diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixObservableCommand.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixObservableCommand.java
index 018cbab73..8c8ec9fb8 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixObservableCommand.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixObservableCommand.java
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ public Subscriber<? super R> call(final Subscriber<? super R> child) {
              * Define the action to perform on timeout outside of the TimerListener to it can capture the HystrixRequestContext
              * of the calling thread which doesn't exist on the Timer thread.
              */
-            final HystrixContextRunnable timeoutRunnable = new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+            final HystrixContextRunnable timeoutRunnable = new HystrixContextRunnable(originalCommand.concurrencyStrategy, new Runnable() {
 
                 @Override
                 public void run() {
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/collapser/RequestCollapser.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/collapser/RequestCollapser.java
index f5ecf70ed..b7cf5e502 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/collapser/RequestCollapser.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/collapser/RequestCollapser.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ private class CollapsedTask implements TimerListener {
         CollapsedTask() {
             // this gets executed from the context of a HystrixCommand parent thread (such as a Tomcat thread)
             // so we create the callable now where we can capture the thread context
-            callableWithContextOfParent = concurrencyStrategy.wrapCallable(new HystrixContextCallable<Void>(new Callable<Void>() {
+            callableWithContextOfParent = new HystrixContextCallable<Void>(concurrencyStrategy, new Callable<Void>() {
                 // the wrapCallable call allows a strategy to capture thread-context if desired
 
                 @Override
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public Void call() throws Exception {
                     return null;
                 }
 
-            }));
+            });
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextCallable.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextCallable.java
index 62a596f83..eefb31df0 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextCallable.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextCallable.java
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ public class HystrixContextCallable<K> implements Callable<K> {
     private final Callable<K> actual;
     private final HystrixRequestContext parentThreadState;
 
-    public HystrixContextCallable(Callable<K> actual) {
-        this.actual = actual;
+    public HystrixContextCallable(HystrixConcurrencyStrategy concurrencyStrategy, Callable<K> actual) {
+        this.actual = concurrencyStrategy.wrapCallable(actual);
         this.parentThreadState = HystrixRequestContext.getContextForCurrentThread();
     }
 
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextRunnable.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextRunnable.java
index d73c8cafe..5f9cde7d3 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextRunnable.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextRunnable.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.concurrency;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+
 /**
  * Wrapper around {@link Runnable} that manages the {@link HystrixRequestContext} initialization and cleanup for the execution of the {@link Runnable}
  * 
@@ -22,11 +24,19 @@
  */
 public class HystrixContextRunnable implements Runnable {
 
-    private final Runnable actual;
+    private final Callable<Void> actual;
     private final HystrixRequestContext parentThreadState;
 
-    public HystrixContextRunnable(Runnable actual) {
-        this.actual = actual;
+    public HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixConcurrencyStrategy concurrencyStrategy, final Runnable actual) {
+        this.actual = concurrencyStrategy.wrapCallable(new Callable<Void>() {
+
+            @Override
+            public Void call() throws Exception {
+                actual.run();
+                return null;
+            }
+
+        });
         this.parentThreadState = HystrixRequestContext.getContextForCurrentThread();
     }
 
@@ -37,7 +47,11 @@ public void run() {
             // set the state of this thread to that of its parent
             HystrixRequestContext.setContextOnCurrentThread(parentThreadState);
             // execute actual Callable with the state of the parent
-            actual.run();
+            try {
+                actual.call();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
         } finally {
             // restore this thread back to its original state
             HystrixRequestContext.setContextOnCurrentThread(existingState);
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixCollapserTest.java b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixCollapserTest.java
index cd5cff4be..38fba326e 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixCollapserTest.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixCollapserTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.netflix.hystrix.collapser.RealCollapserTimer;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.collapser.RequestCollapser;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.collapser.RequestCollapserFactory;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.HystrixPlugins;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.concurrency.HystrixContextRunnable;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.concurrency.HystrixRequestContext;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.concurrency.HystrixRequestVariableHolder;
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ public void testRequestVariableLifecycle2() throws Exception {
 
         // kick off work (simulating a single request with multiple threads)
         for (int t = 0; t < 5; t++) {
-            Thread th = new Thread(new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+            Thread th = new Thread(new HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), new Runnable() {
 
                 @Override
                 public void run() {
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixCommandTest.java b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixCommandTest.java
index a0d84a29e..0f4d63bfc 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixCommandTest.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixCommandTest.java
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ public void testExecutionSemaphoreWithQueue() {
         final TryableSemaphore semaphore =
                 new TryableSemaphore(HystrixProperty.Factory.asProperty(1));
 
-        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), new Runnable() {
 
             @Override
             public void run() {
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ public void testExecutionSemaphoreWithExecution() {
         final TryableSemaphore semaphore =
                 new TryableSemaphore(HystrixProperty.Factory.asProperty(1));
 
-        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), new Runnable() {
 
             @Override
             public void run() {
@@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@ public void testRejectedExecutionSemaphoreWithFallback() {
 
         final AtomicBoolean exceptionReceived = new AtomicBoolean();
 
-        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), new Runnable() {
 
             @Override
             public void run() {
@@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ public void testSemaphorePermitsInUse() {
         // used to signal that all command can finish
         final CountDownLatch sharedLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
 
