diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/agent.js b/lib/dispatcher/agent.js
index 98f1486cac0..448eb3b8769 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/agent.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/agent.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Agent extends DispatcherBase {
     return ret
   }
 
-  [kDispatch] (opts, handler) {
+  [kDispatch] (opts, handler, onDrain) {
     let key
     if (opts.origin && (typeof opts.origin === 'string' || opts.origin instanceof URL)) {
       key = String(opts.origin)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Agent extends DispatcherBase {
       this[kClients].set(key, dispatcher)
     }
 
-    return dispatcher.dispatch(opts, handler)
+    return dispatcher.dispatch(opts, handler, onDrain)
   }
 
   async [kClose] () {
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/balanced-pool.js b/lib/dispatcher/balanced-pool.js
index 15a7e7b5879..fa72eebeee7 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/balanced-pool.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/balanced-pool.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ const {
   kNeedDrain,
   kAddClient,
   kRemoveClient,
-  kGetDispatcher
+  kGetDispatcher,
+  kGetDispatchers
 } = require('./pool-base')
 const Pool = require('./pool')
 const { kUrl, kInterceptors } = require('../core/symbols')
@@ -185,6 +186,54 @@ class BalancedPool extends PoolBase {
     this[kIndex] = maxWeightIndex
     return this[kClients][maxWeightIndex]
   }
+
+  [kGetDispatchers] () {
+    // We validate that pools is greater than 0,
+    // otherwise we would have to wait until an upstream
+    // is added, which might never happen.
+    if (this[kClients].length === 0) {
+      throw new BalancedPoolMissingUpstreamError()
+    }
+
+    let maxWeightIndex = 0
+    {
+      let maxWeight = this[kClients][0][kWeight]
+      for (let n = 1; n < this[kClients].length; n++) {
+        if (this[kClients][n][kWeight] > maxWeight) {
+          maxWeight = this[kClients][n][kWeight]
+          maxWeightIndex = n
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    let counter = 0
+    while (counter++ < this[kClients].length) {
+      this[kIndex] = (this[kIndex] + 1) % this[kClients].length
+      const pool = this[kClients][this[kIndex]]
+
+      // find pool index with the largest weight
+      if (pool[kWeight] > this[kClients][maxWeightIndex][kWeight] && !pool[kNeedDrain]) {
+        maxWeightIndex = this[kIndex]
+      }
+
+      // decrease the current weight every `this[kClients].length`.
+      if (this[kIndex] === 0) {
+        // Set the current weight to the next lower weight.
+        this[kCurrentWeight] = this[kCurrentWeight] - this[kGreatestCommonDivisor]
+
+        if (this[kCurrentWeight] <= 0) {
+          this[kCurrentWeight] = this[kMaxWeightPerServer]
+        }
+      }
+      if (pool[kWeight] >= this[kCurrentWeight] && (!pool[kNeedDrain])) {
+        return pool
+      }
+    }
+
+    this[kCurrentWeight] = this[kClients][maxWeightIndex][kWeight]
+    this[kIndex] = maxWeightIndex
+    return this[kClients][maxWeightIndex]
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = BalancedPool
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/client.js b/lib/dispatcher/client.js
index cb61206b1ed..fb8207be645 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/client.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/client.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ const connectH2 = require('./client-h2.js')
 let deprecatedInterceptorWarned = false
 
 const kClosedResolve = Symbol('kClosedResolve')
+const kDrainQueue = Symbol('kDrainQueue')
 
 function getPipelining (client) {
   return client[kPipelining] ?? client[kHTTPContext]?.defaultPipelining ?? 1
@@ -243,6 +244,8 @@ class Client extends DispatcherBase {
     this[kMaxConcurrentStreams] = maxConcurrentStreams != null ? maxConcurrentStreams : 100 // Max peerConcurrentStreams for a Node h2 server
     this[kHTTPContext] = null
 
+    this[kDrainQueue] = []
+
     // kQueue is built up of 3 sections separated by
     // the kRunningIdx and kPendingIdx indices.
     // |   complete   |   running   |   pending   |
@@ -299,26 +302,31 @@ class Client extends DispatcherBase {
     this.once('connect', cb)
   }
 
-  [kDispatch] (opts, handler) {
+  [kDispatch] (opts, handler, onDrain) {
     const origin = opts.origin || this[kUrl].origin
     const request = new Request(origin, opts, handler)
 
