diff --git a/src/application.rs b/src/application.rs
index 1e4d8273c..8cf5db269 100644
--- a/src/application.rs
+++ b/src/application.rs
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ impl<S: 'static> PipelineHandler<S> for Inner<S> {
                                                  path.split_at(prefix.len()).1.starts_with('/'))
                 };
                 if m {
-                    let path: &'static str = unsafe{
-                        mem::transmute(&req.path()[self.prefix+prefix.len()..])};
+                    let path: &'static str = unsafe {
+                        mem::transmute(&req.path()[self.prefix+prefix.len()..]) };
                     if path.is_empty() {
                         req.match_info_mut().add("tail", "");
                     } else {
@@ -321,9 +321,7 @@ impl<S> Application<S> where S: 'static {
     }
 
     /// Register a middleware
-    pub fn middleware<T>(mut self, mw: T) -> Application<S>
-        where T: Middleware<S> + 'static
-    {
+    pub fn middleware<M: Middleware<S>>(mut self, mw: M) -> Application<S> {
         self.parts.as_mut().expect("Use after finish")
             .middlewares.push(Box::new(mw));
         self
diff --git a/src/middleware/mod.rs b/src/middleware/mod.rs
index b9798c97b..70f5712e8 100644
--- a/src/middleware/mod.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/mod.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub enum Finished {
 
 /// Middleware definition
 #[allow(unused_variables)]
-pub trait Middleware<S> {
+pub trait Middleware<S>: 'static {
 
     /// Method is called when request is ready. It may return
     /// future, which should resolve before next middleware get called.
diff --git a/src/pipeline.rs b/src/pipeline.rs
index 44c503104..9873958b1 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.rs
+++ b/src/pipeline.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl<S> PipelineInfo<S> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<S, H: PipelineHandler<S>> Pipeline<S, H> {
+impl<S: 'static, H: PipelineHandler<S>> Pipeline<S, H> {
 
     pub fn new(req: HttpRequest<S>,
                mws: Rc<Vec<Box<Middleware<S>>>>,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl Pipeline<(), Inner<()>> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<S, H> Pipeline<S, H> {
+impl<S: 'static, H> Pipeline<S, H> {
 
     fn is_done(&self) -> bool {
         match self.1 {
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ impl<S, H> Pipeline<S, H> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<S, H: PipelineHandler<S>> HttpHandlerTask for Pipeline<S, H> {
+impl<S: 'static, H: PipelineHandler<S>> HttpHandlerTask for Pipeline<S, H> {
 
     fn disconnected(&mut self) {
         self.0.disconnected = Some(true);
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ struct StartMiddlewares<S, H> {
     _s: PhantomData<S>,
 }
 
-impl<S, H: PipelineHandler<S>> StartMiddlewares<S, H> {
+impl<S: 'static, H: PipelineHandler<S>> StartMiddlewares<S, H> {
 
     fn init(info: &mut PipelineInfo<S>, handler: Rc<RefCell<H>>) -> PipelineState<S, H>
     {
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ struct WaitingResponse<S, H> {
     _h: PhantomData<H>,
 }
 
-impl<S, H> WaitingResponse<S, H> {
+impl<S: 'static, H> WaitingResponse<S, H> {
 
     #[inline]
     fn init(info: &mut PipelineInfo<S>, reply: Reply) -> PipelineState<S, H>
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ struct RunMiddlewares<S, H> {
     _h: PhantomData<H>,
 }
 
-impl<S, H> RunMiddlewares<S, H> {
+impl<S: 'static, H> RunMiddlewares<S, H> {
 
     fn init(info: &mut PipelineInfo<S>, mut resp: HttpResponse) -> PipelineState<S, H>
     {
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ enum IOState {
     Done,
 }
 
-impl<S, H> ProcessResponse<S, H> {
+impl<S: 'static, H> ProcessResponse<S, H> {
 
     #[inline]
     fn init(resp: HttpResponse) -> PipelineState<S, H>
@@ -550,19 +550,6 @@ impl<S, H> ProcessResponse<S, H> {
                         result
                     },
                     IOState::Payload(mut body) => {
-                        // always poll context
-                        if self.running == RunningState::Running {
-                            match info.poll_context() {
-                                Ok(Async::NotReady) => (),
-                                Ok(Async::Ready(_)) =>
-                                    self.running = RunningState::Done,
-                                Err(err) => {
-                                    info.error = Some(err);
-                                    return Ok(FinishingMiddlewares::init(info, self.resp))
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-
                         match body.poll() {
                             Ok(Async::Ready(None)) => {
                                 self.iostate = IOState::Done;
@@ -706,7 +693,7 @@ struct FinishingMiddlewares<S, H> {
     _h: PhantomData<H>,
 }
 
