diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/Internal/RequestServicesContainerFeature.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/Internal/RequestServicesContainerFeature.cs
index 4edc13392b..6a0972fe58 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/Internal/RequestServicesContainerFeature.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/Internal/RequestServicesContainerFeature.cs
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting.Internal
 
             set
             {
+                _requestServices = value;
                 _requestServicesSet = true;
-                RequestServices = value;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost.Tests/TestServerTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost.Tests/TestServerTests.cs
index a41a9141f8..174b29c092 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost.Tests/TestServerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost.Tests/TestServerTests.cs
@@ -151,6 +151,31 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost
             Assert.Equal("Success", result);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CanSetCustomServiceProvider()
+        {
+            var server = TestServer.Create(app =>
+            {
+                app.Run(context =>
+                {
+                    context.ApplicationServices = new ServiceCollection()
+                    .AddTransient<TestService>()
+                    .BuildServiceProvider();
+
+                    context.RequestServices = new ServiceCollection()
+                    .AddTransient<TestService>()
+                    .BuildServiceProvider();
+
+                    var s1 = context.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<TestService>();
+                    var s2 = context.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<TestService>();
+
+                    return context.Response.WriteAsync("Success");
+                });
+            });
+            string result = await server.CreateClient().GetStringAsync("/path");
+            Assert.Equal("Success", result);
+        }
+
         public class ReplaceServiceProvidersFeatureFilter : IStartupFilter, IServiceProvidersFeature
         {
             public ReplaceServiceProvidersFeatureFilter(IServiceProvider appServices, IServiceProvider requestServices)
@@ -232,6 +257,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost
             Assert.Equal("Success", result);
         }
 
+
         public class EnsureApplicationServicesFilter : IStartupFilter
         {
             public Action<IApplicationBuilder> Configure(Action<IApplicationBuilder> next)