diff --git a/js/__loader.js b/js/__loader.js
index f1bc2cc7e..f2ff7e2dd 100644
--- a/js/__loader.js
+++ b/js/__loader.js
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@
     stream: './modules/stream.js',
     inherits: './modules/inherits.js',
     sys: 'util/util.js',
-    util: 'util/util.js'
+    util: 'util/util.js',
+    http: './modules/http.js'
     /* eslint-enable camelcase */
   }, runtimePackagePath);
 
diff --git a/js/modules/dns.js b/js/modules/dns.js
index 2e44d22b4..5b4908ab7 100644
--- a/js/modules/dns.js
+++ b/js/modules/dns.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function lookup(hostname, opts, cb) {
       if (!opts.all && i === 0) {
         var addr = res.address.join('.');
         if (cb) cb(null, addr, 4);
-        break;
+        return;
       } else {
         switch (res.record) {
           case 'A':
diff --git a/js/modules/http.js b/js/modules/http.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11d09e779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/modules/http.js
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+'use strict';
+//
+// this entire file feels extremly hackish, but whatever
+//
+
+const EventEmitter = require('events');
+const stream = require('stream');
+const eshttp = require('eshttp');
+const net = require('net');
+const url = require('url');
+const dns = require('dns');
+
+const or = (...objs) => {
+  for (let obj of objs) if (obj !== undefined && obj !== null) return obj;
+}
+
+class ClientRequest extends stream.Writable {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this._body = '';
+    this._aborted = false;
+    this._method = '';
+    this._path = '';
+    this._headers = {};
+    this._handle = null;
+    this._interalListeners = [];
+    this._resolved = false;
+  }
+  _emitInterals() {
+    this._resolved = true;
+    let listener = null;
+    while (listener = this._interalListeners.shift()) listener();
+  }
+  _write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+    const cb = () => {
+      this._body += chunk;
+      callback();
+    }
+    if (this._resolved) {
+      cb();
+    } else {
+      this._interalListeners.push(cb);
+    }
+  }
+  end(data, encoding, callback) {
+    const cb = () => {
+      super.end(data, encoding, callback);
+      this._handle.request(new eshttp.HttpRequest(this._method, this._path, this._headers), (err, response) => {
+        if (this._aborted) return;
+        if (err) return this.emit('error', err);
+        this.emit('response', new IncomingMessage(false, response));
+      });
+      this._handle.close();
+    }
+    if (this._resolved) {
+      cb();
+    } else {
+      this._interalListeners.push(cb);
+    }
+  }
+  abort() {
+    const cb = () => this._handle.close();
+    if (this._resolved) {
+      cb();
+    } else {
+      this._interalListeners.push(cb);
+    }
+  }
+  flushHeaders() {
+    // to be implemented
+  }
+  setNoDelay(noDelay) {
+    // to be implemented
+  }
+  setSocketKeepAlive(enable, initialDelay) {
+    // to be implemented
+  }
+  setTimeout(timeout, callback) {
+    // to be implemented
+  }
+}
+
+class Server extends net.Server {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this._handle2 = new eshttp.HttpServer();
+    this.on('connection', (socket) => {
+      socket.on('data', (data) => this._handle2._dataHandler(socket._handle, data));
+      socket.on('end', () => this._handle2._endHandler(socket._handle));
+      socket.on('close', () => this._handle2._closeHandler(socket._handle));
+      socket.on('error', () => null);
+      this._handle2._connectionHandler(socket._handle);
+    });
+    this._handle2._handle = this._handle;
+    this._handle2.onrequest = (req) => this.emit('request', new IncomingMessage(true, req), new ServerResponse(req));
+  }
+}
+
+class ServerResponse extends stream.Writable {
+  constructor(request) {
+    super();
+    this._handle = new eshttp.HttpResponse(200, {}, '');
+    this._reqHandle = request;
+    this.finished = false;
+    this.sendDate = true; // doesn't matter what it's set to, eshttp always appends the date header
+    this._sent = false;
+  }
+  _write(chunk, encoding, cb) {
+    this._handle._body += String(chunk);
+    if (!this._sent) {
+      this._sent = true;
+      this.writeHead(this.statusCode, this.statusMessage);
+    }
+    cb(null);
+  }
+  end(data, encoding, cb) {
+    super.end(data, encoding, cb);
+    this._reqHandle.respondWith(this._handle);
+    this.finished = true;
+  }
+  addTrailers(headers) {
+    if (this._handle._parser) for (let key of Object.keys(headers)) this._handle._parser._addTrailer(key, headers[key]);
+  }
+  getHeader(name) {
+    return this._handle._headers.get(name);
+  }
+  get headersSent() {
+    return this._sent;
+  }
+  removeHeader(name) {
+    this._handle._headers.delete(name);
+  }
+  setHeader(name, val) {
+    this._handle._headers.set(name, val);
+  }
+  get statusCode() {
+    return this._handle.statusCode;
+  }
+  get statusMessage() {
+    return this._handle.statusMessage;
+  }
+  set statusCode(code) {
+    this._handle._code = code;
+  }
+  set statusMessage(msg) {
+    if (this._handle._parser) this._handle._parser._phrase = statusMessage || this.statusMessage;
+  }
+  writeHead(statusCode, statusMessage, headers) {
+    this._handle._code = statusCode || this.statusCode;
+    if (this._handle._parser) this._handle._parser._phrase = statusMessage || this.statusMessage;
+    if (headers) for (let key of Objects.keys(headers)) this._handle._headers.set(key, headers[key]);
+  }
+}
+
+class IncomingMessage extends stream.Readable {
+  constructor(server, reqOrRes) {
+    super();
+    this._handle = reqOrRes;
+    this._ms = null;
+    this._ontimeout = () => null;
+    this._server = server;
+    if (!this._server) {
+      this._handle.ondata = (data) => this.push(new Buffer(data));
+      this._handle.onend = () => this.push(null);
+    }
+  }
+  _read(size) {
+    // just like net, we can't force a read. do nothing.
