diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpClientCodec.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpClientCodec.java
index b2d0163562..e781a49d94 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpClientCodec.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpClientCodec.java
@@ -97,7 +97,17 @@ public final class HttpClientCodec extends ChannelHandlerAppender implements
         ctx.pipeline().remove(Encoder.class);
     }
 
-    private Decoder decoder() {
+    /**
+     * Returns the encoder of this codec.
+     */
+    public HttpRequestEncoder encoder() {
+        return handlerAt(1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the decoder of this codec.
+     */
+    public HttpResponseDecoder decoder() {
         return handlerAt(0);
     }
 
diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpServerCodec.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpServerCodec.java
index 8a56710b28..768d63c532 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpServerCodec.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpServerCodec.java
@@ -64,4 +64,18 @@ public final class HttpServerCodec extends ChannelHandlerAppender implements
         ctx.pipeline().remove(HttpRequestDecoder.class);
         ctx.pipeline().remove(HttpResponseEncoder.class);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the encoder of this codec.
+     */
+    public HttpResponseEncoder encoder() {
+        return handlerAt(1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the decoder of this codec.
+     */
+    public HttpRequestDecoder decoder() {
+        return handlerAt(0);
+    }
 }