diff --git a/jaxrs2/pom.xml b/jaxrs2/pom.xml
index 4f65eb80..c2002fc5 100644
--- a/jaxrs2/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxrs2/pom.xml
@@ -78,5 +78,28 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+        <version>2.26</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.inject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jersey-hk2</artifactId>
+        <version>2.26</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
+        <artifactId>mockwebserver</artifactId>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+        <artifactId>java-hamcrest</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0.0</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/jaxrs2/src/main/java/feign/jaxrs2/JAXRSClient.java b/jaxrs2/src/main/java/feign/jaxrs2/JAXRSClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22b6022e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jaxrs2/src/main/java/feign/jaxrs2/JAXRSClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2012-2018 The Feign Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package feign.jaxrs2;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.*;
+import feign.Client;
+import feign.Request.Options;
+
+/**
+ * This module directs Feign's http requests to javax.ws.rs.client.Client . Ex:
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * GitHub github =
+ *     Feign.builder().client(new JaxRSClient()).target(GitHub.class, "https://api.github.com");
+ * </pre>
+ */
+public class JAXRSClient implements Client {
+
+  private final ClientBuilder clientBuilder;
+
+  public JAXRSClient() {
+    this(ClientBuilder.newBuilder());
+  }
+
+  public JAXRSClient(ClientBuilder clientBuilder) {
+    this.clientBuilder = clientBuilder;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public feign.Response execute(feign.Request request, Options options) throws IOException {
+    final Response response = clientBuilder
+        .connectTimeout(options.connectTimeoutMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+        .readTimeout(options.readTimeoutMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+        .build()
+        .target(request.url())
+        .request()
+        .headers(toMultivaluedMap(request.headers()))
+        .method(request.method(), createRequestEntity(request));
+
+    return feign.Response.builder()
+        .request(request)
+        .body(response.readEntity(InputStream.class),
+            integerHeader(response, HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LENGTH))
+        .headers(toMap(response.getStringHeaders()))
+        .status(response.getStatus())
+        .reason(response.getStatusInfo().getReasonPhrase())
+        .build();
+  }
+
+  private Entity<byte[]> createRequestEntity(feign.Request request) {
+    if (request.body() == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    return Entity.entity(
+        request.body(),
+        new Variant(mediaType(request.headers()), locale(request.headers()),
+            encoding(request.charset())));
+  }
+
+  private Integer integerHeader(Response response, String header) {
+    final MultivaluedMap<String, String> headers = response.getStringHeaders();
+    if (!headers.containsKey(header)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      return new Integer(headers.getFirst(header));
+    } catch (final NumberFormatException e) {
+      // not a number or too big to fit Integer
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private String encoding(Charset charset) {
+    if (charset == null)
+      return null;
+
+    return charset.name();
+  }
+
+  private String locale(Map<String, Collection<String>> headers) {
+    if (!headers.containsKey(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LANGUAGE))
+      return null;
+
+    return headers.get(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LANGUAGE).iterator().next();
+  }
+
+  private MediaType mediaType(Map<String, Collection<String>> headers) {
+    if (!headers.containsKey(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE))
+      return null;
+
+    return MediaType.valueOf(headers.get(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE).iterator().next());
+  }
+
+  private MultivaluedMap<String, Object> toMultivaluedMap(Map<String, Collection<String>> headers) {
+    final MultivaluedHashMap<String, Object> mvHeaders = new MultivaluedHashMap<>();
+
+    headers.entrySet().forEach(entry -> entry.getValue().stream()
+        .forEach(value -> mvHeaders.add(entry.getKey(), value)));
+
+    return mvHeaders;
+  }
+
+  private Map<String, Collection<String>> toMap(MultivaluedMap<String, String> headers) {
+    return headers.entrySet().stream()
+        .collect(Collectors.toMap(
+            Entry::getKey,
+            Entry::getValue));
+  }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/jaxrs2/src/test/java/feign/jaxrs2/JAXRSClientTest.java b/jaxrs2/src/test/java/feign/jaxrs2/JAXRSClientTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ec10b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jaxrs2/src/test/java/feign/jaxrs2/JAXRSClientTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2012-2018 The Feign Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package feign.jaxrs2;
+
+import feign.Feign.Builder;
+import feign.Headers;
+import feign.RequestLine;
+import feign.Response;
+import feign.Util;
+import feign.assertj.MockWebServerAssertions;
+import feign.client.AbstractClientTest;
+import feign.jaxrs2.JAXRSClient;
+import feign.Feign;
+import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException;
+import static feign.Util.UTF_8;
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.junit.Assume;
+
+/** Tests client-specific behavior, such as ensuring Content-Length is sent when specified. */
+public class JAXRSClientTest extends AbstractClientTest {
+
+  @Override
+  public Builder newBuilder() {
+    return Feign.builder().client(new JAXRSClient());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void testPatch() throws Exception {
+    try {
+      super.testPatch();
+    } catch (final ProcessingException e) {
+      Assume.assumeNoException("JaxRS client do not support PATCH requests", e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void noResponseBodyForPut() {
+    try {
+      super.noResponseBodyForPut();
+    } catch (final IllegalStateException e) {
+      Assume.assumeNoException("JaxRS client do not support empty bodies on PUT", e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void reasonPhraseIsOptional() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setStatus("HTTP/1.1 " + 200));
+
+    final TestInterface api = newBuilder()
+        .target(TestInterface.class, "http://localhost:" + server.getPort());
+
+    final Response response = api.post("foo");
+
+    assertThat(response.status()).isEqualTo(200);
+    // jaxrsclient is creating a reason when none is present
+    // assertThat(response.reason()).isNullOrEmpty();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void parsesRequestAndResponse() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setBody("foo").addHeader("Foo: Bar"));
+
+    final TestInterface api = newBuilder()
+        .target(TestInterface.class, "http://localhost:" + server.getPort());
+
+    final Response response = api.post("foo");
+
+    assertThat(response.status()).isEqualTo(200);
+    assertThat(response.reason()).isEqualTo("OK");
+    assertThat(response.headers())
+        .containsEntry("Content-Length", asList("3"))
+        .containsEntry("Foo", asList("Bar"));
+    assertThat(response.body().asInputStream())
+        .hasContentEqualTo(new ByteArrayInputStream("foo".getBytes(UTF_8)));
+
+    MockWebServerAssertions.assertThat(server.takeRequest()).hasMethod("POST")
+        .hasPath("/?foo=bar&foo=baz&qux=")
+        .hasBody("foo");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testContentTypeWithoutCharset2() throws Exception {
+    server.enqueue(new MockResponse()
+        .setBody("AAAAAAAA"));
+    final JaxRSClientTestInterface api = newBuilder()
+        .target(JaxRSClientTestInterface.class, "http://localhost:" + server.getPort());
+
+    final Response response = api.getWithContentType();
+    // Response length should not be null
+    assertEquals("AAAAAAAA", Util.toString(response.body().asReader()));
+
+    MockWebServerAssertions.assertThat(server.takeRequest())
+        .hasHeaders("Accept: text/plain", "Content-Type: text/plain") // Note: OkHttp adds content
+                                                                      // length.
+        .hasMethod("GET");
+  }
+
+
+  public interface JaxRSClientTestInterface {
+
+    @RequestLine("GET /")
+    @Headers({"Accept: text/plain", "Content-Type: text/plain"})
+    Response getWithContentType();
+  }
+}