diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextScheduler.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextScheduler.java
index 64aca814f..e4f9a01df 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextScheduler.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextScheduler.java
@@ -15,16 +15,12 @@
  */
 package com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.concurrency;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.concurrent.*;
 
-import rx.Scheduler;
-import rx.Subscription;
+import rx.*;
 import rx.functions.Action0;
-import rx.subscriptions.BooleanSubscription;
-import rx.subscriptions.CompositeSubscription;
-import rx.subscriptions.Subscriptions;
+import rx.internal.schedulers.ScheduledAction;
+import rx.subscriptions.*;
 
 import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixThreadPool;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.HystrixPlugins;
@@ -64,7 +60,6 @@ public Worker createWorker() {
 
     private class HystrixContextSchedulerWorker extends Worker {
 
-        private BooleanSubscription s = new BooleanSubscription();
         private final Worker worker;
 
         private HystrixContextSchedulerWorker(Worker actualWorker) {
@@ -73,12 +68,12 @@ private HystrixContextSchedulerWorker(Worker actualWorker) {
 
         @Override
         public void unsubscribe() {
-            s.unsubscribe();
+            worker.unsubscribe();
         }
 
         @Override
         public boolean isUnsubscribed() {
-            return s.isUnsubscribed();
+            return worker.isUnsubscribed();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -150,32 +145,20 @@ public boolean isUnsubscribed() {
         public Subscription schedule(final Action0 action) {
             if (subscription.isUnsubscribed()) {
                 // don't schedule, we are unsubscribed
-                return Subscriptions.empty();
+                return Subscriptions.unsubscribed();
             }
-
-            final AtomicReference<Subscription> sf = new AtomicReference<>();
-            Subscription s = Subscriptions.from(threadPool.getExecutor().submit(new Runnable() {
-
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    try {
-                        if (subscription.isUnsubscribed()) {
-                            return;
-                        }
-                        action.call();
-                    } finally {
-                        // remove the subscription now that we're completed
-                        Subscription s = sf.get();
-                        if (s != null) {
-                            subscription.remove(s);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }));
-
-            sf.set(s);
-            subscription.add(s);
-            return s;
+            
+            // This is internal RxJava API but it is too useful.
+            ScheduledAction sa = new ScheduledAction(action);
+            
+            subscription.add(sa);
+            sa.addParent(subscription);
+            
+            Future<?> f = threadPool.getExecutor().submit(sa);
+            
+            sa.add(f);
+
+            return sa;
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPoolTest.java b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPoolTest.java
index 1eb1affdd..47977a2e0 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPoolTest.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPoolTest.java
@@ -8,14 +8,19 @@
 
 import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixThreadPool.Factory;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.HystrixPlugins;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.concurrency.*;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.metrics.HystrixMetricsPublisher;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.metrics.HystrixMetricsPublisherFactory;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.metrics.HystrixMetricsPublisherThreadPool;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import rx.Scheduler;
+import rx.functions.Action0;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 public class HystrixThreadPoolTest {
     @Before
@@ -102,4 +107,49 @@ public HystrixMetricsPublisherThreadPool getMetricsPublisherForThreadPool(Hystri
         //Now the HystrixThreadPool ALWAYS has the same reference to the ThreadPoolExecutor so that it no longer matters which
         //wins to be inserted into the HystrixThreadPool.Factory.threadPools cache.
     }
+    @Test(timeout = 2500)
+    public void testUnsubscribeHystrixThreadPool() throws InterruptedException {
+        // methods are package-private so can't test it somewhere else
+        HystrixThreadPool pool = Factory.getInstance(HystrixThreadPoolKey.Factory.asKey("threadPoolFactoryTest"),
+                HystrixThreadPoolProperties.Setter.getUnitTestPropertiesBuilder());
+        
+        final AtomicBoolean interrupted = new AtomicBoolean();
+        final CountDownLatch start = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        final CountDownLatch end = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        HystrixContextScheduler hcs = new HystrixContextScheduler(HystrixPlugins.getInstance().getConcurrencyStrategy(), pool);
+
+        Scheduler.Worker w = hcs.createWorker();
+
+        try {
+            w.schedule(new Action0() {
+                @Override
+                public void call() {
+                    start.countDown();
+                    try {
+                        try {
+                            Thread.sleep(5000);
+                        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+                            interrupted.set(true);
+                        }
+                    } finally {
+                        end.countDown();
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            
+            start.await();
+            
+            w.unsubscribe();
+            
+            end.await();
+            
+            Factory.shutdown();
+            
+            assertTrue(interrupted.get());
+        } finally {
+            w.unsubscribe();
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextSchedulerTest.java b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextSchedulerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ba46f163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/concurrency/HystrixContextSchedulerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.concurrency;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import rx.Scheduler;
+import rx.functions.Action0;
+import rx.schedulers.Schedulers;
+
+public class HystrixContextSchedulerTest {
+    
+    @Test(timeout = 2500)
+    public void testUnsubscribeWrappedScheduler() throws InterruptedException {
+        Scheduler s = Schedulers.newThread();
+        final AtomicBoolean interrupted = new AtomicBoolean();
+        final CountDownLatch start = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        final CountDownLatch end = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        HystrixContextScheduler hcs = new HystrixContextScheduler(s);
+
+        Scheduler.Worker w = hcs.createWorker();
+        try {
+            w.schedule(new Action0() {
+                @Override
+                public void call() {
+                    start.countDown();
+                    try {
+                        try {
+                            Thread.sleep(5000);
+                        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+                            interrupted.set(true);
+                        }
+                    } finally {
+                        end.countDown();
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            
+            start.await();
+            
+            w.unsubscribe();
+            
+            end.await();
+            
+            assertTrue(interrupted.get());
+        } finally {
+            w.unsubscribe();
+        }
+    }
+}