diff --git a/src/geef_pkt.erl b/src/geef_pkt.erl
index c01b038..e4baed0 100644
--- a/src/geef_pkt.erl
+++ b/src/geef_pkt.erl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -module(geef_pkt).
 
--export([line/1, parse/1]).
+-export([line/1, parse/1, parse_request/1]).
 
 -include("geef_records.hrl").
 
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ line(Text) ->
     [Prefix, Text, "\n"].
 
 -spec parse(iolist()) -> {{want | have, geef_oid()}, binary()}.
-parse(In0) ->
-    In = iolist_to_binary(In0),
-    <<BLen:4/binary, Rest/binary>> = In,
-    Len = binary_to_integer(BLen, 16),
+parse(In) ->
+    {Len, Rest} = unpack(In),
     case Len of
 	0 ->
 	    flush;
@@ -25,6 +23,27 @@ parse(In0) ->
 	    parse_pkt(Rest, Len - 4)
     end.
 
+-spec parse_request(iolist()) -> geef_request().
+parse_request(In) ->
+    {_, Line} = unpack(In),
+    %% Split it into request, host, rest (should be empty)
+    [S, H, _] = binary:split(Line, <<0>>, [global]),
+    case S of
+	<<"git-upload-pack ", Path/binary>> ->
+	    Service = upload_pack;
+	<<"git-receive-pack ", Path/binary>> ->
+	    Service = receive_pack
+    end,
+    <<"host=", Host/binary>> = H,
+    #geef_request{service=Service, path=Path, host=Host}.
+
+-spec unpack(iolist()) -> {non_neg_integer(), binary()}.
+unpack(In0) ->
+    In = iolist_to_binary(In0),
+    <<BLen:4/binary, Rest/binary>> = In,
+    Len = binary_to_integer(BLen, 16),
+    {Len, Rest}.
+
 parse_pkt(In, Len) when size(In) < Len ->
     {error, ebufs};
 parse_pkt(In, Len0) ->
diff --git a/src/geef_records.hrl b/src/geef_records.hrl
index 4dced6e..5a488ec 100644
--- a/src/geef_records.hrl
+++ b/src/geef_records.hrl
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 	 flags, flags_extended,
 	 path :: iolist()}).
 
+-record(geef_request, {service :: atom, path :: binary(), host :: binary()}).
+
 -type geef_ref() :: #geef_ref{}.
 -type geef_oid() :: #geef_oid{}.
 -type geef_object() :: #geef_object{}.
 -type geef_index_entry() :: #geef_index_entry{}.
+-type geef_request() :: #geef_request{}.
diff --git a/test/pkt_test.erl b/test/pkt_test.erl
index 5c3c9e2..aea1ac8 100644
--- a/test/pkt_test.erl
+++ b/test/pkt_test.erl
@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@ have_test() ->
     Expected = {{want, geef_oid:parse("e17ca7f2d877acbf8b9a9a1cb4c243ca72e86463")}, <<>>},
     Actual = geef_pkt:parse("0032want e17ca7f2d877acbf8b9a9a1cb4c243ca72e86463\n"),
     ?assertEqual(Expected, Actual).
+
+request_test() ->
+    Line = <<"0039git-upload-pack /schacon/gitbook.git\0host=example.com\0">>,
+    Expected = #geef_request{service=upload_pack, path= <<"/schacon/gitbook.git">>, host= <<"example.com">>},
+    Actual = geef_pkt:parse_request(Line),
+    ?assertEqual(Expected, Actual).