diff --git a/awc/src/lib.rs b/awc/src/lib.rs
index 8ce5b35f7..ac7dcf2f1 100644
--- a/awc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/awc/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 
 pub use actix_http::client::{ConnectError, InvalidUrl, SendRequestError};
 pub use actix_http::error::PayloadError;
-pub use actix_http::http;
+pub use actix_http::{http, RequestHead};
 
 use actix_http::client::Connector;
 use actix_http::http::{HttpTryFrom, Method, Uri};
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ impl Client {
         ClientRequest::new(method, url, self.connector.clone())
     }
 
+    /// Create `ClientRequest` from `RequestHead`
+    ///
+    /// It is useful for proxy requests. This implementation
+    /// copies all headers and the method.
+    pub fn request_from<U>(&self, url: U, head: &RequestHead) -> ClientRequest
+    where
+        Uri: HttpTryFrom<U>,
+    {
+        let mut req =
+            ClientRequest::new(head.method.clone(), url, self.connector.clone());
+
+        for (key, value) in &head.headers {
+            req.head.headers.insert(key.clone(), value.clone());
+        }
+
+        req
+    }
+
     pub fn get<U>(&self, url: U) -> ClientRequest
     where
         Uri: HttpTryFrom<U>,
diff --git a/awc/src/request.rs b/awc/src/request.rs
index c944c6ca3..d25ecc421 100644
--- a/awc/src/request.rs
+++ b/awc/src/request.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const HTTPS_ENCODING: &str = "gzip, deflate";
 /// }
 /// ```
 pub struct ClientRequest {
-    head: RequestHead,
+    pub(crate) head: RequestHead,
     err: Option<HttpError>,
     #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
     cookies: Option<CookieJar>,
diff --git a/awc/src/response.rs b/awc/src/response.rs
index 03606a768..3b77eaa60 100644
--- a/awc/src/response.rs
+++ b/awc/src/response.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use futures::{Future, Poll, Stream};
 use actix_http::error::PayloadError;
 use actix_http::http::header::{CONTENT_LENGTH, SET_COOKIE};
 use actix_http::http::{HeaderMap, StatusCode, Version};
-use actix_http::{Extensions, Head, HttpMessage, Payload, PayloadStream, ResponseHead};
+use actix_http::{Extensions, HttpMessage, Payload, PayloadStream, ResponseHead};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 use actix_http::error::CookieParseError;