diff --git a/src/StackExchange.Redis/ConfigurationOptions.cs b/src/StackExchange.Redis/ConfigurationOptions.cs
index 91de712f4..8ad1662be 100644
--- a/src/StackExchange.Redis/ConfigurationOptions.cs
+++ b/src/StackExchange.Redis/ConfigurationOptions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Buffers;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
@@ -1438,5 +1439,16 @@ public CycleBufferPool? RequestCycleBufferPool
             [Experimental(Experiments.Respite, UrlFormat = Experiments.UrlFormat)]
             set;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The memory pool to use when buffering responses.
+        /// </summary>
+        public MemoryPool<byte>? ResponseMemoryPool
+        {
+            [Experimental(Experiments.Respite, UrlFormat = Experiments.UrlFormat)]
+            get;
+            [Experimental(Experiments.Respite, UrlFormat = Experiments.UrlFormat)]
+            set;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/StackExchange.Redis/Lease.cs b/src/StackExchange.Redis/Lease.cs
index a5a88e4eb..c77f6d6e9 100644
--- a/src/StackExchange.Redis/Lease.cs
+++ b/src/StackExchange.Redis/Lease.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Buffers;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
 
 namespace StackExchange.Redis
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ public sealed class Lease<T> : IMemoryOwner<T>
         /// </summary>
         public static Lease<T> Empty { get; } = new Lease<T>(System.Array.Empty<T>(), 0);
 
-        private T[]? _arr;
+        private object? _buffer;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets whether this lease is empty.
@@ -41,9 +42,29 @@ public static Lease<T> Create(int length, bool clear = true)
             return new Lease<T>(arr, length);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a new lease.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="length">The size required.</param>
+        /// <param name="memoryOwner">Buffer.</param>
+        public static Lease<T> Create(int length, IMemoryOwner<T> memoryOwner)
+        {
+            if (length == 0) return Empty;
+            if ((uint)length > memoryOwner.Memory.Length)
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(length));
+
+            return new Lease<T>(memoryOwner, length);
+        }
+
         private Lease(T[] arr, int length)
         {
-            _arr = arr;
+            _buffer = arr;
+            Length = length;
+        }
+
+        private Lease(IMemoryOwner<T> memoryOwner, int length)
+        {
+            _buffer = memoryOwner;
             Length = length;
         }
 
@@ -54,33 +75,50 @@ public void Dispose()
         {
             if (Length != 0)
             {
-                var arr = Interlocked.Exchange(ref _arr, null);
-                if (arr != null) ArrayPool<T>.Shared.Return(arr);
+                var buffer = Interlocked.Exchange(ref _buffer, null);
+                if (buffer != null)
+                {
+                    if (buffer is T[] arr)
+                        ArrayPool<T>.Shared.Return(arr);
+                    else
+                        ((IMemoryOwner<T>)buffer).Dispose();
+                }
             }
         }
 
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
         private static T[] ThrowDisposed() => throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(Lease<T>));
 
-        private T[] Array
-        {
-            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-            get => _arr ?? ThrowDisposed();
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The data as a <see cref="Memory{T}"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        public Memory<T> Memory => new Memory<T>(Array, 0, Length);
+        public Memory<T> Memory => _buffer is IMemoryOwner<T> memoryOwner
+            ? memoryOwner.Memory.Slice(0, Length)
+            : new Memory<T>((T[]?)_buffer ?? ThrowDisposed(), 0, Length);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The data as a <see cref="Span{T}"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        public Span<T> Span => new Span<T>(Array, 0, Length);
+        public Span<T> Span => _buffer is IMemoryOwner<T> memoryOwner
+            ? memoryOwner.Memory.Span.Slice(0, Length)
+            : new Span<T>((T[]?)_buffer ?? ThrowDisposed(), 0, Length);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The data as an <see cref="ArraySegment{T}"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        public ArraySegment<T> ArraySegment => new ArraySegment<T>(Array, 0, Length);
+        public ArraySegment<T> ArraySegment
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_buffer is IMemoryOwner<T> memoryOwner)
+                {
+                    if (!MemoryMarshal.TryGetArray((ReadOnlyMemory<T>)memoryOwner.Memory, out var segment))
+                        throw new NotSupportedException("Only array-backed buffers are supported");
+
+                    return new ArraySegment<T>(segment.Array!, segment.Offset, Length);
+                }
+                return new ArraySegment<T>((T[]?)_buffer ?? ThrowDisposed(), 0, Length);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/StackExchange.Redis/PhysicalConnection.Read.cs b/src/StackExchange.Redis/PhysicalConnection.Read.cs
index 774db2c6b..7ee1897c4 100644
--- a/src/StackExchange.Redis/PhysicalConnection.Read.cs
+++ b/src/StackExchange.Redis/PhysicalConnection.Read.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Buffers;
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.Diagnostics;
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ private bool ShouldTransitionToAsync()
 
     private bool ForceReconnect => BridgeCouldBeNull?.NeedsReconnect == true;
 
