diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequestBuilderMiddleware.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequestBuilderMiddleware.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bb0d68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequestBuilderMiddleware.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Repository;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Requester;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Responder;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Middleware
+{
+    using Infrastructure.RequestBuilder;
+
+    public class HttpRequestBuilderMiddleware
+    {
+        private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
+        private readonly IHttpResponder _responder;
+        private readonly IScopedRequestDataRepository _scopedRequestDataRepository;
+        private readonly IRequestBuilder _requestBuilder;
+
+        public HttpRequestBuilderMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, 
+            IHttpResponder responder,
+            IScopedRequestDataRepository scopedRequestDataRepository, 
+            IRequestBuilder requestBuilder)
+        {
+            _next = next;
+            _responder = responder;
+            _scopedRequestDataRepository = scopedRequestDataRepository;
+            _requestBuilder = requestBuilder;
+        }
+
+        public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
+        {
+            var downstreamUrl = _scopedRequestDataRepository.Get<string>("DownstreamUrl");
+
+            if (downstreamUrl.IsError)
+            {
+                await _responder.CreateNotFoundResponse(context);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var request = _requestBuilder
+              .Build(context.Request.Method, downstreamUrl.Data, context.Request.Body,
+              context.Request.Headers, context.Request.Cookies, context.Request.QueryString.Value, context.Request.ContentType);
+
+            _scopedRequestDataRepository.Add("Request", request);
+
+            await _next.Invoke(context);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequestBuilderMiddlewareExtensions.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequestBuilderMiddlewareExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b51ccaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequestBuilderMiddlewareExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Middleware
+{
+    public static class HttpRequestBuilderMiddlewareExtensions
+    {
+        public static IApplicationBuilder UseHttpRequestBuilderMiddleware(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
+        {
+            return builder.UseMiddleware<HttpRequestBuilderMiddleware>();
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequesterMiddleware.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequesterMiddleware.cs
index ed585924..b5538df6 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequesterMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequesterMiddleware.cs
@@ -31,20 +31,16 @@ namespace Ocelot.Library.Middleware
 
         public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
         {
-            var downstreamUrl = _scopedRequestDataRepository.Get<string>("DownstreamUrl");
+            var request = _scopedRequestDataRepository.Get<Request>("Request");
 
-            if (downstreamUrl.IsError)
+            if (request.IsError)
             {
                 await _responder.CreateNotFoundResponse(context);
                 return;
             }
 
-            var request = _requestBuilder
-              .Build(context.Request.Method, downstreamUrl.Data, context.Request.Body,
-              context.Request.Headers, context.Request.Cookies, context.Request.QueryString.Value, context.Request.ContentType);
-
             var response = await _requester
-                .GetResponse(request);
+                .GetResponse(request.Data);
 
             await _responder.CreateResponse(context, response);
 
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Startup.cs b/src/Ocelot/Startup.cs
index 0ff6b0e2..cb9e9e77 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Startup.cs
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ namespace Ocelot
 
             app.UserDownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware();
 
+            app.UseHttpRequestBuilderMiddleware();
+
             app.UseHttpRequesterMiddleware();
         }
     }