-    this[kQueue].push(request)
-    if (this[kResuming]) {
-      // Do nothing.
-    } else if (util.bodyLength(request.body) == null && util.isIterable(request.body)) {
-      // Wait a tick in case stream/iterator is ended in the same tick.
-      this[kResuming] = 1
-      queueMicrotask(() => resume(this))
+    if (this[kBusy] && onDrain) {
+      this[kDrainQueue].push(onDrain)
+      return false
     } else {
-      this[kResume](true)
+      this[kQueue].push(request)
+      if (this[kResuming]) {
+        // Do nothing.
+      } else if (util.bodyLength(request.body) == null && util.isIterable(request.body)) {
+        // Wait a tick in case stream/iterator is ended in the same tick.
+        this[kResuming] = 1
+        queueMicrotask(() => resume(this))
+      } else {
+        this[kResume](true)
+      }
     }
 
     if (this[kResuming] && this[kNeedDrain] !== 2 && this[kBusy]) {
       this[kNeedDrain] = 2
     }
 
-    return this[kNeedDrain] < 2
+    return onDrain ? true : this[kNeedDrain] < 2
   }
 
   async [kClose] () {
@@ -341,6 +349,10 @@ class Client extends DispatcherBase {
         util.errorRequest(this, request, err)
       }
 
+      for (const callback of this[kDrainQueue].splice(0)) {
+        callback(err, this)
+      }
+
       const callback = () => {
         if (this[kClosedResolve]) {
           // TODO (fix): Should we error here with ClientDestroyedError?
@@ -517,6 +529,11 @@ async function connect (client) {
 
 function emitDrain (client) {
   client[kNeedDrain] = 0
+
+  for (const callback of client[kDrainQueue].splice(0)) {
+    callback.call(client, client[kUrl], [client])
+  }
+
   client.emit('drain', client[kUrl], [client])
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher-base.js b/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher-base.js
index bd860acdcf4..637f32c7a09 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher-base.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher-base.js
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ class DispatcherBase extends Dispatcher {
     })
   }
 
-  [kInterceptedDispatch] (opts, handler) {
+  [kInterceptedDispatch] (opts, handler, onDrain) {
     if (!this[kInterceptors] || this[kInterceptors].length === 0) {
       this[kInterceptedDispatch] = this[kDispatch]
-      return this[kDispatch](opts, handler)
+      return this[kDispatch](opts, handler, onDrain)
     }
 
     let dispatch = this[kDispatch].bind(this)
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ class DispatcherBase extends Dispatcher {
       dispatch = this[kInterceptors][i](dispatch)
     }
     this[kInterceptedDispatch] = dispatch
-    return dispatch(opts, handler)
+    return dispatch(opts, handler, onDrain)
   }
 
-  dispatch (opts, handler) {
+  dispatch (opts, handler, onDrain) {
     if (!handler || typeof handler !== 'object') {
       throw new InvalidArgumentError('handler must be an object')
     }
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class DispatcherBase extends Dispatcher {
         throw new ClientClosedError()
       }
 
-      return this[kInterceptedDispatch](opts, handler)
+      return this[kInterceptedDispatch](opts, handler, onDrain)
     } catch (err) {
       if (typeof handler.onError !== 'function') {
         throw new InvalidArgumentError('invalid onError method')
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher.js b/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher.js
index b1e0098ec4b..c2625100479 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Dispatcher extends EventEmitter {
 
       dispatch = interceptor(dispatch)
 
-      if (dispatch == null || typeof dispatch !== 'function' || dispatch.length !== 2) {
+      if (dispatch == null || typeof dispatch !== 'function') {
         throw new TypeError('invalid interceptor')
       }
     }
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ class ComposedDispatcher extends Dispatcher {
     this.#dispatch = dispatch
   }
 
