diff --git a/libcef/browser_resource_loader_bridge.cc b/libcef/browser_resource_loader_bridge.cc
index b87089db7..8875193c2 100644
--- a/libcef/browser_resource_loader_bridge.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser_resource_loader_bridge.cc
@@ -229,28 +229,17 @@ class RequestProxy : public URLRequest::Delegate,
         requestimpl->SetURL(UTF8ToWide(params->url.spec()));
         requestimpl->SetMethod(UTF8ToWide(params->method));
         
+        // Transfer request headers
         CefRequest::HeaderMap headerMap;
-        
-        // Parse the request header values
-        std::string headerStr = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n";
-        headerStr += params->headers;
-        scoped_refptr<net::HttpResponseHeaders> headers =
-            new HttpResponseHeaders(net::HttpUtil::AssembleRawHeaders(
-                headerStr.c_str(), headerStr.length()));
-        void* iter = NULL;
-        std::string name, value;
-        while(headers->EnumerateHeaderLines(&iter, &name, &value))
-          headerMap.insert(std::make_pair(UTF8ToWide(name), UTF8ToWide(value)));
-
+        CefRequestImpl::GetHeaderMap(params->headers, headerMap);
         headerMap.insert(
           std::make_pair(L"Referrer", UTF8ToWide(params->referrer.spec())));
-
         requestimpl->SetHeaderMap(headerMap);
 
+        // Transfer post data, if any
         scoped_refptr<net::UploadData> upload = params->upload;
-        CefRefPtr<CefPostData> postdata;
         if(upload.get()) {
-          postdata = new CefPostDataImpl();
+          CefRefPtr<CefPostData> postdata(new CefPostDataImpl());
           static_cast<CefPostDataImpl*>(postdata.get())->Set(*upload.get());
           requestimpl->SetPostData(postdata);
         }
diff --git a/libcef/request_impl.cc b/libcef/request_impl.cc
index 9ea3fd4dd..9acae2cb8 100644
--- a/libcef/request_impl.cc
+++ b/libcef/request_impl.cc
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
 
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/string_util.h"
+#include "net/http/http_response_headers.h"
+#include "net/http/http_util.h"
+#include "net/url_request/url_request.h"
 #include "webkit/api/public/WebHTTPHeaderVisitor.h"
 #include "webkit/glue/glue_util.h"
 
+using net::HttpResponseHeaders;
+
 
 CefRefPtr<CefRequest> CefRequest::CreateRequest()
 {
@@ -93,6 +98,27 @@ void CefRequestImpl::Set(const std::wstring& url,
   Unlock();
 }
 
+void CefRequestImpl::Set(URLRequest* request)
+{
+  SetURL(UTF8ToWide(request->url().spec()));
+  SetMethod(UTF8ToWide(request->method()));
+
+  // Transfer request headers
+  HeaderMap headerMap;
+  GetHeaderMap(request->extra_request_headers(), headerMap);
+  headerMap.insert(
+      std::make_pair(L"Referrer", UTF8ToWide(request->referrer())));
+  SetHeaderMap(headerMap);
+
+  // Transfer post data, if any
+  net::UploadData* data = request->get_upload();
+  if (data) {
+    CefRefPtr<CefPostData> postdata(CefPostData::CreatePostData());
+    static_cast<CefPostDataImpl*>(postdata.get())->Set(*data);
+    SetPostData(postdata);
+  }
+}
+
 void CefRequestImpl::GetHeaderMap(const WebKit::WebURLRequest& request,
                                   HeaderMap& map)
 {
@@ -127,6 +153,20 @@ void CefRequestImpl::SetHeaderMap(const HeaderMap& map,
   }
 }
 
+void CefRequestImpl::GetHeaderMap(const std::string& header_str, HeaderMap& map)
+{
+  // Parse the request header values
+  std::string headerStr = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n";
+  headerStr += header_str;
+  scoped_refptr<net::HttpResponseHeaders> headers =
+      new HttpResponseHeaders(net::HttpUtil::AssembleRawHeaders(
+          headerStr.c_str(), headerStr.length()));
+  void* iter = NULL;
+  std::string name, value;
+  while(headers->EnumerateHeaderLines(&iter, &name, &value))
+    map.insert(std::make_pair(UTF8ToWide(name), UTF8ToWide(value)));
+}
+
 CefRefPtr<CefPostData> CefPostData::CreatePostData()
 {
   CefRefPtr<CefPostData> postdata(new CefPostDataImpl());
diff --git a/libcef/request_impl.h b/libcef/request_impl.h
index 4dde4e259..21b8e5c8d 100644
--- a/libcef/request_impl.h
+++ b/libcef/request_impl.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "webkit/api/public/WebHTTPBody.h"
 #include "webkit/api/public/WebURLRequest.h"
 
+class URLRequest;
 
 // Implementation of CefRequest
 class CefRequestImpl : public CefThreadSafeBase<CefRequest>
@@ -31,11 +32,15 @@ public:
                    CefRefPtr<CefPostData> postData,
                    const HeaderMap& headerMap);
 
+  void Set(URLRequest* request);
+
   static void GetHeaderMap(const WebKit::WebURLRequest& request,
                            HeaderMap& map);
   static void SetHeaderMap(const HeaderMap& map,
                            WebKit::WebURLRequest& request);
 
+  static void GetHeaderMap(const std::string& header_str, HeaderMap& map);
+
 protected:
   std::wstring url_;
   std::wstring method_;
diff --git a/libcef/scheme_impl.cc b/libcef/scheme_impl.cc
index a0b50235d..46db5a205 100644
--- a/libcef/scheme_impl.cc
+++ b/libcef/scheme_impl.cc
@@ -183,16 +183,10 @@ private:
       //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       // safe to perform long operation here
       CefRefPtr<CefRequest> req(CefRequest::CreateRequest());
-      req->SetURL(UTF8ToWide(url.spec()));
-      req->SetMethod(UTF8ToWide(owner_->request()->method()));
 
-      // check to see if we have post data
-      net::UploadData* data = owner_->request()->get_upload();
-      if (data) {
-        CefRefPtr<CefPostData> postdata(CefPostData::CreatePostData());
-        static_cast<CefPostDataImpl*>(postdata.get())->Set(*data);
-        req->SetPostData(postdata);
-      }
+      // populate the request data
+      static_cast<CefRequestImpl*>(req.get())->Set(owner_->request());
+
       owner_->handler_->Cancel();
       std::wstring mime_type;
       int response_length = 0;
@@ -386,7 +380,7 @@ public:
   }
 
   void AddRef() {}
-  void Release() {}
+  void Release() { delete this; }
 
 private:
   CefSchemeHandlerFactory* factory_;