diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index b62d2499495def2906db363fb3abc6283f1ad445..062b8e4bde3a169d0e6439c4d20e93365a51ff98 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
     Improved the tracking of queued jobs and their eventual builds in the REST API.
   <li class='rfe'>
     Added a new extension point to contribute custom plexus components into Maven for the maven project type.
+  <li class='major rfe'>
+    Remoting classloader performance improvement upon reconnection to the same slave.
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-15120">issue 15120</a>)
 </ul>
 </div><!--=TRUNK-END=-->
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/ClassicPluginStrategy.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/ClassicPluginStrategy.java
index 56b8ee59903a91ba8d2bf4d4f97e3e6e3fcf17da..28c1ad78e50f28bba4e80deb5cb82b50093daa05 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/ClassicPluginStrategy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/ClassicPluginStrategy.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
  */
 package hudson;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import hudson.Plugin.DummyImpl;
 import hudson.PluginWrapper.Dependency;
@@ -36,11 +35,21 @@ import hudson.util.MaskingClassLoader;
 import hudson.util.VersionNumber;
 import jenkins.ClassLoaderReflectionToolkit;
 import jenkins.ExtensionFilter;
+import org.apache.commons.io.output.NullOutputStream;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.AntClassLoader;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Expand;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Zip;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.PatternSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Resource;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ZipFileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.MappedResourceCollection;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.util.GlobPatternMapper;
+import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipEntry;
+import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipExtraField;
+import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -57,7 +66,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Vector;
 import java.util.jar.Attributes;
@@ -413,11 +421,10 @@ public class ClassicPluginStrategy implements PluginStrategy {
      * Explodes the plugin into a directory, if necessary.
      */
     private static void explode(File archive, File destDir) throws IOException {
-        if(!destDir.exists())
-            destDir.mkdirs();
+        destDir.mkdirs();
 
         // timestamp check
-        File explodeTime = new File(destDir,".timestamp");
+        File explodeTime = new File(destDir,".timestamp2");
         if(explodeTime.exists() && explodeTime.lastModified()==archive.lastModified())
             return; // no need to expand
 
@@ -425,12 +432,9 @@ public class ClassicPluginStrategy implements PluginStrategy {
         Util.deleteRecursive(destDir);
 
         try {
-            Expand e = new Expand();
-            e.setProject(new Project());
-            e.setTaskType("unzip");
-            e.setSrc(archive);
-            e.setDest(destDir);
-            e.execute();
+            Project prj = new Project();
+            unzipExceptClasses(archive, destDir, prj);
+            createClassJarFromWebInfClasses(archive, destDir, prj);
         } catch (BuildException x) {
             throw new IOException2("Failed to expand " + archive,x);
         }
@@ -442,6 +446,66 @@ public class ClassicPluginStrategy implements PluginStrategy {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Repackage classes directory into a jar file to make it remoting friendly.
+     * The remoting layer can cache jar files but not class files.
+     */
+    private static void createClassJarFromWebInfClasses(File archive, File destDir, Project prj) {
+        File classesJar = new File(destDir, "WEB-INF/lib/classes.jar");
+
+        ZipFileSet zfs = new ZipFileSet();
+        zfs.setProject(prj);
+        zfs.setSrc(archive);
+        zfs.setIncludes("WEB-INF/classes/");
+
+        MappedResourceCollection mapper = new MappedResourceCollection();
+        mapper.add(zfs);
+
+        GlobPatternMapper gm = new GlobPatternMapper();
+        gm.setFrom("WEB-INF/classes/*");
+        gm.setTo("*");
+        mapper.add(gm);
+
+        final long dirTime = archive.lastModified();
+        Zip z = new Zip() {
+            /**
+             * Forces the fixed timestamp for directories to make sure
+             * classes.jar always get a consistent checksum.
+             */
+            protected void zipDir(Resource dir, ZipOutputStream zOut, String vPath,
+                                  int mode, ZipExtraField[] extra)
+                throws IOException {
+
+                ZipOutputStream wrapped = new ZipOutputStream(new NullOutputStream()) {
+                    @Override
+                    public void putNextEntry(ZipEntry ze) throws IOException {
+                        ze.setTime(dirTime+1999);   // roundup
+                        super.putNextEntry(ze);
+                    }
+                };
+                super.zipDir(dir,wrapped,vPath,mode,extra);
+            }
+        };
+        z.setProject(prj);
+        z.setTaskType("zip");
+        classesJar.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        z.setDestFile(classesJar);
+        z.add(mapper);
+        z.execute();
+    }
+
+    private static void unzipExceptClasses(File archive, File destDir, Project prj) {
+        Expand e = new Expand();
+        e.setProject(prj);
+        e.setTaskType("unzip");
+        e.setSrc(archive);
+        e.setDest(destDir);
+        PatternSet p = new PatternSet();
+        p.setExcludes("WEB-INF/classes/");
+        e.addPatternset(p);
+        e.execute();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Used to load classes from dependency plugins.
      */
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/Maven3Builder.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/Maven3Builder.java
index 50010b413075867e17f91c971a518c85e6584007..d39e3f603ba1d10e84989876dcbad9bd81199e66 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/Maven3Builder.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/Maven3Builder.java
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ public class Maven3Builder extends AbstractMavenBuilder implements DelegatingCal
             throw new IOException2(e);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new IOException2(e);
+        } finally {
+            if (DUMP_PERFORMANCE_COUNTERS)
+                Channel.current().dumpPerformanceCounters(listener.error("Remoting stats"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -571,4 +574,6 @@ public class Maven3Builder extends AbstractMavenBuilder implements DelegatingCal
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(Maven3Builder.class.getName());
+
+    public static boolean DUMP_PERFORMANCE_COUNTERS = Boolean.getBoolean(Maven3Builder.class.getName()+".dumpPerformanceCounters");
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 39b28080756b0b707c5f09b4c97ba97b9fb86aaa..b071d7747ef3eb25ead1551c6377a3400de64e6a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
         <artifactId>remoting</artifactId>
-        <version>2.23</version>
+        <version>2.24</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>