diff --git a/src/httpmessage.rs b/src/httpmessage.rs
index 6b59413ad..2e0d426c9 100644
--- a/src/httpmessage.rs
+++ b/src/httpmessage.rs
@@ -82,10 +82,20 @@ impl HttpRequest {
     }
 
     /// Return request cookies.
-    pub fn cookies(&mut self) -> &Vec<Cookie<'static>> {
+    pub fn cookies(&self) -> &Vec<Cookie<'static>> {
         &self.cookies
     }
 
+    /// Return request cookie.
+    pub fn cookie(&self, name: &str) -> Option<&Cookie> {
+        for cookie in &self.cookies {
+            if cookie.name() == name {
+                return Some(&cookie)
+            }
+        }
+        None
+    }
+
     /// Load cookies
     pub fn load_cookies(&mut self) -> Result<&Vec<Cookie>, CookieParseError>
     {
diff --git a/tests/test_httpmessage.rs b/tests/test_httpmessage.rs
index 0ed07013c..47eaf7fc1 100644
--- a/tests/test_httpmessage.rs
+++ b/tests/test_httpmessage.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ fn test_request_cookies() {
     assert_eq!(cookies[0].value(), "value1");
     assert_eq!(cookies[1].name(), "cookie2");
     assert_eq!(cookies[1].value(), "value2");
+
+    let cookie = req.cookie("cookie1");
+    assert!(cookie.is_some());
+    let cookie = cookie.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cookie.name(), "cookie1");
+    assert_eq!(cookie.value(), "value1");
 }
 
 #[test]