diff --git a/lib/csharp/Makefile.am b/lib/csharp/Makefile.am
index 039db74..d8a007b 100644
--- a/lib/csharp/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/csharp/Makefile.am
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
             src/Transport/TServerTransport.cs \
             src/Transport/TServerSocket.cs \
             src/Transport/TTransportFactory.cs \
+            src/Transport/THttpClient.cs \
             src/TProcessor.cs \
             src/TApplicationException.cs
 
diff --git a/lib/csharp/src/Thrift.csproj b/lib/csharp/src/Thrift.csproj
index b7e2108..7cc1358 100644
--- a/lib/csharp/src/Thrift.csproj
+++ b/lib/csharp/src/Thrift.csproj
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     <Compile Include="TProcessor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Transport\TBufferedTransport.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Transport\TFramedTransport.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Transport\THttpClient.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Transport\TServerSocket.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Transport\TServerTransport.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Transport\TSocket.cs" />
diff --git a/lib/csharp/src/Transport/THttpClient.cs b/lib/csharp/src/Transport/THttpClient.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5d4abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/csharp/src/Transport/THttpClient.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+﻿/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *	 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * 
+ * 
+ */
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
+
+namespace Thrift.Transport
+{
+	public class THttpClient : TTransport
+	{
+		private readonly Uri uri;
+		private Stream inputStream;
+		private MemoryStream outputStream = new MemoryStream();
+		private int connectTimeout = 0;
+		private int readTimeout = 0;
+		private IDictionary<String, String> customHeaders = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+
+		public THttpClient(Uri u)
+		{
+			uri = u;
+		}
+
+		public int ConnectTimeout
+		{
+			set
+			{
+			   connectTimeout = value;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public int ReadTimeout
+		{
+			set
+			{
+				readTimeout = value;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public IDictionary<String, String> CustomHeaders
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return customHeaders;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public override bool IsOpen
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public override void Open()
+		{
+		}
+
+		public override void Close()
+		{
+			if (inputStream != null)
+			{
+				inputStream.Close();
+				inputStream = null;
+			}
+			if (outputStream != null)
+			{
+				outputStream.Close();
+				outputStream = null;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public override int Read(byte[] buf, int off, int len)
+		{
+			if (inputStream == null)
+			{
+				throw new TTransportException(TTransportException.ExceptionType.NotOpen, "No request has been sent");
+			}
+
+			try
+			{
+				int ret = inputStream.Read(buf, off, len);
+
+				if (ret == -1)
+				{
+					throw new TTransportException(TTransportException.ExceptionType.EndOfFile, "No more data available");
+				}
+
+				return ret;
+			}
+			catch (IOException iox)
+			{ 
+				throw new TTransportException(TTransportException.ExceptionType.Unknown, iox.ToString());
+			}
+		}
+
+		public override void Write(byte[] buf, int off, int len)
+		{
+			outputStream.Write(buf, off, len);
+		}
+
+		public override void Flush()
+		{
+			SendRequest();
+			outputStream = new MemoryStream();
+		}
+
+		private void SendRequest()
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				HttpWebRequest connection = CreateRequest();
+
+				byte[] data = outputStream.ToArray();
+				connection.ContentLength = data.Length;
+
+				Stream requestStream = connection.GetRequestStream();
+				requestStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
+				inputStream = connection.GetResponse().GetResponseStream();
+			}
+			catch (IOException iox)
+			{
+				throw new TTransportException(TTransportException.ExceptionType.Unknown, iox.ToString());
+			}
+			catch (WebException wx)
+			{
+				throw new TTransportException(TTransportException.ExceptionType.Unknown, "Couldn't connect to server: " + wx);
+			}
+		}
+
+		private HttpWebRequest CreateRequest()
+		{
+			HttpWebRequest connection = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
+
+			if (connectTimeout > 0)
+			{
+				connection.Timeout = connectTimeout;
+			}
+			if (readTimeout > 0)
+			{
+				connection.ReadWriteTimeout = readTimeout;
+			}
+
+			// Make the request
+			connection.ContentType = "application/x-thrift";
+			connection.Accept = "application/x-thrift";
+			connection.UserAgent = "C#/THttpClient";
+			connection.Method = "POST";
+			connection.ProtocolVersion = HttpVersion.Version10;
+
+			//add custom headers here
+			foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> item in customHeaders)
+			{
+				connection.Headers.Add(item.Key, item.Value);
+			}
+
+			connection.Proxy = null;
+
+			return connection;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/csharp/ThriftTest/TestClient.cs b/test/csharp/ThriftTest/TestClient.cs
index 2d278b7..1d7c75e 100644
--- a/test/csharp/ThriftTest/TestClient.cs
+++ b/test/csharp/ThriftTest/TestClient.cs
@@ -87,15 +87,23 @@
 				{
 					Thread t = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(ClientThread));
 					threads[test] = t;
-					TSocket socket = new TSocket(host, port);
-					if (buffered)
+					if (url == null)
 					{
-						TBufferedTransport buffer = new TBufferedTransport(socket);
-						t.Start(buffer);
+						TSocket socket = new TSocket(host, port);
+						if (buffered)
+						{
+							TBufferedTransport buffer = new TBufferedTransport(socket);
+							t.Start(buffer);
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							t.Start(socket);
+						}
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						t.Start(socket);
+						THttpClient http = new THttpClient(new Uri(url));
+						t.Start(http);
 					}
 				}