diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/BrowserCompatSpec.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/BrowserCompatSpec.java
index 5ed27759a..018d5b982 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/BrowserCompatSpec.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/BrowserCompatSpec.java
@@ -28,15 +28,19 @@
 package org.apache.http.impl.cookie;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 import org.apache.http.FormattedHeader;
 import org.apache.http.Header;
 import org.apache.http.HeaderElement;
+import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
 import org.apache.http.annotation.NotThreadSafe;
 import org.apache.http.client.utils.DateUtils;
 import org.apache.http.cookie.ClientCookie;
 import org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie;
+import org.apache.http.cookie.CookieAttributeHandler;
 import org.apache.http.cookie.CookieOrigin;
 import org.apache.http.cookie.MalformedCookieException;
 import org.apache.http.cookie.SM;
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ public class BrowserCompatSpec extends CookieSpecBase {
             throw new MalformedCookieException("Unrecognized cookie header '"
                     + header.toString() + "'");
         }
-        HeaderElement[] helems = header.getElements();
+        final HeaderElement[] helems = header.getElements();
         boolean versioned = false;
         boolean netscape = false;
         for (final HeaderElement helem: helems) {
@@ -164,9 +168,35 @@ public class BrowserCompatSpec extends CookieSpecBase {
                 buffer.append(s);
                 cursor = new ParserCursor(0, buffer.length());
             }
-            helems = new HeaderElement[] { parser.parseHeader(buffer, cursor) };
+            final HeaderElement elem = parser.parseHeader(buffer, cursor);
+            final String name = elem.getName();
+            final String value = elem.getValue();
+            if (name == null || name.isEmpty()) {
+                throw new MalformedCookieException("Cookie name may not be empty");
+            }
+            final BasicClientCookie cookie = new BasicClientCookie(name, value);
+            cookie.setPath(getDefaultPath(origin));
+            cookie.setDomain(getDefaultDomain(origin));
+
+            // cycle through the parameters
+            final NameValuePair[] attribs = elem.getParameters();
+            for (int j = attribs.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
+                final NameValuePair attrib = attribs[j];
+                final String s = attrib.getName().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+                cookie.setAttribute(s, attrib.getValue());
+                final CookieAttributeHandler handler = findAttribHandler(s);
+                if (handler != null) {
+                    handler.parse(cookie, attrib.getValue());
+                }
+            }
+            // Override version for Netscape style cookies
+            if (netscape) {
+                cookie.setVersion(0);
+            }
+            return Collections.<Cookie>singletonList(cookie);
+        } else {
+            return parse(helems, origin);
         }
-        return parse(helems, origin);
     }
 
     private static boolean isQuoteEnclosed(final String s) {
diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/NetscapeDraftSpec.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/NetscapeDraftSpec.java
index 337fa02d7..4f993b081 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/NetscapeDraftSpec.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/NetscapeDraftSpec.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public class NetscapeDraftSpec extends CookieSpecBase {
         }
         registerAttribHandler(ClientCookie.PATH_ATTR, new BasicPathHandler());
         registerAttribHandler(ClientCookie.DOMAIN_ATTR, new NetscapeDomainHandler());
-        registerAttribHandler(ClientCookie.MAX_AGE_ATTR, new BasicMaxAgeHandler());
         registerAttribHandler(ClientCookie.SECURE_ATTR, new BasicSecureHandler());
         registerAttribHandler(ClientCookie.COMMENT_ATTR, new BasicCommentHandler());
         registerAttribHandler(ClientCookie.EXPIRES_ATTR, new BasicExpiresHandler(
diff --git a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/TestBrowserCompatSpec.java b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/TestBrowserCompatSpec.java
index 544a0050a..00ba174b0 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/TestBrowserCompatSpec.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/TestBrowserCompatSpec.java
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ public class TestBrowserCompatSpec {
         Assert.assertTrue("Secure",cookies.get(0).isSecure());
         Assert.assertEquals(new Date(10000L),cookies.get(0).getExpiryDate());
         Assert.assertEquals("Comment","This is a comment.",cookies.get(0).getComment());
-        Assert.assertEquals("Version",1,cookies.get(0).getVersion());
+        Assert.assertEquals("Version",0,cookies.get(0).getVersion());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/TestCookieNetscapeDraft.java b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/TestCookieNetscapeDraft.java
index cd7c0f3cd..ec03d4718 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/TestCookieNetscapeDraft.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/cookie/TestCookieNetscapeDraft.java
@@ -132,6 +132,25 @@ public class TestCookieNetscapeDraft {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testParseVersionIgnored() throws Exception {
+        final Header header = new BasicHeader("Set-Cookie", "name1=value1;Path=/path/;Version=1;");
+
+        final CookieSpec cookiespec = new NetscapeDraftSpec();
+        final CookieOrigin origin = new CookieOrigin("host", 80, "/path/", true);
+        final List<Cookie> cookies = cookiespec.parse(header, origin);
+        for (int i = 0; i < cookies.size(); i++) {
+            cookiespec.validate(cookies.get(i), origin);
+        }
+        Assert.assertEquals("Found 1 cookies.",1,cookies.size());
+        final Cookie cookie = cookies.get(0);
+        Assert.assertEquals("Name","name1", cookie.getName());
+        Assert.assertEquals("Value", "value1", cookie.getValue());
+        Assert.assertEquals("Domain", "host", cookie.getDomain());
+        Assert.assertEquals("Path","/path/", cookie.getPath());
+        Assert.assertEquals(0, cookie.getVersion());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests Netscape specific cookie formatting.
      */