diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/WebSocketCoreClient.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/WebSocketCoreClient.java
index d4d7eee135d9..06d7af560ffa 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/WebSocketCoreClient.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/WebSocketCoreClient.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public WebSocketCoreClient(HttpClient httpClient, WebSocketComponents webSocketC
         this.httpClient = httpClient;
         this.components = webSocketComponents;
         addBean(httpClient);
+        addBean(webSocketComponents);
     }
 
     public CompletableFuture<CoreSession> connect(FrameHandler frameHandler, URI wsUri) throws IOException
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/module-info.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/module-info.java
index bbbe95f90711..c3bb0936c60c 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
     exports org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.javax.client;
     exports org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.javax.client.internal to org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.javax.server;
 
-    requires org.eclipse.jetty.client;
     requires org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.core.client;
     requires org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.javax.common;
+    requires transitive org.eclipse.jetty.client;
     requires transitive jetty.websocket.api;
 
     provides ContainerProvider with JavaxWebSocketClientContainerProvider;
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/javax/client/JavaxWebSocketClientContainerProvider.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/javax/client/JavaxWebSocketClientContainerProvider.java
index f18d3074581f..739b45317724 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/javax/client/JavaxWebSocketClientContainerProvider.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/javax/client/JavaxWebSocketClientContainerProvider.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import javax.websocket.ContainerProvider;
 import javax.websocket.WebSocketContainer;
 
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClient;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.LifeCycle;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.ShutdownThread;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.javax.client.internal.JavaxWebSocketClientContainer;
@@ -52,29 +53,26 @@ public static void stop(WebSocketContainer container) throws Exception
     @Override
     protected WebSocketContainer getContainer()
     {
-        // See: https://github.com/javaee/websocket-spec/issues/212
-        // TODO: on multiple executions, do we warn?
-        // TODO: do we care?
-        // TODO: on multiple executions, do we share bufferPool/executors/etc?
-        // TODO: do we want to provide a non-standard way to configure to always return the same clientContainer based on a config somewhere? (system.property?)
-
-        JavaxWebSocketClientContainer clientContainer = new JavaxWebSocketClientContainer();
-
-        // Register as JVM runtime shutdown hook?
-        ShutdownThread.register(clientContainer);
-
-        if (!clientContainer.isStarted())
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                clientContainer.start();
-            }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                throw new RuntimeException("Unable to start Client Container", e);
-            }
-        }
+        return getContainer(null);
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * Get a new instance of a client {@link WebSocketContainer} which uses a supplied {@link HttpClient}.
+     * @param httpClient a pre-configured {@link HttpClient} to be used by the implementation.
+     * @see #getContainer()
+     */
+    public WebSocketContainer getContainer(HttpClient httpClient)
+    {
+        JavaxWebSocketClientContainer clientContainer = new JavaxWebSocketClientContainer(httpClient);
+        registerShutdown(clientContainer);
         return clientContainer;
     }
+
+    // See: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/websocket-api/issues/212
+    private void registerShutdown(JavaxWebSocketClientContainer container)
+    {
+        // Register as JVM runtime shutdown hook.
+        ShutdownThread.register(container);
+        LifeCycle.start(container);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/javax/client/internal/JavaxWebSocketClientContainer.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/javax/client/internal/JavaxWebSocketClientContainer.java
index 194636bf1806..883db46e5f6b 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/javax/client/internal/JavaxWebSocketClientContainer.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-javax-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/javax/client/internal/JavaxWebSocketClientContainer.java
@@ -70,22 +70,12 @@ public JavaxWebSocketClientContainer()
      */
     public JavaxWebSocketClientContainer(final HttpClient httpClient)
     {
-        this(new WebSocketComponents(), (wsComponents) ->
-        {
-            WebSocketCoreClient coreClient = new WebSocketCoreClient(httpClient, wsComponents);
-            coreClient.getHttpClient().setName("Javax-WebSocketClient@" + Integer.toHexString(coreClient.getHttpClient().hashCode()));
-            return coreClient;
-        });
+        this(new WebSocketComponents(), (components) -> new WebSocketCoreClient(httpClient, components));
     }
 
     public JavaxWebSocketClientContainer(WebSocketComponents components)
     {
-        this(components, (wsComponents) ->
-        {
-            WebSocketCoreClient coreClient = new WebSocketCoreClient(wsComponents);
-            coreClient.getHttpClient().setName("Javax-WebSocketClient@" + Integer.toHexString(coreClient.getHttpClient().hashCode()));
-            return coreClient;
-        });
+        this(components, WebSocketCoreClient::new);
     }
 
     public JavaxWebSocketClientContainer(WebSocketComponents components, Function<WebSocketComponents, WebSocketCoreClient> coreClientFactory)