diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index cd7071d7..ad73b22e 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import json
 import socket
 from cgi import parse_header
 from collections import namedtuple
-from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
+from http import cookies
 from httptools import parse_url
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlunparse
 
@@ -158,15 +158,20 @@ class Request(dict):
     def cookies(self):
         if self._cookies is None:
             cookie = self.headers.get('Cookie')
+            self._cookies = {}
             if cookie is not None:
-                cookies = SimpleCookie()
-                cookies.load(cookie)
-                self._cookies = {name: cookie.value
-                                 for name, cookie in cookies.items()}
-            else:
-                self._cookies = {}
+                for chunk in cookie.split(';'):
+                    if '=' in chunk:
+                        key, val = chunk.split('=', 1)
+                    else:
+                        key, val = '', chunk
+                    key, val = key.strip(), val.strip()
+                    if key or val:
+                        self._cookies[key] = cookies._unquote(val)
+
         return self._cookies
 
+
     @property
     def ip(self):
         if not hasattr(self, '_socket'):
diff --git a/tests/test_cookies.py b/tests/test_cookies.py
index 84b493cb..aa84b2fd 100644
--- a/tests/test_cookies.py
+++ b/tests/test_cookies.py
@@ -113,3 +113,18 @@ def test_cookie_deletion():
     assert int(response_cookies['i_want_to_die']['max-age']) == 0
     with pytest.raises(KeyError):
         hold_my_beer = response.cookies['i_never_existed']
+
+
+def test_cookie_parsing():
+    app = Sanic('test_text')
+
+    @app.route('/')
+    def handler(request):
+        test_1 = request.cookies.get('test_1')
+        test_2 = request.cookies.get('test_2')
+        return json({'test_1': test_1, 'test_2': test_2})
+
+    headers = {'cookie': 'test_1=t1; test_2=t 2'}
+    request, response = app.test_client.get('/', headers=headers)
+    assert response.json['test_1'] == 't1'
+    assert response.json['test_2'] == 't 2'