diff --git a/src/ObjectPool/src/DefaultObjectPoolProvider.cs b/src/ObjectPool/src/DefaultObjectPoolProvider.cs
index fb3c4bfa7e..cedacaedbd 100644
--- a/src/ObjectPool/src/DefaultObjectPoolProvider.cs
+++ b/src/ObjectPool/src/DefaultObjectPoolProvider.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool
 
         public override ObjectPool<T> Create<T>(IPooledObjectPolicy<T> policy)
         {
+            if (typeof(IDisposable).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(T)))
+            {
+                return new DisposableObjectPool<T>(policy, MaximumRetained);
+            }
+
             return new DefaultObjectPool<T>(policy, MaximumRetained);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/ObjectPool/src/ObjectPool.cs b/src/ObjectPool/src/ObjectPool.cs
index 8cf52c9195..691beae60c 100644
--- a/src/ObjectPool/src/ObjectPool.cs
+++ b/src/ObjectPool/src/ObjectPool.cs
@@ -9,4 +9,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool
 
         public abstract void Return(T obj);
     }
+
+    public static class ObjectPool
+    {
+        public static ObjectPool<T> Create<T>(IPooledObjectPolicy<T> policy = null) where T : class, new()
+        {
+            var provider = new DefaultObjectPoolProvider();
+            return provider.Create(policy ?? new DefaultPooledObjectPolicy<T>());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/ObjectPool/test/DefaultObjectPoolProviderTest.cs b/src/ObjectPool/test/DefaultObjectPoolProviderTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7096b60b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ObjectPool/test/DefaultObjectPoolProviderTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool
+{
+    public class DefaultObjectPoolProviderTest
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void DefaultObjectPoolProvider_CreateForObject_DefaultObjectPoolReturned()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var provider = new DefaultObjectPoolProvider();
+
+            // Act
+            var pool = provider.Create<object>();
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.IsType<DefaultObjectPool<object>>(pool);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DefaultObjectPoolProvider_CreateForIDisposable_DisposableObjectPoolReturned()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var provider = new DefaultObjectPoolProvider();
+
+            // Act
+            var pool = provider.Create<DisposableObject>();
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.IsType<DisposableObjectPool<DisposableObject>>(pool);
+        }
+
+        private class DisposableObject : IDisposable
+        {
+            public bool IsDisposed { get; private set; }
+
+            public void Dispose() => IsDisposed = true;
+        }
+    }
+}