diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/http/cookie/impl/BrowserCompatSpec.java b/src/java/org/apache/http/cookie/impl/BrowserCompatSpec.java
index b7cfe64ef..fe6019168 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/http/cookie/impl/BrowserCompatSpec.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/http/cookie/impl/BrowserCompatSpec.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.http.cookie.CookieOrigin;
 import org.apache.http.cookie.MalformedCookieException;
 import org.apache.http.io.CharArrayBuffer;
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicHeader;
+import org.apache.http.message.BasicHeaderElement;
 import org.apache.http.util.DateParseException;
 import org.apache.http.util.DateUtils;
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ public class BrowserCompatSpec extends CookieSpecBase {
         }
         HeaderElement[] elems = null;
         if (isNetscapeCookie) {
-            elems = new HeaderElement[] { HeaderElement.parse(headervalue) };
+            elems = new HeaderElement[] { BasicHeaderElement.parse(headervalue) };
         } else {
             elems = header.getElements();
         }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/http/cookie/impl/NetscapeDraftSpec.java b/src/java/org/apache/http/cookie/impl/NetscapeDraftSpec.java
index b5db7d273..3b847837e 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/http/cookie/impl/NetscapeDraftSpec.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/http/cookie/impl/NetscapeDraftSpec.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.http.cookie.CookieOrigin;
 import org.apache.http.cookie.MalformedCookieException;
 import org.apache.http.io.CharArrayBuffer;
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicHeader;
+import org.apache.http.message.BasicHeaderElement;
 
 /**
  * Netscape cookie draft compliant cookie policy
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ public class NetscapeDraftSpec extends CookieSpecBase {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cookie origin may not be null");
         }
         String headervalue = header.getValue();
-        return parse(new HeaderElement[] { HeaderElement.parse(headervalue) }, origin);
+        return parse(new HeaderElement[] { BasicHeaderElement.parse(headervalue) }, origin);
     }
 
     public Header[] formatCookies(final Cookie[] cookies) {