diff --git a/examples/cookies/Cargo.toml b/examples/cookies/Cargo.toml
index c83d5a0e..cf32faba 100644
--- a/examples/cookies/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/cookies/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ workspace = "../../"
 [dependencies]
 rocket = { path = "../../lib" }
 rocket_codegen = { path = "../../codegen" }
-lazy_static = "*"
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
 path = "../../contrib"
diff --git a/examples/cookies/src/main.rs b/examples/cookies/src/main.rs
index d11a5af4..b45fe625 100644
--- a/examples/cookies/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/cookies/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #![feature(plugin, custom_derive, custom_attribute)]
 #![plugin(rocket_codegen)]
 
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate lazy_static;
 extern crate rocket_contrib;
 extern crate rocket;
 
@@ -23,15 +21,16 @@ struct Message {
 
 #[post("/submit", data = "<message>")]
 fn submit(cookies: &Cookies, message: Form<Message>) -> Redirect {
-    cookies.add(Cookie::new("message".into(), message.into_inner().message));
+    cookies.add(Cookie::new("message", message.into_inner().message));
     Redirect::to("/")
 }
 
 #[get("/")]
 fn index(cookies: &Cookies) -> Template {
+    let cookie = cookies.find("message");
     let mut context = HashMap::new();
-    if let Some(msg) = cookies.find("message").map(|msg| msg.value) {
-        context.insert("message", msg);
+    if let Some(ref cookie) = cookie {
+        context.insert("message", cookie.value());
     }
 
     Template::render("index", &context)
diff --git a/examples/cookies/src/tests.rs b/examples/cookies/src/tests.rs
index 4cce2748..78012606 100644
--- a/examples/cookies/src/tests.rs
+++ b/examples/cookies/src/tests.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fn test_submit() {
     assert_eq!(location_headers, vec!["/".to_string()]);
 }
 
-fn test_body(optional_cookie: Option<Cookie>, expected_body: String) {
+fn test_body(optional_cookie: Option<Cookie<'static>>, expected_body: String) {
     let rocket = rocket::ignite().mount("/", routes![super::index]);
     let mut request = MockRequest::new(Method::Get, "/");
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fn test_index() {
     context.insert("message", "Hello from Rocket!");
 
     // Test the route with the "message" cookie.
-    let cookie = Cookie::new("message".into(), "Hello from Rocket!".into());
+    let cookie = Cookie::new("message", "Hello from Rocket!");
     let template = Template::render("index", &context);
     test_body(Some(cookie), template.to_string());
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index e9d2067f..6d94b0f9 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@ build = "build.rs"
 term-painter = "^0.2"
 log = "^0.3"
 url = "^1"
-hyper = { version = "=0.9.14", default-features = false }
+hyper = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 toml = { version = "^0.2", default-features = false }
 num_cpus = "1"
 state = "^0.2"
-# cookie = "^0.3"
+time = "^0.1"
+
+[dependencies.cookie]
+version = "^0.6"
+default-features = false
+features = ["percent-encode"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 lazy_static = "0.2"
diff --git a/lib/src/config/mod.rs b/lib/src/config/mod.rs
index 516d3261..404d81a4 100644
--- a/lib/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 //!   * **port**: _[integer]_ a port number to listen on
 //!     * examples: `"8000"`, `"80"`, `"4242"`
 //!   * **workers**: _[integer]_ the number of concurrent workers to use
-//!     * examples: `"12"`, `"1"`, `"4"`
+//!     * examples: `12`, `1`, `4`
 //!   * **log**: _[string]_ how much information to log; one of `"normal"`,
 //!     `"debug"`, or `"critical"`
 //!   * **session_key**: _[string]_ a 192-bit base64 encoded string (32
diff --git a/lib/src/http/cookies.rs b/lib/src/http/cookies.rs
index c917d2fb..02c08162 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/cookies.rs
+++ b/lib/src/http/cookies.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
-use http;
+use http::Header;
 
-pub use http::hyper::header::CookiePair as Cookie;
+pub use cookie::Cookie;
+pub use cookie::CookieJar;
+pub use cookie::CookieBuilder;
 
-pub type Cookies = http::hyper::header::CookieJar<'static>;
+/// Type alias to a `'static` CookieJar.
+///
+/// A `CookieJar` should never be used without a `'static` lifetime. As a
+/// result, you should always use this alias.
+pub type Cookies = self::CookieJar<'static>;
+
+impl<'c> From<Cookie<'c>> for Header<'static> {
+    fn from(cookie: Cookie) -> Header<'static> {
+        Header::new("Set-Cookie", cookie.encoded().to_string())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/http/header.rs b/lib/src/http/header.rs
index ae93c21f..b6c138e9 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/header.rs
+++ b/lib/src/http/header.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::borrow::{Borrow, Cow};
 use std::fmt;
 