-        final Runnable sharedSemaphoreRunnable = new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+        final Runnable sharedSemaphoreRunnable = new HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 try {
                     new LatchedSemaphoreCommand(circuitBreaker, sharedSemaphore, startLatch, sharedLatch).execute();
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ public void run() {
         // tracks failures to obtain semaphores
         final AtomicInteger failureCount = new AtomicInteger();
 
-        final Thread isolatedThread = new Thread(new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+        final Thread isolatedThread = new Thread(new HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 try {
                     new LatchedSemaphoreCommand(circuitBreaker, isolatedSemaphore, startLatch, isolatedLatch).execute();
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixObservableCommandTest.java b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixObservableCommandTest.java
index 82882f7a6..0014360ee 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixObservableCommandTest.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixObservableCommandTest.java
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ public void testExecutionSemaphoreWithQueue() {
         final TryableSemaphore semaphore =
                 new TryableSemaphore(HystrixProperty.Factory.asProperty(1));
 
-        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), new Runnable() {
 
             @Override
             public void run() {
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ public void testExecutionSemaphoreWithExecution() {
         final TryableSemaphore semaphore =
                 new TryableSemaphore(HystrixProperty.Factory.asProperty(1));
 
-        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), new Runnable() {
 
             @Override
             public void run() {
@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@ public void testRejectedExecutionSemaphoreWithFallback() {
 
         final AtomicBoolean exceptionReceived = new AtomicBoolean();
 
-        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+        Runnable r = new HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), new Runnable() {
 
             @Override
             public void run() {
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ public void testSemaphorePermitsInUse() {
         // used to signal that all command can finish
         final CountDownLatch sharedLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
 
-        final Runnable sharedSemaphoreRunnable = new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+        final Runnable sharedSemaphoreRunnable = new HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 try {
                     new LatchedSemaphoreCommand(circuitBreaker, sharedSemaphore, startLatch, sharedLatch).execute();
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ public void run() {
         // tracks failures to obtain semaphores
         final AtomicInteger failureCount = new AtomicInteger();
 
-        final Thread isolatedThread = new Thread(new HystrixContextRunnable(new Runnable() {
+        final Thread isolatedThread = new Thread(new HystrixContextRunnable(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 try {
                     new LatchedSemaphoreCommand(circuitBreaker, isolatedSemaphore, startLatch, isolatedLatch).execute();
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/HystrixPluginsTest.java b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/HystrixPluginsTest.java
index 63c165835..99d4d46aa 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/HystrixPluginsTest.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/HystrixPluginsTest.java
@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import rx.functions.Action1;
+
+import com.netflix.hystrix.Hystrix;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.concurrency.HystrixConcurrencyStrategy;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.concurrency.HystrixConcurrencyStrategyDefault;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.concurrency.HystrixRequestContext;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.eventnotifier.HystrixEventNotifier;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.eventnotifier.HystrixEventNotifierDefault;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.metrics.HystrixMetricsPublisher;
@@ -143,5 +152,74 @@ public void testPropertiesStrategyViaProperty() {
     public static class HystrixPropertiesStrategyTestImpl extends HystrixPropertiesStrategy {
         // just use defaults
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestContextViaPluginInTimeout() {
+        HystrixPlugins.getInstance().registerConcurrencyStrategy(new HystrixConcurrencyStrategy() {
+            @Override
+            public <T> Callable<T> wrapCallable(final Callable<T> callable) {
+                return new RequestIdCallable<T>(callable);
+            }
+        });
+
+        HystrixRequestContext context = HystrixRequestContext.initializeContext();
+
+        testRequestIdThreadLocal.set("foobar");
+        final AtomicReference<String> valueInTimeout = new AtomicReference<String>();
+
+        new DummyCommand().toObservable()
+                .doOnError(new Action1<Throwable>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void call(Throwable throwable) {
+                        System.out.println("initialized = " + HystrixRequestContext.isCurrentThreadInitialized());
+                        System.out.println("requestId (timeout) = " + testRequestIdThreadLocal.get());
+                        valueInTimeout.set(testRequestIdThreadLocal.get());
+                    }
+                })
+                .materialize()
+                .toBlockingObservable().single();
+
+        context.shutdown();
+        Hystrix.reset();
+        
+        assertEquals("foobar", valueInTimeout.get());
+    }
+
+    private static class RequestIdCallable<T> implements Callable<T> {
+        private final Callable<T> callable;
+        private final String requestId;
+
+        public RequestIdCallable(Callable<T> callable) {
+            this.callable = callable;
+            this.requestId = testRequestIdThreadLocal.get();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public T call() throws Exception {
+            String original = testRequestIdThreadLocal.get();
+            testRequestIdThreadLocal.set(requestId);
+            try {
+                return callable.call();
+            } finally {
+                testRequestIdThreadLocal.set(original);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private static final ThreadLocal<String> testRequestIdThreadLocal = new ThreadLocal<String>();
+
+    public static class DummyCommand extends HystrixCommand<Void> {
+
+        public DummyCommand() {
+            super(HystrixCommandGroupKey.Factory.asKey("Dummy"));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected Void run() throws Exception {
+            System.out.println("requestId (run) = " + testRequestIdThreadLocal.get());
+            Thread.sleep(2000);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 
 }