworkDelegate* network_delegate,
                      const GURL& url,
                      const std::string& method,
                      const std::string& referrer);
 
+  net::URLRequestContextGetter* GetRequestContext();
   void HeadersCompleted();
   int DataAvailable(net::IOBuffer* buffer, int num_bytes);
 
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ class URLRequestFetchJob : public net::URLRequestJob,
   void OnURLFetchComplete(const net::URLFetcher* source) override;
 
  private:
+  scoped_refptr<net::URLRequestContextGetter> url_request_context_getter_;
   scoped_ptr<net::URLFetcher> fetcher_;
   scoped_refptr<net::IOBuffer> pending_buffer_;
   int pending_buffer_size_;
diff --git a/docs/api/protocol.md b/docs/api/protocol.md
index 2734546516e3..ad863f4c74fb 100644
--- a/docs/api/protocol.md
+++ b/docs/api/protocol.md
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ Create a request job which sends a buffer as response.
 ## Class: protocol.RequestHttpJob(options)
 
 * `options` Object
+  * `session` [Session](browser-window.md#class-session)
   * `url` String
   * `method` String - Default is `GET`
   * `referrer` String