diff --git a/docs/server-setup.md b/docs/server-setup.md
index 296722d2f..aa15e0e26 100644
--- a/docs/server-setup.md
+++ b/docs/server-setup.md
@@ -108,3 +108,37 @@ Protractor can test directly against Chrome and Firefox without using a Selenium
  - `directConnect: true` -  Your test script communicates directly Chrome Driver or Firefox Driver, bypassing any Selenium Server. If this is true, settings for `seleniumAddress` and `seleniumServerJar` will be ignored. If you attempt to use a browser other than Chrome or Firefox an error will be thrown.
 
 The advantage of directly connecting to browser drivers is that your test scripts may start up and run faster.
+
+Re-using an Existing WebDriver
+------------------------------
+
+The use case for re-using an existing WebDriver is when you have existing
+`selenium-webdriver` code and are already in control of how the WebDriver is
+created, but would also like Protractor to use the same browser, so you can
+use protractor's element locators and the rest of its API. This could be
+done with the `attachSession` driver provider, but the `attachSession` API is
+being removed in `selenium-webdriver` 4.0.0.
+
+Instead of a protractor config file, you create a config object in your test
+setup code, and add your already-created WebDriver object and base URL.
+
+```javascript
+const ProtractorConfigParser = require('protractor/built/configParser').ConfigParser;
+const ProtractorRunner = require('protractor/built/runner').Runner;
+
+const ptorConfig = new ProtractorConfigParser().config_;
+ptorConfig.baseUrl = myExistingBaseUrl;
+ptorConfig.seleniumWebDriver = myExistingWebDriver;
+ptorConfig.noGlobals = true; // local preference
+
+// looks similar to protractor/built/runner.js run()
+const ptorRunner = new ProtractorRunner(ptorConfig);
+ptorRunner.driverProvider_.setupEnv();
+const browser = ptorRunner.createBrowser();
+ptorRunner.setupGlobals_(browser); // now you can access protractor.$, etc.
+```
+
+Note that this driver provider leaves you in control of quitting the driver,
+but that also means Protractor API calls that expect the driver to properly
+quit and/or restart the browser, e.g. `restart`, `restartSync`, and
+`forkNewDriverInstance`, will not behave as documented.
diff --git a/lib/config.ts b/lib/config.ts
index 6295a3c0a..743ce2f3f 100644
--- a/lib/config.ts
+++ b/lib/config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import {WebDriver} from 'selenium-webdriver';
+
 import {PluginConfig} from './plugins';
 
 export interface Config {
@@ -228,6 +230,12 @@ export interface Config {
    */
   firefoxPath?: string;
 
+  // ---- 8. To re-use an existing WebDriver object ---------------------------
+
+  // This would not appear in a configuration file. Instead a configuration
+  // object would be created that includes an existing webdriver.
+  seleniumWebDriver?: WebDriver;
+
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // ----- What tests to run ---------------------------------------------------
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/driverProviders/index.ts b/lib/driverProviders/index.ts
index 25fcabcf6..87bc431a1 100644
--- a/lib/driverProviders/index.ts
+++ b/lib/driverProviders/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export * from './mock';
 export * from './sauce';
 export * from './testObject';
 export * from './kobiton';
+export * from './useExistingWebDriver';
 
 
 import {AttachSession} from './attachSession';
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import {Mock} from './mock';
 import {Sauce} from './sauce';
 import {TestObject} from './testObject';
 import {Kobiton} from './kobiton';
+import {UseExistingWebDriver} from './useExistingWebDriver';
 
