diff --git a/channels/interfaces/websocket_autobahn.py b/channels/interfaces/websocket_autobahn.py
index 1445ad1..eff1bc6 100644
--- a/channels/interfaces/websocket_autobahn.py
+++ b/channels/interfaces/websocket_autobahn.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import time
 
+from django.http import parse_cookie
+
 from channels import DEFAULT_CHANNEL_BACKEND, Channel, channel_backends
 
 
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ def get_protocol(base):
             self.request_info = {
                 "path": request.path,
                 "get": request.params,
+                "cookies": parse_cookie(request.headers.get('cookie', ''))
             }
 
         def onOpen(self):
diff --git a/channels/tests/test_interfaces.py b/channels/tests/test_interfaces.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd830d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/channels/tests/test_interfaces.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from channels.interfaces.websocket_autobahn import get_protocol
+
+try:
+    from unittest import mock
+except ImportError:
+    import mock
+
+
+def generate_connection_request(path, params, headers):
+    request = mock.Mock()
+    request.path = path
+    request.params = params
+    request.headers = headers
+    return request
+
+
+class WebsocketAutobahnInterfaceProtocolTestCase(TestCase):
+    def test_on_connect_cookie(self):
+        protocol = get_protocol(object)()
+        session = "123cat"
+        cookie = "somethingelse=test; sessionid={0}".format(session)
+        headers = {
+            "cookie": cookie
+        }
+
+        test_request = generate_connection_request("path", {}, headers)
+        protocol.onConnect(test_request)
+        self.assertEqual(session, protocol.request_info["cookies"]["sessionid"])
+
+    def test_on_connect_no_cookie(self):
+        protocol = get_protocol(object)()
+        test_request = generate_connection_request("path", {}, {})
+        protocol.onConnect(test_request)
+        self.assertEqual({}, protocol.request_info["cookies"])
+
+    def test_on_connect_params(self):
+        protocol = get_protocol(object)()
+        params = {
+            "session_key": ["123cat"]
+        }
+
+        test_request = generate_connection_request("path", params, {})
+        protocol.onConnect(test_request)
+        self.assertEqual(params, protocol.request_info["get"])
+
+    def test_on_connect_path(self):
+        protocol = get_protocol(object)()
+        path = "path"
+        test_request = generate_connection_request(path, {}, {})
+        protocol.onConnect(test_request)
+        self.assertEqual(path, protocol.request_info["path"])
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f42ff19..4cde18b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ envlist =
 setenv =
     PYTHONPATH = {toxinidir}:{toxinidir}
 deps =
+    autobahn
     six
     redis==2.10.5
+    py27: mock
     flake8: flake8
     isort: isort
     django-16: Django>=1.6,<1.7