-  dispatch (...args) {
-    this.#dispatch(...args)
+  dispatch (opts, handler, onDrain) {
+    // Allocating a closure here every time is not great...
+    return this.#dispatch(opts, handler, onDrain ?? (() => {
+      // XXX: Stop if error?
+      this.#dispatch(opts, handler, onDrain)
+    }))
   }
 
   close (...args) {
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/pool-base.js b/lib/dispatcher/pool-base.js
index ff3108a4da2..493258038cc 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/pool-base.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/pool-base.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const PoolStats = require('./pool-stats')
 
 const kClients = Symbol('clients')
 const kNeedDrain = Symbol('needDrain')
+const kDrainQueue = Symbol('drainQueue')
 const kQueue = Symbol('queue')
 const kClosedResolve = Symbol('closed resolve')
 const kOnDrain = Symbol('onDrain')
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ const kOnConnect = Symbol('onConnect')
 const kOnDisconnect = Symbol('onDisconnect')
 const kOnConnectionError = Symbol('onConnectionError')
 const kGetDispatcher = Symbol('get dispatcher')
+const kGetDispatchers = Symbol('get dispatchers')
 const kAddClient = Symbol('add client')
 const kRemoveClient = Symbol('remove client')
 const kStats = Symbol('stats')
@@ -25,12 +27,17 @@ class PoolBase extends DispatcherBase {
     this[kQueue] = new FixedQueue()
     this[kClients] = []
     this[kQueued] = 0
+    this[kDrainQueue] = []
 
     const pool = this
 
     this[kOnDrain] = function onDrain (origin, targets) {
       const queue = pool[kQueue]
 
+      if (queue.isEmpty()) {
+        return
+      }
+
       let needDrain = false
 
       while (!needDrain) {
@@ -44,7 +51,12 @@ class PoolBase extends DispatcherBase {
 
       this[kNeedDrain] = needDrain
 
+      for (const callback of pool[kDrainQueue].splice(0)) {
+        callback.call(this, origin, [pool, ...targets])
+      }
+
       if (!this[kNeedDrain] && pool[kNeedDrain]) {
+        // Legacy...
         pool[kNeedDrain] = false
         pool.emit('drain', origin, [pool, ...targets])
       }
@@ -133,19 +145,31 @@ class PoolBase extends DispatcherBase {
     return Promise.all(this[kClients].map(c => c.destroy(err)))
   }
 
-  [kDispatch] (opts, handler) {
-    const dispatcher = this[kGetDispatcher]()
+  [kDispatch] (opts, handler, onDrain) {
+    if (onDrain) {
+      for (const dispatcher of this[kGetDispatchers]()) {
+        if (dispatcher.dispatch(opts, handler, this[kOnDrain])) {
+          return true
+        }
+      }
 
-    if (!dispatcher) {
-      this[kNeedDrain] = true
-      this[kQueue].push({ opts, handler })
-      this[kQueued]++
-    } else if (!dispatcher.dispatch(opts, handler)) {
-      dispatcher[kNeedDrain] = true
-      this[kNeedDrain] = !this[kGetDispatcher]()
-    }
+      this[kDrainQueue].push(onDrain)
 
-    return !this[kNeedDrain]
+      return false
+    } else {
+      // Legacy...
+      const dispatcher = this[kGetDispatcher]()
+      if (!dispatcher) {
+        this[kNeedDrain] = true
+        this[kQueue].push({ opts, handler })
+        this[kQueued]++
+      } else if (!dispatcher.dispatch(opts, handler)) {
+        dispatcher[kNeedDrain] = true
+        this[kNeedDrain] = !this[kGetDispatcher]()
+      }
+
+      return !this[kNeedDrain]
+    }
   }
 
   [kAddClient] (client) {
@@ -190,5 +214,6 @@ module.exports = {
   kNeedDrain,
   kAddClient,
   kRemoveClient,
-  kGetDispatcher
+  kGetDispatcher,
+  kGetDispatchers
 }
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/pool.js b/lib/dispatcher/pool.js
index 2d84cd96488..2aad43ef65c 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/pool.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/pool.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ const {
   kClients,
   kNeedDrain,
   kAddClient,
-  kGetDispatcher
+  kGetDispatcher,
+  kGetDispatchers
 } = require('./pool-base')
 const Client = require('./client')
 const {
@@ -88,6 +89,18 @@ class Pool extends PoolBase {
       return dispatcher
     }
   }
+
+  * [kGetDispatchers]() {
+    for (const client of this[kClients]) {
+      yield client
+    }
+
+    if (!this[kConnections] || this[kClients].length < this[kConnections]) {
+      const dispatcher = this[kFactory](this[kUrl], this[kOptions])
+      this[kAddClient](dispatcher)
+      yield dispatcher
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = Pool
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/proxy-agent.js b/lib/dispatcher/proxy-agent.js
index 226b67846da..a698a70a6b2 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/proxy-agent.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/proxy-agent.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class ProxyAgent extends DispatcherBase {
     })
   }
 
