diff --git a/Octokit/Helpers/HttpClientExtensions.cs b/Octokit/Helpers/HttpClientExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb62925d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Octokit/Helpers/HttpClientExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Octokit.Internal;
+
+namespace Octokit
+{
+    public static class HttpClientExtensions
+    {
+        public static Task<IResponse<T>> Send<T>(this IHttpClient httpClient, IRequest request)
+        {
+            Ensure.ArgumentNotNull(httpClient, "httpClient");
+            Ensure.ArgumentNotNull(request, "request");
+
+            return httpClient.Send<T>(request, CancellationToken.None);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Octokit/Octokit.csproj b/Octokit/Octokit.csproj
index 69ecd508..6fe2ef8d 100644
--- a/Octokit/Octokit.csproj
+++ b/Octokit/Octokit.csproj
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Exceptions\PrivateRepositoryQuotaExceededException.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Exceptions\RepositoryExistsException.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\ApiErrorExtensions.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Helpers\HttpClientExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Http\ProductHeaderValue.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\DeploymentStatus.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Clients\DeploymentStatusClient.cs" />