--- /dev/null
+#!perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../../lib";
+
+use Test::More no_plan => 1;
+use Catalyst::Test 'TestApp';
+
+use Catalyst::Request;
+use HTTP::Headers;
+use HTTP::Request::Common;
+use URI;
+
+{
+ my $creq;
+
+ my $request = GET( 'http://localhost/dump/request',
+ 'User-Agent' => 'MyAgen/1.0',
+ 'X-Whats-Cool' => 'Catalyst'
+ );
+
+ ok( my $response = request($request), 'Request' );
+ ok( $response->is_success, 'Response Successful 2xx' );
+ is( $response->content_type, 'text/plain', 'Response Content-Type' );
+ like( $response->content, qr/^bless\( .* 'Catalyst::Request' \)$/s, 'Content is a serialized Catalyst::Request' );
+ ok( eval '$creq = ' . $response->content, 'Unserialize Catalyst::Request' );
+ isa_ok( $creq, 'Catalyst::Request' );
+ isa_ok( $creq->headers, 'HTTP::Headers', 'Catalyst::Request->headers' );
+ is( $creq->header('X-Whats-Cool'), $request->header('X-Whats-Cool'), 'Catalyst::Request->header X-Whats-Cool' );
+ is( $creq->header('User-Agent'), $request->header('User-Agent'), 'Catalyst::Request->header User-Agent' );
+
+ my $host = sprintf( '%s:%d', $request->uri->host, $request->uri->port );
+ is( $creq->header('Host'), $host, 'Catalyst::Request->header Host' );
+}