 import {Config} from '../config';
 import {Logger} from '../logger';
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ export let buildDriverProvider = (config: Config): DriverProvider => {
   if (config.directConnect) {
     driverProvider = new Direct(config);
     logWarnings('directConnect', config);
+  } else if (config.seleniumWebDriver) {
+    driverProvider = new UseExistingWebDriver(config);
+    logWarnings('useExistingWebDriver', config);
   } else if (config.seleniumAddress) {
     if (config.seleniumSessionId) {
       driverProvider = new AttachSession(config);
@@ -109,6 +114,9 @@ export let logWarnings = (providerType: string, config: Config): void => {
   if ('mock' !== providerType && config.mockSelenium) {
     warnList.push('mockSelenium');
   }
+  if ('useExistingWebDriver' !== providerType && config.seleniumWebDriver) {
+    warnList.push('seleniumWebDriver');
+  }
   if (warnList.length !== 0) {
     logger.warn(warnInto + warnList.join(', '));
   }
diff --git a/lib/driverProviders/useExistingWebDriver.ts b/lib/driverProviders/useExistingWebDriver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36b279455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/driverProviders/useExistingWebDriver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ *  This is an implementation of the Use Existing WebDriver Driver Provider.
+ *  It is responsible for setting up the account object, tearing it down, and
+ *  setting up the driver correctly.
+ */
+import * as q from 'q';
+import {promise as wdpromise, WebDriver} from 'selenium-webdriver';
+
+import {Config} from '../config';
+import {Logger} from '../logger';
+
+import {DriverProvider} from './driverProvider';
+
+const http = require('selenium-webdriver/http');
+
+let logger = new Logger('useExistingWebDriver');
+
+export class UseExistingWebDriver extends DriverProvider {
+  constructor(config: Config) {
+    super(config);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Configure and launch (if applicable) the object's environment.
+   * @return {q.promise} A promise which will resolve when the environment is
+   *     ready to test.
+   */
+  protected setupDriverEnv(): q.Promise<any> {
+    const defer = q.defer();
+    this.config_.seleniumWebDriver.getSession().then((session) => {
+      logger.info('Using session id - ' + session.getId());
+      return defer.resolve();
+    });
+    return q(undefined);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Getting a new driver by attaching an existing session.
+   *
+   * @public
+   * @return {WebDriver} webdriver instance
+   */
+  getNewDriver(): WebDriver {
+    const newDriver = this.config_.seleniumWebDriver;
+    this.drivers_.push(newDriver);
+    return newDriver;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Maintains the existing session and does not quit the driver.
+   *
+   * @public
+   */
+  quitDriver(): wdpromise.Promise<void> {
+    return wdpromise.when(undefined);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/test.js b/scripts/test.js
index 2a900a968..fac642b80 100755
--- a/scripts/test.js
+++ b/scripts/test.js
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ var passingTests = [
   'node built/cli.js spec/built/noCFBasicConf.js --useBlockingProxy',
   'node built/cli.js spec/built/noCFPluginConf.js',
   //'node scripts/driverProviderAttachSession.js',
+  'node built/cli.js spec/driverProviderUseExistingWebDriver.js',
+  'node built/cli.js spec/driverProviderUseExistingWebDriver.js --useBlockingProxy',
   'node scripts/errorTest.js',
   // Interactive Element Explorer tasks
   'node scripts/interactive_tests/interactive_test.js',
diff --git a/spec/driverProviderUseExistingWebDriver.js b/spec/driverProviderUseExistingWebDriver.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bf045579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/driverProviderUseExistingWebDriver.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+var env = require('./environment');
+var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');
+
+var existingDriver = new webdriver.Builder()
+  .usingServer(env.seleniumAddress)
+  .withCapabilities(env.capabilities)
+  .build();
+
+exports.config = {
+
+  framework: 'jasmine',
+
+  specs: [
+    'driverProviders/useExistingWebDriver/*_spec.js'
+  ],
+
+  capabilities: env.capabilities,
+
+  baseUrl: env.baseUrl,
+
+  seleniumWebDriver: existingDriver,
+};
diff --git a/spec/driverProviders/useExistingWebDriver/useExistingDriver_spec.js b/spec/driverProviders/useExistingWebDriver/useExistingDriver_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a69bf939b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/driverProviders/useExistingWebDriver/useExistingDriver_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+describe('uses existing webdriver', function() {
+  var URL = '/ng2/#/async';
+
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    browser.get(URL);
+  });
+  it('should be able to use an existing session', function() {
+    var increment = $('#increment');
+    expect(increment).toBeDefined();
+  });
+  // the driverProvider is set up to ignore the quitDriver() call;
+  // so we call quit() ourselves to tidy up when testing is done.
+  afterEach(function() {
+    browser.quit();
+  });
+});