diff --git a/requests_mock/adapter.py b/requests_mock/adapter.py
index 5e3cf46..19bf058 100644
--- a/requests_mock/adapter.py
+++ b/requests_mock/adapter.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import json as jsonutils
 
+import requests
 from requests.adapters import BaseAdapter, HTTPAdapter
 from requests.packages.urllib3.response import HTTPResponse
 import six
@@ -31,6 +32,56 @@ def __init__(self, headers, status_code, reason):
         self.reason = reason
 
 
+class _RequestObjectProxy(object):
+    """A wrapper around a requests.Request that gives some extra information.
+
+    This will be important both for matching and so that when it's save into
+    the request_history users will be able to access these properties.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, request):
+        self._request = request
+        self._url_parts_ = None
+        self._qs = None
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return getattr(self._request, name)
+
+    @property
+    def _url_parts(self):
+        if self._url_parts_ is None:
+            self._url_parts_ = urlparse.urlparse(self._request.url.lower())
+
+        return self._url_parts_
+
+    @property
+    def scheme(self):
+        return self._url_parts.scheme
+
+    @property
+    def netloc(self):
+        return self._url_parts.netloc
+
+    @property
+    def path(self):
+        return self._url_parts.path
+
+    @property
+    def query(self):
+        return self._url_parts.query
+
+    @property
+    def qs(self):
+        if self._qs is None:
+            self._qs = urlparse.parse_qs(self.query)
+
+        return self._qs
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _create(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        return cls(requests.Request(*args, **kwargs).prepare())
+
+
 class _RequestHistoryTracker(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -191,19 +242,18 @@ def _match_url(self, request):
         if hasattr(self._url, 'search'):
             return self._url.search(request.url) is not None
 
-        url = urlparse.urlparse(request.url.lower())
-
-        if self._url_parts.scheme and url.scheme != self._url_parts.scheme:
+        if self._url_parts.scheme and request.scheme != self._url_parts.scheme:
             return False
 
-        if self._url_parts.netloc and url.netloc != self._url_parts.netloc:
+        if self._url_parts.netloc and request.netloc != self._url_parts.netloc:
             return False
 
-        if (url.path or '/') != (self._url_parts.path or '/'):
+        if (request.path or '/') != (self._url_parts.path or '/'):
             return False
 
+        # construct our own qs structure as we remove items from it below
+        request_qs = urlparse.parse_qs(request.query)
         matcher_qs = urlparse.parse_qs(self._url_parts.query)
-        request_qs = urlparse.parse_qs(url.query)
 
         for k, vals in six.iteritems(matcher_qs):
             for v in vals:
@@ -263,6 +313,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._matchers = []
 
     def send(self, request, **kwargs):
+        request = _RequestObjectProxy(request)
         self._add_to_history(request)
 
         for matcher in reversed(self._matchers):
diff --git a/requests_mock/tests/test_adapter.py b/requests_mock/tests/test_adapter.py
index 4923794..6306070 100644
--- a/requests_mock/tests/test_adapter.py
+++ b/requests_mock/tests/test_adapter.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import requests
 import six
+from six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
 
 import requests_mock
 from requests_mock.tests import base
@@ -42,6 +43,15 @@ def assertLastRequest(self, method='GET', body=None):
         self.assertEqual(method, self.adapter.last_request.method)
         self.assertEqual(body, self.adapter.last_request.body)
 
+        url_parts = urlparse.urlparse(self.url)
+        qs = urlparse.parse_qs(url_parts.query)
+        self.assertEqual(url_parts.scheme, self.adapter.last_request.scheme)
+        self.assertEqual(url_parts.netloc, self.adapter.last_request.netloc)
+        self.assertEqual(url_parts.path, self.adapter.last_request.path)
+        self.assertEqual(url_parts.query, self.adapter.last_request.query)
+        self.assertEqual(url_parts.query, self.adapter.last_request.query)
+        self.assertEqual(qs, self.adapter.last_request.qs)
+
     def test_content(self):
         data = six.b('testdata')
 
@@ -340,3 +350,31 @@ def test_called_and_called_count(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(len(resps), self.adapter.call_count)
         self.assertTrue(self.adapter.called)
+
+    def test_query_string(self):
+        qs = 'a=1&b=2'
+        self.adapter.register_uri('GET', self.url, text='resp')
+        resp = self.session.get("%s?%s" % (self.url, qs))
+
+        self.assertEqual('resp', resp.text)
+
+        self.assertEqual(qs, self.adapter.last_request.query)
+        self.assertEqual(['1'], self.adapter.last_request.qs['a'])
+        self.assertEqual(['2'], self.adapter.last_request.qs['b'])
+
+    def test_adapter_picks_correct_adatper(self):
+        good = '%s://test3.url/' % self.PREFIX
+        self.adapter.register_uri('GET',
+                                  '%s://test1.url' % self.PREFIX,
+                                  text='bad')
+        self.adapter.register_uri('GET',
+                                  '%s://test2.url' % self.PREFIX,
+                                  text='bad')
+        self.adapter.register_uri('GET', good, text='good')
+        self.adapter.register_uri('GET',
+                                  '%s://test4.url' % self.PREFIX,
+                                  text='bad')
+
+        resp = self.session.get(good)
+
+        self.assertEqual('good', resp.text)
diff --git a/requests_mock/tests/test_matcher.py b/requests_mock/tests/test_matcher.py
index 0355a95..ba1081d 100644
--- a/requests_mock/tests/test_matcher.py
+++ b/requests_mock/tests/test_matcher.py
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ def match(self,
                                    [],
                                    complete_qs,
                                    request_headers)
-        request = requests.Request(request_method, url, headers).prepare()
+        request = adapter._RequestObjectProxy._create(request_method,
+                                                      url,
+                                                      headers)
         return matcher._match(request)
 
     def assertMatch(self,