diff --git a/lib/twilio-ruby/http/http_client.rb b/lib/twilio-ruby/http/http_client.rb
index 99f3c7cc8..0a0607012 100644
--- a/lib/twilio-ruby/http/http_client.rb
+++ b/lib/twilio-ruby/http/http_client.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Twilio
   module HTTP
     class Client
       attr_accessor :adapter
-      attr_reader :timeout, :last_response, :last_request
+      attr_reader :timeout, :last_response, :last_request, :connection
 
       def initialize(proxy_prot = nil, proxy_addr = nil, proxy_port = nil, proxy_user = nil, proxy_pass = nil,
                      ssl_ca_file = nil, timeout: nil)
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def _request(request) # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
           f.proxy = "#{@proxy_prot}://#{@proxy_auth}#{@proxy_path}" if @proxy_prot && @proxy_path
           f.options.open_timeout = request.timeout || @timeout
           f.options.timeout = request.timeout || @timeout
+          f.params = request.params.nil? ? {} : request.params
 
           @configure_connection_blocks.each { |block| block.call(f) }
           f.adapter @adapter
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ def _request(request) # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
       def send(request)
         @connection.send(request.method.downcase.to_sym,
                          request.url,
-                         request.method == 'GET' ? request.params : request.data)
+                         request.data)
       rescue Faraday::Error => e
         raise Twilio::REST::TwilioError, e
       end
diff --git a/spec/http/http_client_spec.rb b/spec/http/http_client_spec.rb
index 27d290bec..422b62cd5 100644
--- a/spec/http/http_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/http/http_client_spec.rb
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@
     expect(@client.last_request.timeout).to be_nil
   end
 
+  it 'should contain params in Connection object' do
+    allow_any_instance_of(Faraday::Connection).to receive(:send).and_return(double('response', status: 301, body: {}, headers: { something: '1' }))
+    params = Twilio::Values.of({ 'abc' => 'xyz' })
+    @client.request('host', 'port', 'DELETE', 'url', params, nil, {}, ['a', 'b'])
+    expect(@client.connection.params).to eq({ 'abc' => 'xyz' })
+  end
+
   describe 'last_response' do
     let(:last_response) { Twilio::Response.new(200, 'body') }
   end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 62fbbaa88..8b295d076 100755
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 require 'twilio-ruby'
 require 'rspec/matchers'
 require 'equivalent-xml'
+require 'rspec/core'
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.expect_with :rspec do |c|