diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/ConnectionManager.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/ConnectionManager.cs
index 46ae37698e..3eceb0c6d3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/ConnectionManager.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/ConnectionManager.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.IO.Pipelines;
 using System.Threading;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets
 {
@@ -14,13 +13,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets
         private ConcurrentDictionary<string, ConnectionState> _connections = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, ConnectionState>();
         private Timer _timer;
 
-        public ConnectionManager(IApplicationLifetime lifetime)
+        public ConnectionManager()
         {
             _timer = new Timer(Scan, this, 0, 1000);
-
-            // We hook stopping because we need the requests to end, Dispose doesn't work since
-            // that happens after requests are drained
-            lifetime.ApplicationStopping.Register(CloseConnections);
         }
 
         public bool TryGetConnection(string id, out ConnectionState state)
@@ -101,7 +96,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets
             }
         }
 
-        private void CloseConnections()
+        public void CloseConnections()
         {
             // Stop firing the timer
             _timer.Dispose();
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/SocketsApplicationLifetimeEvents.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/SocketsApplicationLifetimeEvents.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f06f09ff47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/SocketsApplicationLifetimeEvents.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets
+{
+    public class SocketsApplicationLifetimeEvents : IApplicationLifetimeEvents
+    {
+        private readonly ConnectionManager _connectionManager;
+
+        public SocketsApplicationLifetimeEvents(ConnectionManager connectionManager)
+        {
+            _connectionManager = connectionManager;
+        }
+
+        public void OnApplicationStarted()
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        public void OnApplicationStopped()
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        public void OnApplicationStopping()
+        {
+            _connectionManager.CloseConnections();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/SocketsDependencyInjectionExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/SocketsDependencyInjectionExtensions.cs
index 8b756520d4..fd20047a9a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/SocketsDependencyInjectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets/SocketsDependencyInjectionExtensions.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO.Pipelines;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
 
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
         {
             services.AddRouting();
             services.TryAddSingleton<ConnectionManager>();
+            services.TryAddEnumerable(ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<IApplicationLifetimeEvents, SocketsApplicationLifetimeEvents>());
             services.TryAddSingleton<PipelineFactory>();
             services.TryAddSingleton<HttpConnectionDispatcher>();
             return services;
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests/ConnectionManagerTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests/ConnectionManagerTests.cs
index 23b59d26b6..5c4ba864a9 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests/ConnectionManagerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests/ConnectionManagerTests.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System.IO.Pipelines;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests
@@ -16,8 +12,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests
         [Fact]
         public void ReservedConnectionsHaveConnectionId()
         {
-            var lifetime = new ApplicationLifetime(new Logger<ApplicationLifetime>(new LoggerFactory()), Enumerable.Empty<IApplicationLifetimeEvents>());
-            var connectionManager = new ConnectionManager(lifetime);
+            var connectionManager = new ConnectionManager();
             var state = connectionManager.ReserveConnection();
 
             Assert.NotNull(state.Connection);
@@ -30,8 +25,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests
         [Fact]
         public void ReservedConnectionsCanBeRetrieved()
         {
-            var lifetime = new ApplicationLifetime(new Logger<ApplicationLifetime>(new LoggerFactory()), Enumerable.Empty<IApplicationLifetimeEvents>());
-            var connectionManager = new ConnectionManager(lifetime);
+            var connectionManager = new ConnectionManager();
             var state = connectionManager.ReserveConnection();
 
             Assert.NotNull(state.Connection);
@@ -48,8 +42,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests
             using (var factory = new PipelineFactory())
             using (var connection = new HttpConnection(factory))
             {
-                var lifetime = new ApplicationLifetime(new Logger<ApplicationLifetime>(new LoggerFactory()), Enumerable.Empty<IApplicationLifetimeEvents>());
-                var connectionManager = new ConnectionManager(lifetime);
+                var connectionManager = new ConnectionManager();
                 var state = connectionManager.AddNewConnection(connection);
 
                 Assert.NotNull(state.Connection);
@@ -69,8 +62,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests
             using (var factory = new PipelineFactory())
             using (var connection = new HttpConnection(factory))
             {
-                var lifetime = new ApplicationLifetime(new Logger<ApplicationLifetime>(new LoggerFactory()), Enumerable.Empty<IApplicationLifetimeEvents>());
-                var connectionManager = new ConnectionManager(lifetime);
+                var connectionManager = new ConnectionManager();
                 var state = connectionManager.AddNewConnection(connection);
 
                 Assert.NotNull(state.Connection);
@@ -88,13 +80,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public async Task ApplicationStoppingClosesConnections()
+        public async Task CloseConnectionsEndsAllPendingConnections()
         {
             using (var factory = new PipelineFactory())
             using (var connection = new HttpConnection(factory))
             {
-                var lifetime = new ApplicationLifetime(new Logger<ApplicationLifetime>(new LoggerFactory()), Enumerable.Empty<IApplicationLifetimeEvents>());
-                var connectionManager = new ConnectionManager(lifetime);
+                var connectionManager = new ConnectionManager();
                 var state = connectionManager.AddNewConnection(connection);
 
                 var task = Task.Run(async () =>
@@ -104,7 +95,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests
                     Assert.True(result.IsCompleted);
                 });
 
-                lifetime.StopApplication();
+                connectionManager.CloseConnections();
 
                 await task;
             }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests/HttpConnectionDispatcherTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests/HttpConnectionDispatcherTests.cs
index ad7b1adc1f..7aacce726e 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests/HttpConnectionDispatcherTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests/HttpConnectionDispatcherTests.cs
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests
         [Fact]
         public async Task GetIdReservesConnectionIdAndReturnsIt()
         {
-            var lifetime = new ApplicationLifetime(new Logger<ApplicationLifetime>(new LoggerFactory()), Enumerable.Empty<IApplicationLifetimeEvents>());
-            var manager = new ConnectionManager(lifetime);
+            var manager = new ConnectionManager();
             using (var factory = new PipelineFactory())
             {
                 var dispatcher = new HttpConnectionDispatcher(manager, factory, loggerFactory: null);
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests
         [Fact]
         public async Task SendingToReservedConnectionsThatHaveNotConnectedThrows()
         {
-            var lifetime = new ApplicationLifetime(new Logger<ApplicationLifetime>(new LoggerFactory()), Enumerable.Empty<IApplicationLifetimeEvents>());
-            var manager = new ConnectionManager(lifetime);
+            var manager = new ConnectionManager();
             var state = manager.ReserveConnection();
 
             using (var factory = new PipelineFactory())
@@ -68,8 +66,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests
         [Fact]
         public async Task SendingToUnknownConnectionIdThrows()
         {
-            var lifetime = new ApplicationLifetime(new Logger<ApplicationLifetime>(new LoggerFactory()), Enumerable.Empty<IApplicationLifetimeEvents>());
-            var manager = new ConnectionManager(lifetime);
+            var manager = new ConnectionManager();
             using (var factory = new PipelineFactory())
             {
                 var dispatcher = new HttpConnectionDispatcher(manager, factory, loggerFactory: null);
@@ -89,8 +86,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Tests
         [Fact]
         public async Task SendingWithoutConnectionIdThrows()
         {
-            var lifetime = new ApplicationLifetime(new Logger<ApplicationLifetime>(new LoggerFactory()), Enumerable.Empty<IApplicationLifetimeEvents>());
-            var manager = new ConnectionManager(lifetime);
+            var manager = new ConnectionManager();
             using (var factory = new PipelineFactory())
             {
                 var dispatcher = new HttpConnectionDispatcher(manager, factory, loggerFactory: null);