-  dispatch (opts, handler) {
+  dispatch (opts, handler, onDrain) {
     const headers = buildHeaders(opts.headers)
     throwIfProxyAuthIsSent(headers)
 
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ class ProxyAgent extends DispatcherBase {
         ...opts,
         headers
       },
-      handler
+      handler,
+      onDrain
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/retry-agent.js b/lib/dispatcher/retry-agent.js
index 0c2120d6f26..1a5015b54bb 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/retry-agent.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/retry-agent.js
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ const Dispatcher = require('./dispatcher')
 const RetryHandler = require('../handler/retry-handler')
 
 class RetryAgent extends Dispatcher {
-  #agent = null
-  #options = null
+  #agent
+  #options
+
   constructor (agent, options = {}) {
     super(options)
     this.#agent = agent
     this.#options = options
   }
 
-  dispatch (opts, handler) {
+  dispatch (opts, handler, onDrain) {
     const retry = new RetryHandler({
       ...opts,
       retryOptions: this.#options
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class RetryAgent extends Dispatcher {
       dispatch: this.#agent.dispatch.bind(this.#agent),
       handler
     })
-    return this.#agent.dispatch(opts, retry)
+    return this.#agent.dispatch(opts, retry, onDrain)
   }
 
   close () {
diff --git a/lib/interceptor/dump.js b/lib/interceptor/dump.js
index fc9cacb198d..44d221e2b43 100644
--- a/lib/interceptor/dump.js
+++ b/lib/interceptor/dump.js
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function createDumpInterceptor (
   }
 ) {
   return dispatch => {
-    return function Intercept (opts, handler) {
+    return function Intercept (opts, handler, onDrain) {
       const { dumpMaxSize = defaultMaxSize } =
         opts
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function createDumpInterceptor (
         handler
       )
 
-      return dispatch(opts, dumpHandler)
+      return dispatch(opts, dumpHandler, onDrain)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/interceptor/redirect-interceptor.js b/lib/interceptor/redirect-interceptor.js
index 896ee8db939..7b26af0cc8b 100644
--- a/lib/interceptor/redirect-interceptor.js
+++ b/lib/interceptor/redirect-interceptor.js
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ const RedirectHandler = require('../handler/redirect-handler')
 
 function createRedirectInterceptor ({ maxRedirections: defaultMaxRedirections }) {
   return (dispatch) => {
-    return function Intercept (opts, handler) {
+    return function Intercept (opts, handler, onDrain) {
       const { maxRedirections = defaultMaxRedirections } = opts
 
       if (!maxRedirections) {
-        return dispatch(opts, handler)
+        return dispatch(opts, handler, onDrain)
       }
 
       const redirectHandler = new RedirectHandler(dispatch, maxRedirections, opts, handler)
       opts = { ...opts, maxRedirections: 0 } // Stop sub dispatcher from also redirecting.
-      return dispatch(opts, redirectHandler)
+      return dispatch(opts, redirectHandler, onDrain)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/interceptor/redirect.js b/lib/interceptor/redirect.js
index d2e789d8efb..ffe943d7650 100644
--- a/lib/interceptor/redirect.js
+++ b/lib/interceptor/redirect.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const RedirectHandler = require('../handler/redirect-handler')
 module.exports = opts => {
   const globalMaxRedirections = opts?.maxRedirections
   return dispatch => {
-    return function redirectInterceptor (opts, handler) {
+    return function redirectInterceptor (opts, handler, onDrain) {
       const { maxRedirections = globalMaxRedirections, ...baseOpts } = opts
 
       if (!maxRedirections) {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module.exports = opts => {
         handler
       )
 
-      return dispatch(baseOpts, redirectHandler)
+      return dispatch(baseOpts, redirectHandler, onDrain)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/interceptor/retry.js b/lib/interceptor/retry.js
index 1c16fd845a9..4ec61b53d37 100644
--- a/lib/interceptor/retry.js
+++ b/lib/interceptor/retry.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const RetryHandler = require('../handler/retry-handler')
 
 module.exports = globalOpts => {
   return dispatch => {
-    return function retryInterceptor (opts, handler) {
+    return function retryInterceptor (opts, handler, onDrain) {
       return dispatch(
         opts,
         new RetryHandler(
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ module.exports = globalOpts => {
             handler,
             dispatch
           }
-        )
+        ),
+        onDrain
       )
     }
   }