diff --git a/src/http.js b/src/http.js
index ccbb994fe4..1f3ee39cc6 100644
--- a/src/http.js
+++ b/src/http.js
@@ -516,4 +516,23 @@ node.http.Client = function (port, host) {
   };
 };
 
+node.http.cat = function(url, encoding, callback) {
+  var uri = node.http.parseUri(url)
+  uri.port = uri.port == "" ? 80 : Number(uri.port)
+  uri.path = uri.path == "" ? "/" : uri.path
+  var req = new node.http.Client(uri.port, uri.host).get(uri.path)
+  req.finish(function(res) {
+    var status = res.statusCode;
+    res.setBodyEncoding(encoding)
+    var content = ""
+    res.onBody = function(chunk) {
+      content += chunk;
+    }
+    res.onBodyComplete = function() {
+      callback(status, content);
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 })(); // anonymous namespace
+
diff --git a/test/test-http-cat.js b/test/test-http-cat.js
index ef002a2e08..7632ac2692 100644
--- a/test/test-http-cat.js
+++ b/test/test-http-cat.js
@@ -2,22 +2,20 @@ include("mjsunit.js");
 PORT = 8888;
 
 var body = "exports.A = function() { return 'A';}";
-new node.http.Server(function (req, res) {
+var server = new node.http.Server(function (req, res) {
   res.sendHeader(200, [
     ["Content-Length", body.length],
     ["Content-Type", "text/plain"]
   ]);
   res.sendBody(body);
   res.finish();
-}).listen(PORT);
+});
+server.listen(PORT);
 
 function onLoad() {
-  try {
-    node.http.cat("http://localhost:"+PORT, "utf8", function(status, content) {
-      assertEquals(body, content);
-      // TODO: Test the status code
-    })
-  } catch(e) {
-    assertUnreachable(e)
-  }
+  node.http.cat("http://localhost:"+PORT, "utf8", function(status, content) {
+    assertEquals(body, content);
+    assertEquals(200, status)
+    server.close()
+  })
 }
diff --git a/test/test-remote-module-loading.js b/test/test-remote-module-loading.js
index a913dabfd9..b71a9389c0 100644
--- a/test/test-remote-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/test-remote-module-loading.js
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ function onLoad() {
   assertInstanceof(a.A, Function);
   assertEquals("A", a.A());
   
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// TODO: Add tests for remote require using a timeout
\ No newline at end of file