diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Client.php b/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Client.php
index e82d56dc109..b6836f82c75 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Client.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Client.php
@@ -342,14 +342,19 @@ protected function _storeCookies(Response $response, $host) {
  * Adds cookies stored in the client to the request.
  *
  * Uses the request's host to find matching cookies.
+ * Walks backwards through subdomains to find cookies
+ * defined on parent domains.
  *
  * @param Request $request
  * @return void
  */
 	protected function _addCookies(Request $request) {
-		$host = parse_url($request->url(), PHP_URL_HOST);
-		if (isset($this->_cookies[$host])) {
-			$request->cookie($this->_cookies[$host]);
+		$parts = explode('.', parse_url($request->url(), PHP_URL_HOST));
+		for ($i = 0, $len = count($parts); $i < $len - 1; $i++) {
+			$host = implode('.', array_slice($parts, $i));
+			if (isset($this->_cookies[$host])) {
+				$request->cookie($this->_cookies[$host]);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/ClientTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/ClientTest.php
index 4844ade9162..1f1162095ec 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/ClientTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/ClientTest.php
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ public function testCookiesWithDomain() {
 			'Set-Cookie: third=3',
 		];
 		$secondResponse = new Response($secondHeaders, '');
+		$thirdResponse = new Response([], '');
 
 		$mock = $this->getMock(
 			'Cake\Network\Http\Adapter\Stream',
@@ -494,6 +495,14 @@ public function testCookiesWithDomain() {
 			))
 			->will($this->returnValue([$secondResponse]));
 
+		$mock->expects($this->at(2))
+			->method('send')
+			->with($this->attributeEqualTo(
+				'_cookies',
+				['first' => '1', 'second' => '2', 'third' => '3']
+			))
+			->will($this->returnValue([$thirdResponse]));
+
 		$http = new Client([
 			'host' => 'test.cakephp.org',
 			'adapter' => $mock
@@ -501,6 +510,7 @@ public function testCookiesWithDomain() {
 
 		$http->get('/projects');
 		$http->get('http://cakephp.org/versions');
+		$http->get('/projects');
 
 		$result = $http->cookies();
 		$expected = [