diff --git a/rhetoric/middleware.py b/rhetoric/middleware.py
index c23af74..8f2f26b 100644
--- a/rhetoric/middleware.py
+++ b/rhetoric/middleware.py
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.middleware.csrf import CsrfViewMiddleware
 
 from rhetoric.view import ViewCallback
 
 
 class CsrfProtectedViewDispatchMiddleware(CsrfViewMiddleware):
+
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        # We assume here that CsrfViewMiddleware doesn't have the process_request method
+        # which should be called via super().
+        # -------------------------------------------------
+        # set request.response object as in
+        # http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid/en/latest/api/request.html#pyramid.request.Request.response
+        setattr(request, 'response', HttpResponse())
+
+
     def process_view(self, request, callback, callback_args, callback_kwargs):
         if isinstance(callback, ViewCallback):
             view_settings = callback.find_view_settings(request, callback_args, callback_kwargs)