diff --git a/server_http.hpp b/server_http.hpp
index baace86..50f7a86 100644
--- a/server_http.hpp
+++ b/server_http.hpp
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ namespace SimpleWeb {
       CaseInsensitiveMultimap parse_query_string() const noexcept {
         return SimpleWeb::QueryString::parse(query_string);
       }
+
+      std::shared_ptr<Connection> connection_shared() const noexcept {
+        return connection.lock();
+      }
     };
 
   protected: