diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpRequest.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b84df266de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.http;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+/**
+ * Represents an HTTP request message, consisting of {@linkplain #getMethod() method}
+ * and {@linkplain #getURI() uri}.
+ *
+ * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+public interface HttpRequest extends HttpMessage {
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the HTTP method of the request.
+	 * @return the HTTP method as an HttpMethod enum value
+	 */
+	HttpMethod getMethod();
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the URI of the request.
+	 * @return the URI of the request
+	 */
+	URI getURI();
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/ClientHttpRequest.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/ClientHttpRequest.java
index ec3549ff8c..e8681d5041 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/ClientHttpRequest.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/ClientHttpRequest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 package org.springframework.http.client;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URI;
 
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
 
 /**
  * Represents a client-side HTTP request. Created via an implementation of the {@link ClientHttpRequestFactory}.
@@ -32,19 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage;
  * @since 3.0
  * @see ClientHttpRequestFactory#createRequest(java.net.URI, HttpMethod)
  */
-public interface ClientHttpRequest extends HttpOutputMessage {
-
-	/**
-	 * Return the HTTP method of the request.
-	 * @return the HTTP method as an HttpMethod enum value
-	 */
-	HttpMethod getMethod();
-
-	/**
-	 * Return the URI of the request.
-	 * @return the URI of the request
-	 */
-	URI getURI();
+public interface ClientHttpRequest extends HttpRequest, HttpOutputMessage {
 
 	/**
 	 * Execute this request, resulting in a {@link ClientHttpResponse} that can be read.
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/ServerHttpRequest.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/ServerHttpRequest.java
index 8896aa833e..ce8fcd3ad2 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/ServerHttpRequest.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/ServerHttpRequest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.http.server;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-
 import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
 
 /**
  * Represents a server-side HTTP request.
@@ -27,19 +25,6 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @since 3.0
  */
-public interface ServerHttpRequest extends HttpInputMessage {
-
-	/**
-	 * Return the HTTP method of the request.
-	 * @return the HTTP method as an HttpMethod enum value
-	 */
-	HttpMethod getMethod();
-
-	/**
-	 * Return the URI of the request.
-	 * @return the URI of the request
-	 */
-	URI getURI();
-
+public interface ServerHttpRequest extends HttpRequest, HttpInputMessage {
 
 }