-impl<S, H> FinishingMiddlewares<S, H> {
+impl<S: 'static, H> FinishingMiddlewares<S, H> {
 
     fn init(info: &mut PipelineInfo<S>, resp: HttpResponse) -> PipelineState<S, H> {
         if info.count == 0 {
diff --git a/src/resource.rs b/src/resource.rs
index ee6d682e5..c9e1251c0 100644
--- a/src/resource.rs
+++ b/src/resource.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 use http::{Method, StatusCode};
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ use pred;
 use body::Body;
 use route::Route;
 use handler::{Reply, Handler, Responder};
+use middleware::Middleware;
 use httprequest::HttpRequest;
 use httpresponse::HttpResponse;
 
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ pub struct Resource<S=()> {
     name: String,
     state: PhantomData<S>,
     routes: Vec<Route<S>>,
+    middlewares: Rc<Vec<Box<Middleware<S>>>>,
 }
 
 impl<S> Default for Resource<S> {
@@ -40,7 +43,8 @@ impl<S> Default for Resource<S> {
         Resource {
             name: String::new(),
             state: PhantomData,
-            routes: Vec::new() }
+            routes: Vec::new(),
+            middlewares: Rc::new(Vec::new()) }
     }
 }
 
@@ -50,7 +54,8 @@ impl<S> Resource<S> {
         Resource {
             name: String::new(),
             state: PhantomData,
-            routes: Vec::new() }
+            routes: Vec::new(),
+            middlewares: Rc::new(Vec::new()) }
     }
 
     /// Set resource name
@@ -126,12 +131,25 @@ impl<S: 'static> Resource<S> {
         self.routes.last_mut().unwrap().f(handler)
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn handle(&mut self, mut req: HttpRequest<S>, default: Option<&mut Resource<S>>)
-                         -> Reply
+    /// Register a middleware
+    ///
+    /// This is similar to `Application's` middlewares, but
+    /// middlewares get invoked on resource level.
+    pub fn middleware<M: Middleware<S>>(&mut self, mw: M) {
+        Rc::get_mut(&mut self.middlewares).unwrap().push(Box::new(mw));
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn handle(&mut self,
+                         mut req: HttpRequest<S>,
+                         default: Option<&mut Resource<S>>) -> Reply
     {
         for route in &mut self.routes {
             if route.check(&mut req) {
-                return route.handle(req)
+                return if self.middlewares.is_empty() {
+                    route.handle(req)
+                } else {
+                    route.compose(req, Rc::clone(&self.middlewares))
+                };
             }
         }
         if let Some(resource) = default {
diff --git a/src/route.rs b/src/route.rs
index 64b60603d..acef0fd44 100644
--- a/src/route.rs
+++ b/src/route.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
-use futures::Future;
+use std::mem;
+use std::rc::Rc;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use futures::{Async, Future, Poll};
 
 use error::Error;
 use pred::Predicate;
-use handler::{Reply, Handler, Responder, RouteHandler, AsyncHandler, WrapHandler};
+use handler::{Reply, ReplyItem, Handler,
+              Responder, RouteHandler, AsyncHandler, WrapHandler};
+use middleware::{Middleware, Response as MiddlewareResponse, Started as MiddlewareStarted};
 use httpcodes::HTTPNotFound;
 use httprequest::HttpRequest;
+use httpresponse::HttpResponse;
 
 /// Resource route definition
 ///
@@ -12,7 +18,7 @@ use httprequest::HttpRequest;
 /// If handler is not explicitly set, default *404 Not Found* handler is used.
 pub struct Route<S> {
     preds: Vec<Box<Predicate<S>>>,
-    handler: Box<RouteHandler<S>>,
+    handler: InnerHandler<S>,
 }
 
 impl<S: 'static> Default for Route<S> {
@@ -20,13 +26,14 @@ impl<S: 'static> Default for Route<S> {
     fn default() -> Route<S> {
         Route {
             preds: Vec::new(),
-            handler: Box::new(WrapHandler::new(|_| HTTPNotFound)),
+            handler: InnerHandler::new(|_| HTTPNotFound),
         }
     }
 }
 
 impl<S: 'static> Route<S> {
 
+    #[inline]
     pub(crate) fn check(&self, req: &mut HttpRequest<S>) -> bool {
         for pred in &self.preds {
             if !pred.check(req) {
@@ -36,10 +43,18 @@ impl<S: 'static> Route<S> {
         true
     }
 
