diff --git a/actix-session/CHANGES.md b/actix-session/CHANGES.md
index d85f6d5f1..784bfdf0d 100644
--- a/actix-session/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-session/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
    at successful login to cycle a session (new key/cookie but keeps state).
    Use ``Session.purge()`` at logout to invalid a session cookie (and remove
    from redis cache, if applicable).
+*  Add access to the session from RequestHead for use of session from guard methods
 
 ## [0.1.1] - 2019-06-03
 
diff --git a/actix-session/src/lib.rs b/actix-session/src/lib.rs
index 6f23ef913..771c4f67c 100644
--- a/actix-session/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-session/src/lib.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
-use actix_web::dev::{Extensions, Payload, ServiceRequest, ServiceResponse};
+use actix_web::dev::{
+    Extensions, Payload, RequestHead, ServiceRequest, ServiceResponse,
+};
 use actix_web::{Error, FromRequest, HttpMessage, HttpRequest};
 use futures::future::{ok, Ready};
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
@@ -99,6 +101,12 @@ impl UserSession for ServiceRequest {
     }
 }
 
+impl UserSession for RequestHead {
+    fn get_session(&mut self) -> Session {
+        Session::get_session(&mut *self.extensions_mut())
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(PartialEq, Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum SessionStatus {
     Changed,
@@ -281,6 +289,20 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(res, Some("value".to_string()));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn get_session_from_request_head() {
+        let mut req = test::TestRequest::default().to_srv_request();
+
+        Session::set_session(
+            vec![("key".to_string(), "\"value\"".to_string())].into_iter(),
+            &mut req,
+        );
+
+        let session = req.head_mut().get_session();
+        let res = session.get::<String>("key").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(res, Some("value".to_string()));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn purge_session() {
         let req = test::TestRequest::default().to_srv_request();