-    private static byte[]? SharedNoLease;
+    private static IMemoryOwner<byte>? SharedNoLease;
 
     private CycleBuffer _readBuffer;
     private RespScanState _readState = default;
@@ -401,15 +401,15 @@ private void OnResponseFrame(RespPrefix prefix, ReadOnlySequence<byte> payload)
         else
         {
             var len = checked((int)payload.Length);
-            byte[]? oversized = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(len);
+            var memoryPool = BridgeCouldBeNull?.Multiplexer.RawConfig.ResponseMemoryPool ?? MemoryPool<byte>.Shared;
+            var memoryOwner = memoryPool.Rent(len);
+            Span<byte> oversized = memoryOwner.Memory.Span.Slice(0, len);
+
             payload.CopyTo(oversized);
-            OnResponseFrame(prefix, new(oversized, 0, len), ref oversized);
 
-            // the lease could have been claimed by the activation code (to prevent another memcpy); otherwise, free
-            if (oversized is not null)
-            {
-                ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(oversized);
-            }
+            OnResponseFrame(prefix, oversized, ref memoryOwner);
+
+            memoryOwner?.Dispose();
         }
     }
 
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ private void UpdateBufferStats(int lastResult, long inBuffer)
         bytesLastResult = lastResult;
     }
 
-    private void OnResponseFrame(RespPrefix prefix, ReadOnlySpan<byte> frame, ref byte[]? lease)
+    private void OnResponseFrame(RespPrefix prefix, ReadOnlySpan<byte> frame, ref IMemoryOwner<byte>? memoryOwner)
     {
         DebugValidateSingleFrame(frame);
         _readStatus = ReadStatus.MatchResult;
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ private void OnResponseFrame(RespPrefix prefix, ReadOnlySpan<byte> frame, ref by
             case RespPrefix.Array when (_protocol is RedisProtocol.Resp2 & connectionType is ConnectionType.Subscription)
                                        && !IsArrayPong(frame): // could be a RESP2 pub/sub payload
                 // out-of-band; pub/sub etc
-                if (OnOutOfBand(frame, ref lease))
+                if (OnOutOfBand(frame, ref memoryOwner))
                 {
                     OnDetailLog($"out-of-band message, not dequeuing: {prefix}");
                     return;
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ internal static ReadOnlySpan<byte> StackCopyLengthChecked(scoped in RespReader r
         return buffer.Slice(0, len);
     }
 
-    private bool OnOutOfBand(ReadOnlySpan<byte> payload, ref byte[]? lease)
+    private bool OnOutOfBand(ReadOnlySpan<byte> payload, ref IMemoryOwner<byte>? memoryOwner)
     {
         var muxer = BridgeCouldBeNull?.Multiplexer;
         if (muxer is null) return true; // consume it blindly
diff --git a/src/StackExchange.Redis/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Shipped.txt b/src/StackExchange.Redis/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Shipped.txt
index 269cc11d2..47422be39 100644
--- a/src/StackExchange.Redis/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Shipped.txt
+++ b/src/StackExchange.Redis/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Shipped.txt
@@ -1734,6 +1734,7 @@ static StackExchange.Redis.HashEntry.operator !=(StackExchange.Redis.HashEntry x
 static StackExchange.Redis.HashEntry.operator ==(StackExchange.Redis.HashEntry x, StackExchange.Redis.HashEntry y) -> bool
 static StackExchange.Redis.KeyspaceIsolation.DatabaseExtensions.WithKeyPrefix(this StackExchange.Redis.IDatabase! database, StackExchange.Redis.RedisKey keyPrefix) -> StackExchange.Redis.IDatabase!
 static StackExchange.Redis.Lease<T>.Create(int length, bool clear = true) -> StackExchange.Redis.Lease<T>!
+static StackExchange.Redis.Lease<T>.Create(int length, System.Buffers.IMemoryOwner<T>! memoryOwner) -> StackExchange.Redis.Lease<T>!
 static StackExchange.Redis.Lease<T>.Empty.get -> StackExchange.Redis.Lease<T>!
 static StackExchange.Redis.ListPopResult.Null.get -> StackExchange.Redis.ListPopResult
 static StackExchange.Redis.LuaScript.GetCachedScriptCount() -> int
diff --git a/src/StackExchange.Redis/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/StackExchange.Redis/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index 4a8bf8b68..648acbb60 100644
--- a/src/StackExchange.Redis/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/StackExchange.Redis/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #nullable enable
+[SER004]StackExchange.Redis.ConfigurationOptions.ResponseMemoryPool.get -> System.Buffers.MemoryPool<byte>?
+[SER004]StackExchange.Redis.ConfigurationOptions.ResponseMemoryPool.set -> void
 [SER004]StackExchange.Redis.ConfigurationOptions.RequestCycleBufferPool.get -> RESPite.Buffers.CycleBufferPool?
 [SER004]StackExchange.Redis.ConfigurationOptions.RequestCycleBufferPool.set -> void
 [SER004]StackExchange.Redis.ConfigurationOptions.ResponseCycleBufferPool.get -> RESPite.Buffers.CycleBufferPool?
diff --git a/src/StackExchange.Redis/RespReaderExtensions.cs b/src/StackExchange.Redis/RespReaderExtensions.cs
index a5bb77bdd..4884690fe 100644
--- a/src/StackExchange.Redis/RespReaderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/StackExchange.Redis/RespReaderExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System;
+using System;
+using System.Buffers;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using RESPite.Messages;