-use http::hyper::header as hyper;
 use http::ascii::{UncasedAscii, UncasedAsciiRef};
 
 /// Simple representation of an HTTP header.
@@ -107,13 +106,6 @@ impl<'h> fmt::Display for Header<'h> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T> From<T> for Header<'static> where T: hyper::Header + hyper::HeaderFormat {
-    fn from(hyper_header: T) -> Header<'static> {
-        let formatter = hyper::HeaderFormatter(&hyper_header);
-        Header::new(T::header_name(), format!("{}", formatter))
-    }
-}
-
 /// A collection of headers, mapping a header name to its many ordered values.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Default)]
 pub struct HeaderMap<'h> {
@@ -345,16 +337,13 @@ impl<'h> HeaderMap<'h> {
     ///
     /// ```rust
     /// use rocket::http::{Cookie, HeaderMap};
-    /// use rocket::http::hyper::header;
     ///
     /// let mut map = HeaderMap::new();
     ///
-    /// let cookie = vec![Cookie::new("a".to_string(), "b".to_string())];
-    /// map.add(header::SetCookie(cookie));
+    /// map.add(Cookie::new("a", "b"));
     /// assert_eq!(map.get("Set-Cookie").count(), 1);
     ///
-    /// let cookie = vec![Cookie::new("c".to_string(), "d".to_string())];
-    /// map.add(header::SetCookie(cookie));
+    /// map.add(Cookie::new("c", "d"));
     /// assert_eq!(map.get("Set-Cookie").count(), 2);
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
diff --git a/lib/src/http/hyper.rs b/lib/src/http/hyper.rs
index 61a904c0..62ada00d 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/hyper.rs
+++ b/lib/src/http/hyper.rs
@@ -1,25 +1,79 @@
 //! Re-exported hyper HTTP library types.
 //!
-//! ## Hyper
-//!
-//! All types that are re-exported from Hyper resides inside of this module.
+//! All types that are re-exported from Hyper reside inside of this module.
 //! These types will, with certainty, be removed with time, but they reside here
 //! while necessary.
 
-pub use hyper::server::Request as Request;
-pub use hyper::server::Response as Response;
-pub use hyper::server::Server as Server;
-pub use hyper::server::Handler as Handler;
+#[doc(hidden)] pub use hyper::server::Request as Request;
+#[doc(hidden)] pub use hyper::server::Response as Response;
+#[doc(hidden)] pub use hyper::server::Server as Server;
+#[doc(hidden)] pub use hyper::server::Handler as Handler;
+
+
+#[doc(hidden)] pub use hyper::net;
+
+#[doc(hidden)] pub use hyper::method::Method;
+#[doc(hidden)] pub use hyper::status::StatusCode;
+#[doc(hidden)] pub use hyper::uri::RequestUri;
+#[doc(hidden)] pub use hyper::http::h1;
+#[doc(hidden)] pub use hyper::buffer;
 
-pub use hyper::header;
 pub use hyper::mime;
-pub use hyper::net;
-
-pub use hyper::method::Method;
-pub use hyper::status::StatusCode;
-pub use hyper::uri::RequestUri;
-pub use hyper::http::h1;
-pub use hyper::buffer;
 
