diff --git a/src/lib/App.ts b/src/lib/App.ts
index 12efa0a..f865b81 100644
--- a/src/lib/App.ts
+++ b/src/lib/App.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default class App implements IApp {
 
   public handle(event: IRawEvent, callback: IRawCallback): void {
     if (event.isHttp) {
-      const req: IHttpRequest = new HttpRequest(event);
+      const req: IHttpRequest = new HttpRequest(this, event);
       const res: IHttpResponse = new HttpResponse(this, req, callback);
       const done = httpFinalHandler(req, res, {
         env: this.get(configuration.ENVIRONMENT),
diff --git a/src/lib/http/HttpRequest.ts b/src/lib/http/HttpRequest.ts
index f285733..ae7a3d5 100644
--- a/src/lib/http/HttpRequest.ts
+++ b/src/lib/http/HttpRequest.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import * as accepts from "accepts";
 import * as fresh from "fresh";
+import configuration from "./../configuration/configuration";
+import ICookie from "./../types/http/ICookie";
 import IHttpRequest from "./../types/http/IHttpRequest";
 import IHttpResponse from "./../types/http/IHttpResponse";
 import IHttpRoute from "./../types/http/IHttpRoute";
 import IHttpUploadedFile from "./../types/http/IHttpUploadedFile";
+import IApp from "./../types/IApp";
 import INext from "./../types/INext";
 import IRawEvent from "./../types/IRawEvent";
-import { mergeParams, normalizeType } from "./../utils/utils";
+import { getCookiesFromHeader, mergeParams, normalizeType } from "./../utils/utils";
+import Cookie from "./Cookie";
 
 /**
  * A incoming request created when the event is APIGatewayEvent.
@@ -24,8 +28,9 @@ export default class HttpRequest implements IHttpRequest {
   private _event: IRawEvent;
   private _headers: { [name: string]: string };
   private _context: { [name: string]: any };
+  private _cookies: { [name: string]: ICookie };
 
-  constructor(event: IRawEvent) {
+  constructor(app: IApp, event: IRawEvent) {
     this.body = event.body; // Default body
     this._event = event;
     this._context = {};
@@ -35,6 +40,8 @@ export default class HttpRequest implements IHttpRequest {
     for (const key of Object.keys(this._event.headers)) {
       this._headers[key.toLowerCase()] = this._event.headers[key];
     }
+
+    this._cookies = getCookiesFromHeader(this._headers.Cookie, app.get(configuration.COOKIE_SECRET));
   }
 
   get headers(): { [name: string]: string } {
@@ -85,6 +92,10 @@ export default class HttpRequest implements IHttpRequest {
     return this._context;
   }
 
+  get cookies(): { [name: string]: ICookie } {
+    return this._cookies;
+  }
+
   public header(key: string): string {
     return this.headers[key.toLowerCase()];
   }
@@ -162,4 +173,8 @@ export default class HttpRequest implements IHttpRequest {
     return !this.fresh(response);
   }
 
+  public cookie(name: string): ICookie {
+    return this._cookies[name];
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/http/HttpResponse.ts b/src/lib/http/HttpResponse.ts
index b293b52..22380f8 100644
--- a/src/lib/http/HttpResponse.ts
+++ b/src/lib/http/HttpResponse.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { parse, serialize } from "cookie";
+import { serialize } from "cookie";
 import { sign } from "cookie-signature";
 import * as encodeUrl from "encodeurl";
 import * as escapeHtml from "escape-html";
diff --git a/src/lib/types/http/IHttpRequest.ts b/src/lib/types/http/IHttpRequest.ts
index 64e105d..e97ecc8 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/http/IHttpRequest.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/http/IHttpRequest.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import INext from "./../INext";
+import ICookie from "./ICookie";
 import IHttpResponse from "./IHttpResponse";
 import IHttpRoute from "./IHttpRoute";
 import IHttpUploadedFile from "./IHttpUploadedFile";
@@ -94,6 +95,13 @@ export default interface IHttpRequest {
    */
   readonly context: { [name: string]: any };
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the all the cookies retrieving their values and
+   * options from the HTTP request header. The key will be the name of
+   * the cookie and the value the object representing the cookie.
+   */
+  readonly cookies: {[name: string]: ICookie};
+
   /**
    * Return request header.
    *
@@ -180,4 +188,13 @@ export default interface IHttpRequest {
    */
   stale(response: IHttpResponse): boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the cookie with the given `name` retrieving the value and
+   * options from the HTTP request header.
+   *
+   * @param  {string}  name
+   * @return {ICookie}
+   */
+  cookie(name: string): ICookie;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils/utils.ts
index 0d11f56..cc05152 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-import { format, parse } from "content-type";
+import { format, parse as parseContentType } from "content-type";
+import { parse as parseCookie } from "cookie";
+import { unsign } from "cookie-signature";
 import { lookup } from "mime-types";
+import Cookie from "./../http/Cookie";
+import ICookie from "./../types/http/ICookie";
 import IRawEvent from "./../types/IRawEvent";
 
 /**
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@ export function setCharset(contentType: string, charset: string): string {
   }
 
   // parse type
-  const parsed = parse(contentType);
+  const parsed = parseContentType(contentType);
 
   // set charset
   parsed.parameters.charset = charset;
@@ -71,3 +75,33 @@ export function normalizeType(type: string): string {
     ? lookup(type)
     : type;
 }
+
+const parseCookieValue = (rawValue: string, secret: string): string | { [name: string]: any } => {
+  let result: string | { [name: string]: any } = rawValue;
+
+  if (result.startsWith("s:")) {
+    result = unsign(result.substr(2), secret) as string;
+  }
+
+  if (result.startsWith("j:")) {
+    result = JSON.parse(result.substr(2));
+  }
+
+  return result;
+};
+
+export function getCookiesFromHeader(header: string, secret: string): { [name: string]: ICookie } {
+  const result: { [name: string]: ICookie } = {};
+
+  if (header) {
+    const cookiesAsObject: { [name: string]: string } = parseCookie(header);
+
+    for (const cookieName of Object.keys(cookiesAsObject)) {
+      const cookieValue: string | { [name: string]: any } = parseCookieValue(cookiesAsObject[cookieName], secret);
+
+      result[cookieName] = new Cookie(cookieName, cookieValue);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}