diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index 3f6d2712..4bb2e30d 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ object StorehausBuild extends Build {
     storehausKafka08,
     storehausMongoDB,
     storehausElastic,
+    storehausHttp,
     storehausTesting
   )
 
@@ -292,4 +293,12 @@ object StorehausBuild extends Build {
       javaOptions in run <++= (fullClasspath in Runtime) map { cp => Seq("-cp", sbt.Build.data(cp).mkString(":")) }
   ).dependsOn(storehausCore, storehausAlgebra, storehausCache)
 
+  lazy val storehausHttp = module("http").settings(
+    libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+      Finagle.module("http"),
+      "com.twitter" %% "bijection-netty" % bijectionVersion
+    )
+  ).dependsOn(storehausCore)
+
+
 }
diff --git a/storehaus-http/src/main/scala/com/twitter/storehaus/http/HttpStore.scala b/storehaus-http/src/main/scala/com/twitter/storehaus/http/HttpStore.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39dee3c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storehaus-http/src/main/scala/com/twitter/storehaus/http/HttpStore.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Twitter Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.twitter.storehaus.http
+
+import java.nio.charset.Charset
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.{ ChannelBuffer, ChannelBuffers }
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.{ HttpRequest, HttpResponse, DefaultHttpRequest, HttpVersion, HttpMethod, HttpHeaders, HttpResponseStatus }
+import com.twitter.util.Future
+import com.twitter.bijection.StringCodec
+import com.twitter.bijection.netty.ChannelBufferBijection
+import com.twitter.finagle.{ Service, Http }
+import com.twitter.storehaus.{ Store, ConvertedStore }
+
+object HttpException {
+  def apply(response: HttpResponse): HttpException = 
+    new HttpException(response.getStatus.getCode, response.getStatus.getReasonPhrase, response.getContent.toString(Charset.forName("UTF-8")))
+}
+
+case class HttpException(code: Int, reasonPhrase: String, content: String) extends Exception(reasonPhrase + Option(content).map("\n" + _ ).getOrElse(""))
+
+object HttpStore {
+  def apply(dest: String): HttpStore = new HttpStore(Http.newService(dest))
+}
+
+class HttpStore(val client: Service[HttpRequest, HttpResponse]) extends Store[String, ChannelBuffer] {
+  override def get(k: String): Future[Option[ChannelBuffer]] = {
+    val request =  new DefaultHttpRequest(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpMethod.GET, k)
+    request.headers.set(HttpHeaders.Names.CONTENT_LENGTH, "0")
+    client(request).map{ response => 
+      response.getStatus match {
+        case HttpResponseStatus.OK => Some(response.getContent)
+        case HttpResponseStatus.NOT_FOUND => None
+        case _ => throw HttpException(response)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  override def put(kv: (String, Option[ChannelBuffer])): Future[Unit] = {
+    val request = kv match {
+      case (k, Some(cb)) =>
+        val req = new DefaultHttpRequest(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpMethod.PUT, k)
+        req.setContent(cb)
+        req.headers.set(HttpHeaders.Names.CONTENT_LENGTH, cb.readableBytes.toString)
+        req
+      case (k, None) =>
+        val req = new DefaultHttpRequest(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpMethod.DELETE, k)
+        req.headers.set(HttpHeaders.Names.CONTENT_LENGTH, "0")
+        req
+    }
+    client(request).map{ response =>
+      response.getStatus match {
+        case HttpResponseStatus.OK => ()
+        case HttpResponseStatus.CREATED => ()
+        case HttpResponseStatus.NO_CONTENT => ()
+        case _ => throw HttpException(response)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+object HttpStringStore {
+  def apply(dest: String): HttpStringStore = new HttpStringStore(Http.newService(dest))
+}
+
+class HttpStringStore(val client: Service[HttpRequest, HttpResponse])
+    extends ConvertedStore[String, String, ChannelBuffer, String](new HttpStore(client))(identity)(
+      StringCodec.utf8 andThen ChannelBufferBijection.inverse)
diff --git a/storehaus-http/src/test/scala/com/twitter/storehaus/http/HttpStringStoreProperties.scala b/storehaus-http/src/test/scala/com/twitter/storehaus/http/HttpStringStoreProperties.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..853897a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storehaus-http/src/test/scala/com/twitter/storehaus/http/HttpStringStoreProperties.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Twitter Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.twitter.storehaus.http
