diff --git a/lib/faraday/adapter/excon.rb b/lib/faraday/adapter/excon.rb
index b0ea0d7d..0c1ef2af 100644
--- a/lib/faraday/adapter/excon.rb
+++ b/lib/faraday/adapter/excon.rb
@@ -6,15 +6,19 @@ module Faraday
     class Excon < Faraday::Adapter
       dependency 'excon'
 
+      def build_connection(env)
+        opts = opts_from_env(env)
+        ::Excon.new(env[:url].to_s, opts.merge(@connection_options))
+      end
+
       def call(env)
         super
 
-        opts = opts_from_env(env)
-        conn = create_connection(env, opts)
-
-        resp = conn.request(method: env[:method].to_s.upcase,
-                            headers: env[:request_headers],
-                            body: read_body(env))
+        resp = connection(env) do |http|
+          http.request(method: env[:method].to_s.upcase,
+                       headers: env[:request_headers],
+                       body: read_body(env))
+        end
 
         req = env[:request]
         if req&.stream_response?
@@ -36,11 +40,6 @@ module Faraday
         raise Faraday::TimeoutError, e
       end
 
-      # @return [Excon]
-      def create_connection(env, opts)
-        ::Excon.new(env[:url].to_s, opts.merge(@connection_options))
-      end
-
       # TODO: support streaming requests
       def read_body(env)
         env[:body].respond_to?(:read) ? env[:body].read : env[:body]
diff --git a/spec/faraday/adapter/excon_spec.rb b/spec/faraday/adapter/excon_spec.rb
index fee13d05..c6d16ae2 100644
--- a/spec/faraday/adapter/excon_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/faraday/adapter/excon_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RSpec.describe Faraday::Adapter::Excon do
 
     adapter = described_class.new(nil, debug_request: true)
 
-    conn = adapter.create_connection({ url: url }, {})
+    conn = adapter.build_connection(url: url)
 
     expect(conn.data[:debug_request]).to be_truthy
   end