diff --git a/filter/BUILD.bazel b/filter/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddb400246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filter/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = [
+        "filter.go",
+        "http.go",
+    ],
+    importpath = "github.com/reddit/baseplate.go/filter",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+go_test(
+    name = "go_default_test",
+    srcs = ["http_test.go"],
+    embed = [":go_default_library"],
+)
diff --git a/filter/filter.go b/filter/filter.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2414ad51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filter/filter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package filter
+
+import "context"
+
+// Filter is a generic middleware type
+type Filter interface {
+	Do(ctx context.Context, request interface{}, service Service) (response interface{}, err error)
+}
+
+// Service is a generic client/server type
+type Service interface {
+	Do(ctx context.Context, request interface{}) (response interface{}, err error)
+}
+
+// ServiceWithFilters applies the filters to a service in a standard way.
+func ServiceWithFilters(service Service, filters ...Filter) Service {
+	for i := len(filters) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		service = &filteredService{filter: filters[i], service: service}
+	}
+	return service
+}
+
+type filteredService struct {
+	filter  Filter
+	service Service
+}
+
+func (fs *filteredService) Do(ctx context.Context, request interface{}) (response interface{}, err error) {
+	return fs.filter.Do(ctx, request, fs.service)
+}
diff --git a/filter/http.go b/filter/http.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de889f6c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filter/http.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package filter
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+//HTTPClientWithFilters applies filter middleware to an http client.
+func HTTPClientWithFilters(client *http.Client, filters ...Filter) *Client {
+	svc := HTTPClientAsService(client)
+	withFilters := ServiceWithFilters(svc, filters...)
+	return httpClientAdapter(withFilters)
+}
+
+func httpClientAdapter(service Service) *Client {
+	return &Client{inner: service}
+}
+
+// HTTPClientAsService represents an http.Client as a Service
+func HTTPClientAsService(client *http.Client) Service {
+	return &httpClientService{client}
+}
+
+type httpClientService struct {
+	client *http.Client
+}
+
+// Client is duck-typed like http.Client, but internally implemented by a Service.
+type Client struct {
+	inner Service
+}
+
+func (svc *httpClientService) Do(ctx context.Context, request interface{}) (response interface{}, err error) {
+	httpRequest, ok := request.(*http.Request)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, errors.New("not an http request")
+	}
+	// We copy to apply the appropriate context
+	if httpRequest.Context() != ctx {
+		httpRequest = httpRequest.Clone(ctx)
+	}
+	return svc.client.Do(httpRequest)
+}
+
+// Do is a copy of http.Do
+func (c *Client) Do(req *http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+	r, err := c.inner.Do(req.Context(), req)
+	resp, ok := r.(*http.Response)
+	if !ok && err == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("not an http response")
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// Get is a copy of http.Get
+func (c *Client) Get(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return c.Do(req)
+}
+
+// Head is a copy of http.Head
+func (c *Client) Head(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("HEAD", url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return c.Do(req)
+}
+
+// Post is a copy of http.Post
+func (c *Client) Post(url, contentType string, body io.Reader) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", contentType)
+	return c.Do(req)
+}
+
+// PostForm is a copy of http.PostForm
+func (c *Client) PostForm(url string, data url.Values) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+	return c.Post(url, "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", strings.NewReader(data.Encode()))
+}
diff --git a/filter/http_test.go b/filter/http_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9514b9102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filter/http_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package filter
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type helloFilter struct {
+	msg string
+}
+
+func (f *helloFilter) Do(ctx context.Context, request interface{}, service Service) (rsp interface{}, err error) {
+	rsp, err = service.Do(ctx, request)
+	httpRsp, ok := rsp.(*http.Response)
+	if ok {
+		if err == nil {
+			httpRsp.Header.Add("hello", f.msg)
+		}
+	} else {
+		err = errors.New("not an http response")
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+type slowFilter struct {
+	duration time.Duration
+}
+
+func (f *slowFilter) Do(ctx context.Context, request interface{}, service Service) (rsp interface{}, err error) {
+	time.Sleep(f.duration)
+	return service.Do(ctx, request)
+}
+
+func TestHttpClientWithSpecificFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	client := HTTPClientWithFilters(&http.Client{}, &helloFilter{msg: "world"})
+	rsp, _ := client.Get("https://google.com/")
+	if rsp.Header.Get("hello") != "world" {
+		t.Errorf("didn't set response header")
+	}
+}
+func TestHttpClientWithGenericFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	sleepFor := 1 * time.Second
+	client := HTTPClientWithFilters(&http.Client{}, &slowFilter{duration: sleepFor})
+	start := time.Now()
+	_, _ = client.Get("https://google.com/")
+	if time.Now().Sub(start) < sleepFor {
+		t.Error("Didn't sleep long enough")
+	}
+}