diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/client/interceptor/CookieInterceptor.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/client/interceptor/CookieInterceptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..998741af954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/client/interceptor/CookieInterceptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.client.interceptor;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase;
+
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.client.IClientInterceptor;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.Constants;
+
+/**
+ * HTTP interceptor to be used for adding Cookie to requests.
+ * <p>
+ * This interceptor adds a header resembling the following:<br/>
+ * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>Cookie: [key]=[value]</code><br/>
+ * </p>
+ */
+
+public class CookieInterceptor implements IClientInterceptor {
+	private final String sessionCookie;
+
+	public CookieInterceptor(String sessionCookie) {
+		this.sessionCookie = sessionCookie;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void interceptRequest(HttpRequestBase theRequest) {
+		theRequest.addHeader(Constants.HEADER_COOKIE, sessionCookie); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void interceptResponse(HttpResponse theResponse) {
+		// nothing
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/Constants.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/Constants.java
index 057cc8b4ac2..fbf76fa06f7 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/Constants.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/Constants.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public class Constants {
 	public static final String HEADER_CONTENT_LOCATION = "Content-Location";
 	public static final String HEADER_CONTENT_LOCATION_LC = HEADER_CONTENT_LOCATION.toLowerCase();
 	public static final String HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE = "Content-Type";
+	public static final String HEADER_COOKIE = "Cookie";
 	public static final String HEADER_CORS_ALLOW_METHODS = "Access-Control-Allow-Methods";
 	public static final String HEADER_CORS_ALLOW_ORIGIN = "Access-Control-Allow-Origin";
 	public static final String HEADER_CORS_EXPOSE_HEADERS = "Access-Control-Expose-Headers";