 /// Type alias to `hyper::Response<'a, hyper::net::Fresh>`.
-pub type FreshResponse<'a> = self::Response<'a, self::net::Fresh>;
+#[doc(hidden)] pub type FreshResponse<'a> = self::Response<'a, self::net::Fresh>;
+
+/// Reexported Hyper header types.
+pub mod header {
+    use http::Header;
+
+    use hyper::header::HeaderFormatter;
+    use hyper::header::Header as HyperHeaderTrait;
+
+    macro_rules! import_hyper_items {
+        ($($item:ident),*) => ($(pub use hyper::header::$item;)*)
+    }
+
+    macro_rules! import_hyper_headers {
+        ($($name:ident),*) => ($(
+            impl ::std::convert::From<self::$name> for Header<'static> {
+                fn from(header: self::$name) -> Header<'static> {
+                    let formatter = HeaderFormatter(&header);
+                    Header::new($name::header_name(), format!("{}", formatter))
+                }
+            }
+        )*)
+    }
+
+    import_hyper_items! {
+        Accept, AcceptCharset, AcceptEncoding, AcceptLanguage, AcceptRanges,
+        AccessControlAllowCredentials, AccessControlAllowHeaders,
+        AccessControlAllowMethods, AccessControlExposeHeaders,
+        AccessControlMaxAge, AccessControlRequestHeaders,
+        AccessControlRequestMethod, Allow, Authorization, Basic, Bearer,
+        CacheControl, Connection, ContentDisposition, ContentEncoding,
+        ContentLanguage, ContentLength, ContentRange, ContentType, Date, ETag,
+        EntityTag, Expires, From, Headers, Host, HttpDate, IfModifiedSince,
+        IfUnmodifiedSince, LastModified, Location, Origin, Prefer,
+        PreferenceApplied, Protocol, Quality, QualityItem, Referer,
+        StrictTransportSecurity, TransferEncoding, Upgrade, UserAgent,
+        AccessControlAllowOrigin, ByteRangeSpec, CacheDirective, Charset,
+        ConnectionOption, ContentRangeSpec, DispositionParam, DispositionType,
+        Encoding, Expect, IfMatch, IfNoneMatch, IfRange, Pragma, Preference,
+        ProtocolName, Range, RangeUnit, ReferrerPolicy, Vary, Scheme, q, qitem
+    }
+
+    import_hyper_headers! {
+        Accept, AccessControlAllowCredentials, AccessControlAllowHeaders,
+        AccessControlAllowMethods, AccessControlAllowOrigin,
+        AccessControlExposeHeaders, AccessControlMaxAge,
+        AccessControlRequestHeaders, AccessControlRequestMethod, AcceptCharset,
+        AcceptEncoding, AcceptLanguage, AcceptRanges, Allow, CacheControl,
+        Connection, ContentDisposition, ContentEncoding, ContentLanguage,
+        ContentLength, ContentRange, Date, ETag, Expect, Expires, Host, IfMatch,
+        IfModifiedSince, IfNoneMatch, IfRange, IfUnmodifiedSince, LastModified,
+        Location, Origin, Pragma, Prefer, PreferenceApplied, Range, Referer,
+        ReferrerPolicy, StrictTransportSecurity, TransferEncoding, Upgrade,
+        UserAgent, Vary
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/http/mod.rs b/lib/src/http/mod.rs
index 4ccafd0c..7e5f3471 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/http/mod.rs
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ pub use self::content_type::ContentType;
 pub use self::status::{Status, StatusClass};
 pub use self::header::{Header, HeaderMap};
 
-pub use self::cookies::{Cookie, Cookies};
+pub use self::cookies::{Cookie, Cookies, CookieJar, CookieBuilder};
diff --git a/lib/src/lib.rs b/lib/src/lib.rs
index 78fc8d04..8d22dd78 100644
--- a/lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ extern crate url;
 extern crate toml;
 extern crate num_cpus;
 extern crate state;
+extern crate cookie;
+extern crate time;
 
 #[cfg(test)] #[macro_use] extern crate lazy_static;
 
diff --git a/lib/src/request/request.rs b/lib/src/request/request.rs
index 786f4e58..a1e21671 100644
--- a/lib/src/request/request.rs
+++ b/lib/src/request/request.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use super::{FromParam, FromSegments};
 
 use router::Route;
 use http::uri::{URI, Segments};
-use http::{Method, ContentType, Header, HeaderMap, Cookies};
+use http::{Method, ContentType, Header, HeaderMap, Cookie, Cookies};
 
 use http::hyper;
 
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ impl<'r> Request<'r> {
     /// use rocket::http::{Cookie, Method, ContentType};
     ///
     /// let mut request = Request::new(Method::Get, "/uri");
-    /// request.cookies().add(Cookie::new("key".into(), "val".into()))
+    /// request.cookies().add(Cookie::new("key", "val"));
+    /// request.cookies().add(Cookie::new("ans", format!("life: {}", 38 + 4)));
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn cookies(&self) -> &Cookies {
@@ -255,18 +256,6 @@ impl<'r> Request<'r> {
     }
 
     /// Replace all of the cookies in `self` with `cookies`.
-    ///
-    /// # Example
-    ///
-    /// Add a new cookie to a request's cookies:
-    ///
-    /// ```rust
-    /// use rocket::Request;
-    /// use rocket::http::{Cookie, Method, ContentType};
-    ///
-    /// let mut request = Request::new(Method::Get, "/uri");
-    /// request.cookies().add(Cookie::new("key".into(), "val".into()))
-    /// ```
     #[doc(hidden)]
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn set_cookies(&mut self, cookies: Cookies) {
@@ -430,8 +419,25 @@ impl<'r> Request<'r> {
         let mut request = Request::new(method, uri);
 
         // Set the request cookies, if they exist. TODO: Use session key.
-        if let Some(cookies) = h_headers.get::<hyper::header::Cookie>() {
-            request.set_cookies(cookies.to_cookie_jar(&[]));
+        if let Some(cookie_headers) = h_headers.get_raw("Cookie") {
+            let mut cookies = Cookies::new(&[]);
+            for header in cookie_headers {
+                let raw_str = match ::std::str::from_utf8(header) {
+                    Ok(string) => string,
+                    Err(_) => continue
+                };
+
+                for cookie_str in raw_str.split(";") {
+                    let cookie = match Cookie::parse_encoded(cookie_str.to_string()) {
+                        Ok(cookie) => cookie,
+                        Err(_) => continue
+                    };
+
+                    cookies.add_original(cookie);
+                }
+            }
+
+            request.set_cookies(cookies);
         }
 
