diff --git a/http/src/network/protocol/http/request/request.hpp b/http/src/network/protocol/http/request/request.hpp
index 6e0ed0aeb..6f7f492dd 100644
--- a/http/src/network/protocol/http/request/request.hpp
+++ b/http/src/network/protocol/http/request/request.hpp
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ struct request : request_base {
   request(request const&);
   request& operator=(request);
 
-  // Then we lift the swap and equals implementation.
-  using request_base::swap;
-  using request_base::equals;
+  virtual void swap(request& other);
+  virtual bool equals(request const& other) const;
 
   // From message_base...
   // Mutators
diff --git a/http/src/network/protocol/http/request/request.ipp b/http/src/network/protocol/http/request/request.ipp
index f9cf74c6c..6abc1ecfc 100644
--- a/http/src/network/protocol/http/request/request.ipp
+++ b/http/src/network/protocol/http/request/request.ipp
@@ -161,6 +161,16 @@ request& request::operator=(request rhs) {
   return *this;
 }
 
+void request::swap(request& other ) {
+  using std::swap;
+  swap(pimpl_, other.pimpl_);
+  request_storage_base::swap(other);
+}
+
+bool request::equals(request const& other) const {
+  return pimpl_->equals(*other.pimpl_) && request_storage_base::equals(other);
+} 
+
 // From message_base...
 // Mutators
 void request::set_destination(std::string const& destination) {
diff --git a/http/test/request_base_test.cpp b/http/test/request_base_test.cpp
index 4af6125bf..fced4c39d 100644
--- a/http/test/request_base_test.cpp
+++ b/http/test/request_base_test.cpp
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ TEST(request_test, request_storage_flow) {
   ASSERT_EQ(bytes_read, sizeof(data));
   std::string flattened;
   simple.flatten(flattened);
-  ASSERT_EQ(flattened, std::string(output, sizeof(data)));
-  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(data, sizeof(data)), std::string(output, sizeof(data)));
+  ASSERT_EQ(flattened, output);
+  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(data, sizeof(data)), output);
   simple.clear();
 }
 
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ TEST(request_test, request_storage_copy) {
   ASSERT_EQ(bytes_read, sizeof(quick_brown));
   std::string flattened;
   copy.flatten(flattened);
-  ASSERT_EQ(flattened, std::string(output, sizeof(quick_brown)));
-  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(quick_brown, sizeof(quick_brown)),
-            std::string(output, sizeof(quick_brown)));
+  ASSERT_EQ(flattened, output);
+  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(quick_brown, sizeof(quick_brown)), output);
   copy.clear();
   flattened.clear();
   original.flatten(flattened);
diff --git a/http/test/request_test.cpp b/http/test/request_test.cpp
index 40cdf6077..280fef86b 100644
--- a/http/test/request_test.cpp
+++ b/http/test/request_test.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,21 @@ TEST(message_test, request_construction) {
   http::request other(request);
 }
 
+TEST(message_test, request_swap) {
+  network::uri tmp_uri;
+  network::uri request_uri("http://www.google.com/");
+  network::uri other_uri("http://www.google.it/");
+  http::request request(request_uri);
+  http::request other(other_uri);
+
+  request.swap(other);
+
+  request.get_uri(tmp_uri);
+  ASSERT_EQ(tmp_uri, other_uri);
+  other.get_uri(tmp_uri);
+  ASSERT_EQ(tmp_uri, request_uri);
+}
+
 TEST(message_test, request_value_semantics) {
   // First let's default construct a request.
   http::request original;