+  }
+  get headers() {
+    const headers = {};
+    for (let header of this._handle._headers) headers[header[0]] = header[1];
+    return headers;
+  }
+  get httpVersion() {
+    return this._handle.httpVersion;
+  }
+  get method() {
+    return (this._server) ? this._handle.method : undefined;
+  }
+  get rawHeaders() {
+    const headers = [];
+    for (let header of this._handle._headers) headers.push(header[0], header[1]);
+    return headers;
+  }
+  get rawTrailers() {
+    return []; // for now
+  }
+  setTimeout(ms, cb) {
+    this._ms = ms;
+    this._ontimeout = cb;
+  }
+  get statusCode() {
+    return (!this._server) ? this._handle.statusCode : undefined;
+  }
+  get statusMessage() {
+    return (!this._server) ? this._handle.statusMessage : undefined;
+  }
+  get socket() {
+    return null; // for now
+  }
+  get trailers() {
+    return (!this._server) ? this._handle.trailers : undefined;
+  }
+  get url() {
+    return (this._server) ? this._handle.path : undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+exports.ClientRequest = ClientRequest;
+exports.Server = Server;
+exports.ServerResponse = ServerResponse;
+exports.IncomingMessage = IncomingMessage;
+exports.createServer = (cb) => {
+  const server = new Server();
+  if (cb) server.on('request', cb);
+  return server;
+}
+exports.request = (opt, cb) => {
+  if (typeof opt === 'string') opt = url.parse(opt);
+  let protocol = or(opt.protocol, 'http:');
+  if (protocol !== 'http:') throw new Error(`Protocol "${protcol}" not supported. Expected "http:"`);
+  let ip = or(opt.hostname, opt.host, 'localhost');
+  let port = or(opt.port, 80);
+  let req = new ClientRequest();
+  req._headers = or(opt.headers, {});
+  req._method = or(opt.method, 'GET');
+  req._path = or(opt.path, '/');
+  let onresolved = () => {
+    req._handle = new eshttp.HttpClient(ip, port);
+    req._emitInterals();
+  }
+  if (net.isIP(ip)) {
+    onresolved();
+  } else {
+    dns.lookup(opt.host, (err, address) => {
+      if (err) return req.emit('error', err);
+      ip = address;
+      onresolved();
+    });
+  }
+  if (cb) req.on('response', cb);
+  return req;
+}
diff --git a/js/modules/net.js b/js/modules/net.js
index 0dce5f812..cc426680f 100644
--- a/js/modules/net.js
+++ b/js/modules/net.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function rmFromArrayByVal(array, val) {
 }
 
 class Server extends EventEmitter {
-  constructor(runtimeServer) {
+  constructor(opts, connectionListener, runtimeServer) {
     super();
     this._handle = runtimeServer || new runtime.net.TCPServerSocket();
     this._connections = [];
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class Server extends EventEmitter {
       this.close();
     }
     this._handle.onlisten = () => this.emit('listening');
+    if (connectionListener) this.on('connection', connectionListener);
   }
   address() {
     return {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class Server extends EventEmitter {
     }
   }
   close(cb) {
-    this.once('close', cb);
+    if (cb) this.once('close', cb);
     this._handle.close();
   }
   get connections() {
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ class Server extends EventEmitter {
       port = null;
     }
     options.port = port;
-    this.once('listening', callback);
+    if (callback) this.once('listening', callback);
     this._handle.listen(options.port);
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8ba32ea17..5e66c691e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     "typeutils": "^1.0.1",
     "u8-view": "^1.0.0",
     "url": "^0.11.0",
-    "util": "^0.10.3"
+    "util": "^0.10.3",
+    "eshttp": "^0.5.0"
   }
 }