diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index ee152d3d..a635ae2f 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ isatty = "0.1"
 
 [dependencies.cookie]
 git = "https://github.com/alexcrichton/cookie-rs"
-rev = "b8298e"
+rev = "f4e6930"
 features = ["percent-encode", "secure"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/lib/src/http/cookies.rs b/lib/src/http/cookies.rs
index 33211d5f..2ed9bfcc 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/cookies.rs
+++ b/lib/src/http/cookies.rs
@@ -231,26 +231,46 @@ impl<'a> Cookies<'a> {
     /// ```
     pub fn add_private(&mut self, mut cookie: Cookie<'static>) {
         if let Cookies::Jarred(ref mut jar, key) = *self {
-            if cookie.path().is_none() {
-                cookie.set_path("/");
-            }
-
-            if cookie.http_only().is_none() {
-                cookie.set_http_only(true);
-            }
-
-            if cookie.expires().is_none() {
-                cookie.set_expires(::time::now() + ::time::Duration::weeks(1));
-            }
-
-            if cookie.same_site().is_none() {
-                cookie.set_same_site(SameSite::Strict);
-            }
-
+            Cookies::set_private_defaults(&mut cookie);
             jar.private(key).add(cookie)
         }
     }
 
+    /// Adds an original, private `cookie` to the collection.
+    pub(crate) fn add_original_private(&mut self, mut cookie: Cookie<'static>) {
+        if let Cookies::Jarred(ref mut jar, key) = *self {
+            Cookies::set_private_defaults(&mut cookie);
+            jar.private(key).add_original(cookie)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// For each property mentioned below, this method checks
+    /// if there is provided value and if there is none, set default value.
+    /// Default values are:
+    ///
+    ///    * `path`: `"/"`
+    ///    * `SameSite`: `Strict`
+    ///    * `HttpOnly`: `true`
+    ///    * `Expires`: 1 week from now
+    ///
+    fn set_private_defaults(cookie: &mut Cookie<'static>) {
+        if cookie.path().is_none() {
+            cookie.set_path("/");
+        }
+
+        if cookie.http_only().is_none() {
+            cookie.set_http_only(true);
+        }
+
+        if cookie.expires().is_none() {
+            cookie.set_expires(::time::now() + ::time::Duration::weeks(1));
+        }
+
+        if cookie.same_site().is_none() {
+            cookie.set_same_site(SameSite::Strict);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Removes `cookie` from this collection and generates a "removal" cookies
     /// to send to the client on response. For correctness, `cookie` must
     /// contain the same `path` and `domain` as the cookie that was initially
diff --git a/lib/src/local/request.rs b/lib/src/local/request.rs
index 66695f3d..1a6c7c03 100644
--- a/lib/src/local/request.rs
+++ b/lib/src/local/request.rs
@@ -189,6 +189,28 @@ impl<'c> LocalRequest<'c> {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Add a [private cookie] to this request.
+    ///
+    /// [private cookie]: /rocket/http/enum.Cookies.html#private-cookies
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// Add `user_id` as a private cookie:
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// use rocket::local::Client;
+    /// use rocket::http::Cookie;
+    ///
+    /// let client = Client::new(rocket::ignite()).unwrap();
+    /// # #[allow(unused_variables)]
+    /// let req = client.get("/").private_cookie(Cookie::new("user_id", "sb"));
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn private_cookie(self, cookie: Cookie<'static>) -> Self {
+        self.request.cookies().add_original_private(cookie);
+        self
+    }
+
     // TODO: For CGI, we want to be able to set the body to be stdin without
     // actually reading everything into a vector. Can we allow that here while
     // keeping the simplicity? Looks like it would require us to reintroduce a
diff --git a/lib/tests/local_request_private_cookie-issue-368.rs b/lib/tests/local_request_private_cookie-issue-368.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bdd8041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tests/local_request_private_cookie-issue-368.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#![feature(plugin, decl_macro)]
+#![plugin(rocket_codegen)]
+
+extern crate rocket;
+
+use rocket::http::Cookies;
+
+#[get("/")]
+fn return_private_cookie(mut cookies: Cookies) -> Option<String> {
+    match cookies.get_private("cookie_name") {
+        Some(cookie) => Some(cookie.value().into()),
+        None => None,
+    }
+}
+
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use rocket::local::Client;
+    use rocket::http::Cookie;
+    use rocket::http::Status;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn private_cookie_is_returned() {
+        let rocket = rocket::ignite().mount("/", routes![return_private_cookie]);
+
+        let client = Client::new(rocket).unwrap();
+        let req = client.get("/").private_cookie(Cookie::new("cookie_name", "cookie_value"));
+        let mut response = req.dispatch();
+
+        assert_eq!(response.body_string(), Some("cookie_value".into()));
+        assert_eq!(response.headers().get_one("Set-Cookie"), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn regular_cookie_is_not_returned() {
+        let rocket = rocket::ignite().mount("/", routes![return_private_cookie]);
+
+        let client = Client::new(rocket).unwrap();
+        let req = client.get("/").cookie(Cookie::new("cookie_name", "cookie_value"));
+        let response = req.dispatch();
+
+        assert_eq!(response.status(), Status::NotFound);
+    }
+}
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