+    #[inline]
     pub(crate) fn handle(&mut self, req: HttpRequest<S>) -> Reply {
         self.handler.handle(req)
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    pub(crate) fn compose(&mut self,
+                          req: HttpRequest<S>,
+                          mws: Rc<Vec<Box<Middleware<S>>>>) -> Reply {
+        Reply::async(Compose::new(req, mws, self.handler.clone()))
+    }
+
     /// Add match predicate to route.
     ///
     /// ```rust
@@ -65,7 +80,7 @@ impl<S: 'static> Route<S> {
     /// Set handler object. Usually call to this method is last call
     /// during route configuration, because it does not return reference to self.
     pub fn h<H: Handler<S>>(&mut self, handler: H) {
-        self.handler = Box::new(WrapHandler::new(handler));
+        self.handler = InnerHandler::new(handler);
     }
 
     /// Set handler function. Usually call to this method is last call
@@ -74,7 +89,7 @@ impl<S: 'static> Route<S> {
         where F: Fn(HttpRequest<S>) -> R + 'static,
               R: Responder + 'static,
     {
-        self.handler = Box::new(WrapHandler::new(handler));
+        self.handler = InnerHandler::new(handler);
     }
 
     /// Set async handler function.
@@ -84,6 +99,315 @@ impl<S: 'static> Route<S> {
               R: Responder + 'static,
               E: Into<Error> + 'static
     {
-        self.handler = Box::new(AsyncHandler::new(handler));
+        self.handler = InnerHandler::async(handler);
+    }
+}
+
+/// RouteHandler wrapper. This struct is required because it needs to be shared
+/// for resource level middlewares.
+struct InnerHandler<S>(Rc<Box<RouteHandler<S>>>);
+
+impl<S: 'static> InnerHandler<S> {
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn new<H: Handler<S>>(h: H) -> Self {
+        InnerHandler(Rc::new(Box::new(WrapHandler::new(h))))
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn async<H, R, F, E>(h: H) -> Self
+        where H: Fn(HttpRequest<S>) -> F + 'static,
+              F: Future<Item=R, Error=E> + 'static,
+              R: Responder + 'static,
+              E: Into<Error> + 'static
+    {
+        InnerHandler(Rc::new(Box::new(AsyncHandler::new(h))))
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn handle(&self, req: HttpRequest<S>) -> Reply {
+        // reason: handler is unique per thread,
+        // handler get called from async code, and handler doesnt have side effects
+        #[allow(mutable_transmutes)]
+        #[cfg_attr(feature = "cargo-clippy", allow(borrowed_box))]
+        let h: &mut Box<RouteHandler<S>> = unsafe { mem::transmute(self.0.as_ref()) };
+        h.handle(req)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S> Clone for InnerHandler<S> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        InnerHandler(Rc::clone(&self.0))
+    }
+}
+
+
+/// Compose resource level middlewares with route handler.
+struct Compose<S: 'static> {
+    info: ComposeInfo<S>,
+    state: ComposeState<S>,
+}
+
+struct ComposeInfo<S: 'static> {
+    count: usize,
+    req: HttpRequest<S>,
+    mws: Rc<Vec<Box<Middleware<S>>>>,
+    handler: InnerHandler<S>,
+}
+
+enum ComposeState<S: 'static> {
+    Starting(StartMiddlewares<S>),
+    Handler(WaitingResponse<S>),
+    RunMiddlewares(RunMiddlewares<S>),
+    Response(Response<S>),
+}
+
+impl<S: 'static> ComposeState<S> {
+    fn poll(&mut self, info: &mut ComposeInfo<S>) -> Option<ComposeState<S>> {
+        match *self {
+            ComposeState::Starting(ref mut state) => state.poll(info),
+            ComposeState::Handler(ref mut state) => state.poll(info),
+            ComposeState::RunMiddlewares(ref mut state) => state.poll(info),
+            ComposeState::Response(_) => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S: 'static> Compose<S> {
+    fn new(req: HttpRequest<S>,
+           mws: Rc<Vec<Box<Middleware<S>>>>,
+           handler: InnerHandler<S>) -> Self
+    {
+        let mut info = ComposeInfo {
+            count: 0,
+            req: req,
+            mws: mws,
+            handler: handler };
+        let state = StartMiddlewares::init(&mut info);
+
+        Compose {state: state, info: info}
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S> Future for Compose<S> {
+    type Item = HttpResponse;
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<Self::Item, Self::Error> {
+        loop {
+            if let ComposeState::Response(ref mut resp) = self.state {
+                let resp = resp.resp.take().unwrap();
+                return Ok(Async::Ready(resp))
+            }
+            if let Some(state) = self.state.poll(&mut self.info) {
+                self.state = state;
+            } else {
+                return Ok(Async::NotReady)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Middlewares start executor
+struct StartMiddlewares<S> {
+    fut: Option<Fut>,
+    _s: PhantomData<S>,
+}
+
+type Fut = Box<Future<Item=Option<HttpResponse>, Error=Error>>;
+
+impl<S: 'static> StartMiddlewares<S> {
+
+    fn init(info: &mut ComposeInfo<S>) -> ComposeState<S> {
+        let len = info.mws.len();
+        loop {
+            if info.count == len {
+                let reply = info.handler.handle(info.req.clone());
+                return WaitingResponse::init(info, reply)
+            } else {
+                match info.mws[info.count].start(&mut info.req) {
+                    MiddlewareStarted::Done =>
+                        info.count += 1,
+                    MiddlewareStarted::Response(resp) =>
+                        return RunMiddlewares::init(info, resp),
+                    MiddlewareStarted::Future(mut fut) =>
+                        match fut.poll() {
+                            Ok(Async::NotReady) =>
+                                return ComposeState::Starting(StartMiddlewares {
+                                    fut: Some(fut),
+                                    _s: PhantomData}),
+                            Ok(Async::Ready(resp)) => {
+                                if let Some(resp) = resp {
+                                    return RunMiddlewares::init(info, resp);
