diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/ning/http/util/AsyncHttpProviderUtils.java b/api/src/main/java/com/ning/http/util/AsyncHttpProviderUtils.java
index 59691c06af..6d417cf934 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/ning/http/util/AsyncHttpProviderUtils.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/ning/http/util/AsyncHttpProviderUtils.java
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ public static String parseCharset(String contentType) {
 
     public static Cookie parseCookie(String value) {
         String[] fields = value.split(";\\s*");
-        String[] cookie = fields[0].split("=");
+        String[] cookie = fields[0].split("=", 2);
         String cookieName = cookie[0];
         String cookieValue = (cookie.length == 1) ? null : cookie[1];
 
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/com/ning/http/util/TestAsyncHttpProviderUtils.java b/api/src/test/java/com/ning/http/util/TestAsyncHttpProviderUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2bab0876f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/test/java/com/ning/http/util/TestAsyncHttpProviderUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 Ning, Inc.
+ *
+ * Ning licenses this file to you under the Apache License, version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package com.ning.http.util;
+
+import com.ning.http.client.Cookie;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+public class TestAsyncHttpProviderUtils
+{
+    @Test(groups="fast")
+    public void testCookieParsing()
+    {
+        String cookieValue = "ID=a3be7f468f2a528c:FF=0:TM=1397369269:LM=134759269:S=XZQK3o8HJ1mytzgz";
+        String testCookie = "PREF=" + cookieValue + "; expires=Thu, 11-Sep-2013 13:14:29 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.co.uk";
+        Cookie cookie = AsyncHttpProviderUtils.parseCookie(testCookie);
+        
+        Assert.assertEquals(cookie.getValue(), cookieValue);
+    }
+}