diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac0d3c74e..00541512b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ dist/
 npm-debug.log*
 Cargo.lock
 .DS_Store
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8b7043af7..5b6d91e33 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ serde_qs = "0.4.1"
 slog = "2.4.1"
 slog-term = "2.4.0"
 slog-async = "2.3.0"
+cookie="0.11"
 path-table = "1.0.0"
 
 [dependencies.multipart]
diff --git a/examples/cookie_extractor.rs b/examples/cookie_extractor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f081f72b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cookie_extractor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#![feature(async_await, futures_api)]
+
+use tide::Cookies;
+
+/// Tide will use the the `Cookies`'s `Extract` implementation to build this parameter.
+///
+async fn hello_cookies(cookies: Cookies) -> String {
+    format!("hello cookies: {:?}", cookies)
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut app = tide::App::new(());
+    app.at("/").get(hello_cookies);
+
+    let address = "127.0.0.1:8000".to_owned();
+    println!("Server is listening on http://{}", address);
+    app.serve();
+}
diff --git a/src/cookies.rs b/src/cookies.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d3cca79c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cookies.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+use cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar, ParseError};
+use futures::future;
+
+use crate::{configuration::Store, response::IntoResponse, Extract, Request, Response, RouteMatch};
+
+/// A representation of cookies which wraps `CookieJar` from `cookie` crate
+///
+/// Currently this only exposes getting cookie by name but future enhancements might allow more
+/// operation. `Cookies` implements`Extract` so that handler methods can have a `Cookies` parameter.
+///
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Cookies {
+    content: CookieJar,
+}
+
+impl Cookies {
+    /// returns a `Cookie` by name of the cookie
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn get(&self, name: &str) -> Option<&Cookie<'static>> {
+        self.content.get(name)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S: 'static> Extract<S> for Cookies {
+    type Fut = future::Ready<Result<Self, Response>>;
+
+    fn extract(
+        data: &mut S,
+        req: &mut Request,
+        params: &Option<RouteMatch<'_>>,
+        store: &Store,
+    ) -> Self::Fut {
+        let cookie_jar = match req.headers().get("Cookie") {
+            Some(raw_cookies) => parse_from_header(raw_cookies.to_str().unwrap()),
+            _ => Ok(CookieJar::new()),
+        };
+        let resp = cookie_jar
+            .map(|c| Cookies { content: c })
+            .map_err(|_e| http::status::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST.into_response());
+
+        future::ready(resp)
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_from_header(s: &str) -> Result<CookieJar, ParseError> {
+    let mut jar = CookieJar::new();
+
+    s.split(';').try_for_each(|s| -> Result<_, ParseError> {
+        jar.add(Cookie::parse(s.trim().to_owned())?);
+
+        Ok(())
+    })?;
+
+    Ok(jar)
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 454a75c11..3aa9d997e 100755
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 mod app;
 pub mod body;
 pub mod configuration;
+mod cookies;
 mod endpoint;
 mod extract;
 pub mod head;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ mod router;
 pub use crate::{
     app::{App, AppData},
     configuration::ExtractConfiguration,
+    cookies::Cookies,
     endpoint::Endpoint,
     extract::Extract,
     middleware::Middleware,