diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions/HeaderDictionaryTypeExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions/HeaderDictionaryTypeExtensions.cs
index 6863d61e0e..1723ee6fd5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions/HeaderDictionaryTypeExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions/HeaderDictionaryTypeExtensions.cs
@@ -284,4 +284,4 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http
             return null;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions/RequestHeaders.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions/RequestHeaders.cs
index ddd125985e..12246922d4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions/RequestHeaders.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions/RequestHeaders.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Headers
@@ -261,6 +262,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Headers
             }
         }
 
+        public Uri Referer
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                Uri uri;
+                if (Uri.TryCreate(Headers[HeaderNames.Referer], UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute, out uri))
+                {
+                    return uri;
+                }
+                return null;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                Headers.Set(HeaderNames.Referer, value == null ? null : UriHelper.Encode(value));
+            }
+        }
+
         public T Get<T>(string name)
         {
             return Headers.Get<T>(name);
@@ -311,4 +329,4 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Headers
             Headers.AppendList<T>(name, values);
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}