diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Request.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Request.php
index 6fb078c96..b4d7e92d4 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Request.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Request.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 namespace Icinga\Web;
 
+use Icinga\Application\Icinga;
 use Zend_Controller_Request_Http;
 use Icinga\User;
 
@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@ class Request extends Zend_Controller_Request_Http
      */
     protected $url;
 
+    /**
+     * Response
+     *
+     * @var Response
+     */
+    protected $response;
+
     /**
      * Get whether the request seems to be an API request
      *
@@ -78,6 +86,20 @@ class Request extends Zend_Controller_Request_Http
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the response
+     *
+     * @return Response
+     */
+    public function getResponse()
+    {
+        if ($this->response === null) {
+            $this->response = Icinga::app()->getResponse();
+        }
+
+        return $this->response;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Makes an ID unique to this request, to prevent id collisions in different containers
      *
@@ -96,4 +118,10 @@ class Request extends Zend_Controller_Request_Http
         }
         return $id . '-' . $this->uniqueId;
     }
+
+    public function hasCookieSupport()
+    {
+        $cookie = new Cookie($this);
+        return $cookie->isSupported();
+    }
 }