         // Set the rest of the headers.
diff --git a/lib/src/response/flash.rs b/lib/src/response/flash.rs
index 89966947..da3b641f 100644
--- a/lib/src/response/flash.rs
+++ b/lib/src/response/flash.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use std::convert::AsRef;
 
+use time::Duration;
+
 use outcome::IntoOutcome;
 use response::{Response, Responder};
 use request::{self, Request, FromRequest};
-use http::hyper::header;
-use http::Status;
+use http::{Status, Cookie};
 
 // The name of the actual flash cookie.
 const FLASH_COOKIE_NAME: &'static str = "_flash";
@@ -161,12 +162,12 @@ impl<'r, R: Responder<'r>> Flash<R> {
         Flash::new(responder, "error", msg)
     }
 
-    fn cookie_pair(&self) -> header::CookiePair {
+    fn cookie(&self) -> Cookie<'static> {
         let content = format!("{}{}{}", self.name.len(), self.name, self.message);
-        let mut pair = header::CookiePair::new(FLASH_COOKIE_NAME.to_string(), content);
-        pair.path = Some("/".to_string());
-        pair.max_age = Some(300);
-        pair
+        Cookie::build(FLASH_COOKIE_NAME, content)
+            .max_age(Duration::minutes(5))
+            .path("/")
+            .finish()
     }
 }
 
@@ -177,9 +178,9 @@ impl<'r, R: Responder<'r>> Flash<R> {
 impl<'r, R: Responder<'r>> Responder<'r> for Flash<R> {
     fn respond(self) -> Result<Response<'r>, Status> {
         trace_!("Flash: setting message: {}:{}", self.name, self.message);
-        let cookie = vec![self.cookie_pair()];
+        let cookie = self.cookie();
         Response::build_from(self.responder.respond()?)
-            .header_adjoin(header::SetCookie(cookie))
+            .header_adjoin(cookie)
             .ok()
     }
 }
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ impl<'a, 'r> FromRequest<'a, 'r> for Flash<()> {
             request.cookies().remove(FLASH_COOKIE_NAME);
 
             // Parse the flash.
-            let content = cookie.pair().1;
+            let content = cookie.value();
             let (len_str, rest) = match content.find(|c: char| !c.is_digit(10)) {
                 Some(i) => (&content[..i], &content[i..]),
                 None => (content, ""),
diff --git a/lib/src/rocket.rs b/lib/src/rocket.rs
index 9d593121..85d014a1 100644
--- a/lib/src/rocket.rs
+++ b/lib/src/rocket.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use catcher::{self, Catcher};
 use outcome::Outcome;
 use error::Error;
 
-use http::{Method, Status};
+use http::{Method, Status, Header};
 use http::hyper::{self, header};
 use http::uri::URI;
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl Rocket {
     fn issue_response(&self, mut response: Response, hyp_res: hyper::FreshResponse) {
         // Add the 'rocket' server header, and write out the response.
         // TODO: If removing Hyper, write out `Date` header too.
-        response.set_header(header::Server("rocket".to_string()));
+        response.set_header(Header::new("Server", "rocket"));
 
         match self.write_response(response, hyp_res) {
             Ok(_) => info_!("{}", Green.paint("Response succeeded.")),
@@ -192,9 +192,8 @@ impl Rocket {
         match self.route(request, data) {
             Outcome::Success(mut response) => {
                 // A user's route responded!
-                let cookie_delta = request.cookies().delta();
-                if !cookie_delta.is_empty() {
-                    response.adjoin_header(header::SetCookie(cookie_delta));
+                for cookie in request.cookies().delta() {
+                    response.adjoin_header(cookie);
                 }
 
                 response
diff --git a/lib/src/testing.rs b/lib/src/testing.rs
index cb5a6f83..87e52bd9 100644
--- a/lib/src/testing.rs
+++ b/lib/src/testing.rs
@@ -195,10 +195,11 @@ impl<'r> MockRequest<'r> {
     /// use rocket::http::Cookie;
     ///
     /// let req = MockRequest::new(Get, "/")
-    ///     .cookie(Cookie::new("user_id".into(), "12".into()));
+    ///     .cookie(Cookie::new("username", "sb"))
+    ///     .cookie(Cookie::new("user_id", format!("{}", 12)));
     /// ```
     #[inline]
-    pub fn cookie(self, cookie: Cookie) -> Self {
+    pub fn cookie(self, cookie: Cookie<'static>) -> Self {
         self.request.cookies().add(cookie);
         self
     }