diff --git a/bottle.py b/bottle.py
index 4b816f6ee..f0eb9f34a 100755
--- a/bottle.py
+++ b/bottle.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def getargspec(func):
     from urllib.parse import urljoin, SplitResult as UrlSplitResult
     from urllib.parse import urlencode, quote as urlquote, unquote as urlunquote
     urlunquote = functools.partial(urlunquote, encoding='latin1')
-    from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
+    from http.cookies import SimpleCookie, Morsel, CookieError
     from collections import MutableMapping as DictMixin
     import pickle
     from io import BytesIO
@@ -1813,6 +1813,10 @@ def set_cookie(self, name, value, secret=None, digestmod=hashlib.sha256, **optio
             :param secure: limit the cookie to HTTPS connections (default: off).
             :param httponly: prevents client-side javascript to read this cookie
               (default: off, requires Python 2.6 or newer).
+            :param same_site: disables third-party use for a cookie.
+              Allowed attributes: `lax` and `strict`.
+              In strict mode the cookie will never be sent.
+              In lax mode the cookie is only sent with a top-level GET request.
 
             If neither `expires` nor `max_age` is set (default), the cookie will
             expire at the end of the browser session (as soon as the browser
@@ -1834,7 +1838,10 @@ def set_cookie(self, name, value, secret=None, digestmod=hashlib.sha256, **optio
         """
         if not self._cookies:
             self._cookies = SimpleCookie()
-
+            
+        # To add "SameSite" cookie support.
+        Morsel._reserved['same-site'] = 'SameSite'
+        
         if secret:
             if not isinstance(value, basestring):
                 depr(0, 13, "Pickling of arbitrary objects into cookies is "
@@ -1863,6 +1870,9 @@ def set_cookie(self, name, value, secret=None, digestmod=hashlib.sha256, **optio
                 elif isinstance(value, (int, float)):
                     value = time.gmtime(value)
                 value = time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", value)
+            # check values for SameSite cookie, because it's not natively supported by http.cookies.
+            if key == 'same_site' and value.lower() not in ('lax', 'strict'):
+                raise CookieError("Invalid attribute %r" % (key,))
             if key in ('secure', 'httponly') and not value:
                 continue
             self._cookies[name][key.replace('_', '-')] = value
diff --git a/docs/tutorial.rst b/docs/tutorial.rst
index 363c25556..326e05d0e 100755
--- a/docs/tutorial.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorial.rst
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ The :meth:`Response.set_cookie` method accepts a number of additional keyword ar
 * **path:**       Limit the cookie to a given path (default: ``/``)
 * **secure:**     Limit the cookie to HTTPS connections (default: off).
 * **httponly:**   Prevent client-side javascript to read this cookie (default: off, requires Python 2.7 or newer).
+* **same_site:**  Disables third-party use for a cookie. Allowed attributes: `lax` and `strict`. In strict mode the cookie will never be sent. In lax mode the cookie is only sent with a top-level GET request.
 
 If neither `expires` nor `max_age` is set, the cookie expires at the end of the browser session or as soon as the browser window is closed. There are some other gotchas you should consider when using cookies: