diff --git a/vlib/net/http/cookie.v b/vlib/net/http/cookie.v
index e9536cd920..46647ce932 100644
--- a/vlib/net/http/cookie.v
+++ b/vlib/net/http/cookie.v
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ pub fn read_cookies(h map[string][]string, filter string) []&Cookie {
 		mut line := line_.trim_space()
 		mut part := ''
 		for line.len > 0 {
-			if line.index_any(';') > 0 {
-				line_parts := line.split(';')
+			mut semicolon_position := line.index_any(';') // Store the position of the next semicolon
+			if semicolon_position > 0 { // So, there is a semicolon, let's parse until that position
+				line_parts := line[..semicolon_position].split(';') // split the line only until that semicolon
+				line = line[(semicolon_position + 1)..] // and then skip everything before the semicolon
 				part = line_parts[0]
-				line = line_parts[1]
 			} else {
 				part = line
 				line = ''
diff --git a/vlib/net/http/request.v b/vlib/net/http/request.v
index 0a59431b9e..9ad02de6fb 100644
--- a/vlib/net/http/request.v
+++ b/vlib/net/http/request.v
@@ -214,11 +214,17 @@ pub fn parse_request_head(mut reader io.BufferedReader) ?Request {
 	}
 	header.coerce(canonicalize: true)
 
+	mut request_cookies := map[string]string{}
+	for _, cookie in read_cookies(header.data, '') {
+		request_cookies[cookie.name] = cookie.value
+	}
+
 	return Request{
 		method: method
 		url: target.str()
 		header: header
 		version: version
+		cookies: request_cookies
 	}
 }