diff --git a/src/Network/Request.php b/src/Network/Request.php
index 7969447a581..6efd19dc511 100644
--- a/src/Network/Request.php
+++ b/src/Network/Request.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 use Cake\Core\Configure;
 use Cake\Error;
+use Cake\Network\Session;
 use Cake\Utility\Hash;
 
 /**
@@ -138,6 +139,13 @@ class Request implements \ArrayAccess {
  */
 	protected $_input = '';
 
+/**
+ * Instance of a Session object relative to this request
+ *
+ * @var \Cake\Network\Session
+ */
+	protected $_session;
+
 /**
  * Wrapper method to create a new request from PHP superglobals.
  *
@@ -156,6 +164,7 @@ public static function createFromGlobals() {
 			'environment' => $_SERVER + $_ENV,
 			'base' => $base,
 			'webroot' => $webroot,
+			'session' => new Session()
 		);
 		$config['url'] = static::_url($config);
 		return new static($config);
@@ -177,6 +186,7 @@ public static function createFromGlobals() {
  * - `base` The base url for the request.
  * - `webroot` The webroot directory for the request.
  * - `input` The data that would come from php://input this is useful for simulating
+ * - `session` An instance of a Session object
  *   requests with put, patch or delete data.
  *
  * @param string|array $config An array of request data to create a request with.
@@ -196,6 +206,7 @@ public function __construct($config = array()) {
 			'base' => '',
 			'webroot' => '',
 			'input' => null,
+			'session' => null
 		);
 		$this->_setConfig($config);
 	}
@@ -225,6 +236,7 @@ protected function _setConfig($config) {
 		$this->data = $this->_processFiles($config['post'], $config['files']);
 		$this->query = $this->_processGet($config['query']);
 		$this->params = $config['params'];
+		$this->_session = $config['session'];
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -425,6 +437,15 @@ protected function _processFileData(&$post, $path, $data, $field) {
 		}
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Returns the instance of the Session object for this request
+ *
+ * @return \Cake\Network\Session
+ */
+	public function session() {
+		return $this->_session;
+	}
+
 /**
  * Get the IP the client is using, or says they are using.
  *
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Network/RequestTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Network/RequestTest.php
index 05e2988aebf..13d39a37e30 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Network/RequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Network/RequestTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use Cake\Core\Configure;
 use Cake\Error;
 use Cake\Network\Request;
+use Cake\Network\Session;
 use Cake\Routing\Dispatcher;
 use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
 use Cake\Utility\Xml;
@@ -2250,6 +2251,20 @@ public function testAllowMethodException() {
 		$request->allowMethod('POST');
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Tests getting the sessions from the request
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSession() {
+		$session = new Session;
+		$request = new Request(['session' => $session]);
+		$this->assertSame($session, $request->session());
+
+		$request = Request::createFromGlobals();
+		$this->assertEquals($session, $request->session());
+	}
+
 /**
  * loadEnvironment method
  *