+                                }
+                                info.count += 1;
+                            }
+                            Err(err) =>
+                                return Response::init(err.into()),
+                        },
+                    MiddlewareStarted::Err(err) =>
+                        return Response::init(err.into()),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn poll(&mut self, info: &mut ComposeInfo<S>) -> Option<ComposeState<S>>
+    {
+        let len = info.mws.len();
+        'outer: loop {
+            match self.fut.as_mut().unwrap().poll() {
+                Ok(Async::NotReady) =>
+                    return None,
+                Ok(Async::Ready(resp)) => {
+                    info.count += 1;
+                    if let Some(resp) = resp {
+                        return Some(RunMiddlewares::init(info, resp));
+                    }
+                    if info.count == len {
+                        let reply = info.handler.handle(info.req.clone());
+                        return Some(WaitingResponse::init(info, reply));
+                    } else {
+                        loop {
+                            match info.mws[info.count].start(&mut info.req) {
+                                MiddlewareStarted::Done =>
+                                    info.count += 1,
+                                MiddlewareStarted::Response(resp) => {
+                                    return Some(RunMiddlewares::init(info, resp));
+                                },
+                                MiddlewareStarted::Future(fut) => {
+                                    self.fut = Some(fut);
+                                    continue 'outer
+                                },
+                                MiddlewareStarted::Err(err) =>
+                                    return Some(Response::init(err.into()))
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(err) =>
+                    return Some(Response::init(err.into()))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// waiting for response
+struct WaitingResponse<S> {
+    fut: Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>,
+    _s: PhantomData<S>,
+}
+
+impl<S: 'static> WaitingResponse<S> {
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn init(info: &mut ComposeInfo<S>, reply: Reply) -> ComposeState<S> {
+        match reply.into() {
+            ReplyItem::Message(resp) =>
+                RunMiddlewares::init(info, resp),
+            ReplyItem::Future(fut) =>
+                ComposeState::Handler(
+                    WaitingResponse { fut: fut, _s: PhantomData }),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn poll(&mut self, info: &mut ComposeInfo<S>) -> Option<ComposeState<S>> {
+        match self.fut.poll() {
+            Ok(Async::NotReady) => None,
+            Ok(Async::Ready(response)) =>
+                Some(RunMiddlewares::init(info, response)),
+            Err(err) =>
+                Some(Response::init(err.into())),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+/// Middlewares response executor
+struct RunMiddlewares<S> {
+    curr: usize,
+    fut: Option<Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>>,
+    _s: PhantomData<S>,
+}
+
+impl<S: 'static> RunMiddlewares<S> {
+
+    fn init(info: &mut ComposeInfo<S>, mut resp: HttpResponse) -> ComposeState<S> {
+        let mut curr = 0;
+        let len = info.mws.len();
+
+        loop {
+            resp = match info.mws[curr].response(&mut info.req, resp) {
+                MiddlewareResponse::Err(err) => {
+                    info.count = curr + 1;
+                    return Response::init(err.into())
+                },
+                MiddlewareResponse::Done(r) => {
+                    curr += 1;
+                    if curr == len {
+                        return Response::init(r)
+                    } else {
+                        r
+                    }
+                },
+                MiddlewareResponse::Future(fut) => {
+                    return ComposeState::RunMiddlewares(
+                        RunMiddlewares { curr: curr, fut: Some(fut), _s: PhantomData })
+                },
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    
+    fn poll(&mut self, info: &mut ComposeInfo<S>) -> Option<ComposeState<S>>
+    {
+        let len = info.mws.len();
+
+        loop {
+            // poll latest fut
+            let mut resp = match self.fut.as_mut().unwrap().poll() {
+                Ok(Async::NotReady) => {
+                    return None
+                }
+                Ok(Async::Ready(resp)) => {
+                    self.curr += 1;
+                    resp
+                }
+                Err(err) =>
+                    return Some(Response::init(err.into())),
+            };
+
+            loop {
+                if self.curr == len {
+                    return Some(Response::init(resp));
+                } else {
+                    match info.mws[self.curr].response(&mut info.req, resp) {
+                        MiddlewareResponse::Err(err) =>
+                            return Some(Response::init(err.into())),
+                        MiddlewareResponse::Done(r) => {
+                            self.curr += 1;
+                            resp = r
+                        },
+                        MiddlewareResponse::Future(fut) => {
+                            self.fut = Some(fut);
+                            break
+                        },
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct Response<S> {
+    resp: Option<HttpResponse>,
+    _s: PhantomData<S>,
+}
+
+impl<S: 'static> Response<S> {
+
+    fn init(resp: HttpResponse) -> ComposeState<S> {
+        ComposeState::Response(
+            Response{resp: Some(resp), _s: PhantomData})
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index 4f2433a9f..22b09b29e 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -192,6 +192,16 @@ impl<S: 'static> TestApp<S> {
         self.app = Some(self.app.take().unwrap().resource("/", |r| r.h(handler)));
     }
 
+    /// Register handler for "/" with resource middleware
+    pub fn handler2<H, M>(&mut self, handler: H, mw: M)
+        where H: Handler<S>, M: Middleware<S>
+    {
+        self.app = Some(self.app.take().unwrap()
+                        .resource("/", |r| {
+                            r.middleware(mw);
+                            r.h(handler)}));
+    }
+
     /// Register middleware
     pub fn middleware<T>(&mut self, mw: T) -> &mut TestApp<S>
         where T: Middleware<S> + 'static
diff --git a/tests/test_server.rs b/tests/test_server.rs
index 51919cd5d..1399879ba 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -135,3 +135,28 @@ fn test_middlewares() {
     assert_eq!(num2.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 1);
     assert_eq!(num3.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 1);
 }
+
+
+#[test]
+fn test_resource_middlewares() {
+    let num1 = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+    let num2 = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+    let num3 = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+
+    let act_num1 = Arc::clone(&num1);
+    let act_num2 = Arc::clone(&num2);
+    let act_num3 = Arc::clone(&num3);
+
+    let srv = test::TestServer::new(
+        move |app| app.handler2(
+            httpcodes::HTTPOk,
+            MiddlewareTest{start: Arc::clone(&act_num1),
+                           response: Arc::clone(&act_num2),
+                           finish: Arc::clone(&act_num3)})
+    );
+
+    assert!(reqwest::get(&srv.url("/")).unwrap().status().is_success());
+    assert_eq!(num1.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 1);
+    assert_eq!(num2.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 1);
+    // assert_eq!(num3.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 1);
+}