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
+import java.nio.charset.Charset
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.{ HttpRequest, HttpResponse, DefaultHttpResponse, HttpResponseStatus, HttpMethod, HttpHeaders }
+import com.twitter.util.{ Await, Future }
+import com.twitter.finagle.{ Service, Http, ListeningServer }
+import com.twitter.storehaus.{ FutureOps, Store }
+import com.twitter.storehaus.testing.CloseableCleanup
+import com.twitter.storehaus.testing.generator.NonEmpty
+import org.scalacheck.{ Arbitrary, Gen, Properties }
+import org.scalacheck.Prop._
+
+object HttpStringStoreProperties extends Properties("HttpStringStore") with CloseableCleanup[ListeningServer] {
+  def validPairs: Gen[List[(String, Option[String])]] =
+    NonEmpty.Pairing.alphaStrs().map(_.map{ case (k, v) => ("/" + k, v) })
+
+  def baseTest[K: Arbitrary, V: Arbitrary : Equiv](store: Store[K, V], validPairs: Gen[List[(K, Option[V])]])
+                                                  (put: (Store[K, V], List[(K, Option[V])]) => Unit) =
+    forAll(validPairs) { (examples: List[(K, Option[V])]) =>
+      put(store, examples)
+      examples.toMap.forall { case (k, optV) =>
+        val res = Await.result(store.get(k))
+        Equiv[Option[V]].equiv(res, optV)
+      }
+    }
+
+  def putStoreTest[K: Arbitrary, V: Arbitrary : Equiv](store: Store[K, V], validPairs: Gen[List[(K, Option[V])]]) =
+    baseTest(store, validPairs) { (s, pairs) =>
+      pairs.foreach {
+        case (k, v) =>
+          Await.result(s.put((k, v)))
+      }
+    }
+
+  def multiPutStoreTest[K: Arbitrary, V: Arbitrary : Equiv](store: Store[K, V], validPairs: Gen[List[(K, Option[V])]]) =
+    baseTest(store, validPairs) { (s, pairs) => 
+      Await.result(FutureOps.mapCollect(s.multiPut(pairs.toMap)))
+    }
+
+  def storeTest(store: Store[String, String]) =
+    putStoreTest(store, validPairs) && multiPutStoreTest(store, validPairs)
+
+  val service = new Service[HttpRequest, HttpResponse] {
+    private val map = new ConcurrentHashMap[String, String]()
+    private val utf8 = Charset.forName("UTF-8")
+
+    def apply(request: HttpRequest): Future[HttpResponse] = {
+      val response = request.getMethod match {
+        case HttpMethod.GET =>
+          Option(map.get(request.getUri)).map{ v =>
+            val resp = new DefaultHttpResponse(request.getProtocolVersion, HttpResponseStatus.OK)
+            val content = ChannelBuffers.wrappedBuffer(v.getBytes(utf8))
+            resp.setContent(content)
+            resp.headers.set(HttpHeaders.Names.CONTENT_LENGTH, content.readableBytes.toString)
+            resp
+          }.getOrElse {
+            val resp = new DefaultHttpResponse(request.getProtocolVersion, HttpResponseStatus.NOT_FOUND)
+            resp.headers.set(HttpHeaders.Names.CONTENT_LENGTH, "0")
+            resp
+          }
+        case HttpMethod.DELETE =>
+          map.remove(request.getUri)
+          val resp = new DefaultHttpResponse(request.getProtocolVersion, HttpResponseStatus.NO_CONTENT)
+          resp.headers.set(HttpHeaders.Names.CONTENT_LENGTH, "0")
+          resp
+        case HttpMethod.PUT =>
+          val maybeOldV = Option(map.put(request.getUri, request.getContent.toString(utf8)))
+          val resp = new DefaultHttpResponse(request.getProtocolVersion, maybeOldV.map(_ => HttpResponseStatus.OK).getOrElse(HttpResponseStatus.CREATED))
+          resp.setContent(request.getContent)
+          resp.headers.set(HttpHeaders.Names.CONTENT_LENGTH, request.getContent.readableBytes.toString)
+          resp
+        case _ =>
+          new DefaultHttpResponse(request.getProtocolVersion, HttpResponseStatus.METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED)
+      }
+      Future.value(response)
+    }
+  }
+
+  val server = Http.serve("localhost:0", service)
+
+  val store = HttpStringStore(server.boundAddress.toString.substring(1)) // i dont know how else to convert boundAddress into something usable
+
+  property("HttpStringStore test") = storeTest(store)
+
+  override def closeable = server
+
+  override def cleanup() = {
+    println("closing server")
+    super.cleanup()
+  }
+}