diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c49239958..d68d26368 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ OBJS = src/proto_http.o src/cfgparse.o src/server.o src/stream.o        \
        src/sha1.o src/hpack-tbl.o src/hpack-enc.o src/uri_auth.o        \
        src/time.o src/proto_udp.o src/arg.o src/signal.o                \
        src/protocol.o src/lru.o src/hdr_idx.o src/hpack-huff.o          \
-       src/mailers.o src/h2.o src/base64.o src/hash.o
+       src/mailers.o src/h2.o src/base64.o src/hash.o src/http.o
 
 EBTREE_OBJS = $(EBTREE_DIR)/ebtree.o $(EBTREE_DIR)/eb32sctree.o \
               $(EBTREE_DIR)/eb32tree.o $(EBTREE_DIR)/eb64tree.o \
diff --git a/include/common/buf.h b/include/common/buf.h
index a1355e653..420882026 100644
--- a/include/common/buf.h
+++ b/include/common/buf.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #define _COMMON_BUF_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 /* Structure defining a buffer's head */
 struct buffer {
diff --git a/include/common/http.h b/include/common/http.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d283e2977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/common/http.h
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/*
+ * include/common/http.h
+ *
+ * Version-agnostic and implementation-agnostic HTTP protocol definitions.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2000-2018 Willy Tarreau - w@1wt.eu
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1
+ * exclusively.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef _COMMON_HTTP_H
+#define _COMMON_HTTP_H
+
+#include <common/buf.h>
+#include <common/ist.h>
+
+/* these macros are used mainly when parsing header fields */
+#define HTTP_FLG_CTL  0x01
+#define HTTP_FLG_SEP  0x02
+#define HTTP_FLG_LWS  0x04
+#define HTTP_FLG_SPHT 0x08
+#define HTTP_FLG_CRLF 0x10
+#define HTTP_FLG_TOK  0x20
+#define HTTP_FLG_VER  0x40
+#define HTTP_FLG_DIG  0x80
+
+#define HTTP_IS_CTL(x)       (http_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & HTTP_FLG_CTL)
+#define HTTP_IS_SEP(x)       (http_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & HTTP_FLG_SEP)
+#define HTTP_IS_LWS(x)       (http_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & HTTP_FLG_LWS)
+#define HTTP_IS_SPHT(x)      (http_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & HTTP_FLG_SPHT)
+#define HTTP_IS_CRLF(x)      (http_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & HTTP_FLG_CRLF)
+#define HTTP_IS_TOKEN(x)     (http_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & HTTP_FLG_TOK)
+#define HTTP_IS_VER_TOKEN(x) (http_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & HTTP_FLG_VER)
+#define HTTP_IS_DIGIT(x)     (http_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & HTTP_FLG_DIG)
+
+/* Known HTTP methods */
+enum http_meth_t {
+	HTTP_METH_OPTIONS,
+	HTTP_METH_GET,
+	HTTP_METH_HEAD,
+	HTTP_METH_POST,
+	HTTP_METH_PUT,
+	HTTP_METH_DELETE,
+	HTTP_METH_TRACE,
+	HTTP_METH_CONNECT,
+	HTTP_METH_OTHER, /* Must be the last entry */
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+/* Known HTTP authentication schemes */
+enum ht_auth_m {
+	HTTP_AUTH_WRONG		= -1,		/* missing or unknown */
+	HTTP_AUTH_UNKNOWN	= 0,
+	HTTP_AUTH_BASIC,
+	HTTP_AUTH_DIGEST,
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+/* All implemented HTTP status codes */
+enum {
+	HTTP_ERR_200 = 0,
+	HTTP_ERR_400,
+	HTTP_ERR_403,
+	HTTP_ERR_405,
+	HTTP_ERR_408,
+	HTTP_ERR_421,
+	HTTP_ERR_425,
+	HTTP_ERR_429,
+	HTTP_ERR_500,
+	HTTP_ERR_502,
+	HTTP_ERR_503,
+	HTTP_ERR_504,
+	HTTP_ERR_SIZE
+};
+
+/* Note: the strings below make use of chunks. Chunks may carry an allocated
+ * size in addition to the length. The size counts from the beginning (str)
+ * to the end. If the size is unknown, it MUST be zero, in which case the
+ * sample will automatically be duplicated when a change larger than <len> has
+ * to be performed. Thus it is safe to always set size to zero.
+ */
+struct http_meth {
+	enum http_meth_t meth;
+	struct buffer str;
+};
+
+struct http_auth_data {
+	enum ht_auth_m method;                /* one of HTTP_AUTH_* */
+	/* 7 bytes unused here */
+	struct buffer method_data;            /* points to the creditial part from 'Authorization:' header */
+	char *user, *pass;                    /* extracted username & password */
+};
+
+struct http_method_desc {
+	enum http_meth_t meth;
+	const struct ist text;
+};
+
+extern const int http_err_codes[HTTP_ERR_SIZE];
+extern struct buffer http_err_chunks[HTTP_ERR_SIZE];
+const struct ist http_known_methods[HTTP_METH_OTHER];
+extern const uint8_t http_char_classes[256];
+extern const char *HTTP_302;
+extern const char *HTTP_303;
+
+enum http_meth_t find_http_meth(const char *str, const int len);
+
+#endif /* _COMMON_HTTP_H */
+
+/*
+ * Local variables:
+ *  c-indent-level: 8
+ *  c-basic-offset: 8
+ * End:
+ */
diff --git a/include/proto/h1.h b/include/proto/h1.h
index eef310f8f..299738330 100644
--- a/include/proto/h1.h
+++ b/include/proto/h1.h
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@
 #include <common/buffer.h>
 #include <common/compiler.h>
 #include <common/config.h>
+#include <common/http.h>
 #include <common/http-hdr.h>
 #include <common/standard.h>
 #include <types/h1.h>
-#include <types/proto_http.h>
 #include <proto/hdr_idx.h>
 
-extern const uint8_t h1_char_classes[256];
 const char *http_parse_reqline(struct http_msg *msg,
                                enum h1_state state, const char *ptr, const char *end,
                                unsigned int *ret_ptr, enum h1_state *ret_state);
@@ -45,25 +44,6 @@ int h1_headers_to_hdr_list(char *start, const char *stop,
                            struct h1m *h1m);
 int h1_measure_trailers(const struct buffer *buf, unsigned int ofs, unsigned int max);
 
-#define H1_FLG_CTL  0x01
-#define H1_FLG_SEP  0x02
-#define H1_FLG_LWS  0x04
-#define H1_FLG_SPHT 0x08
-#define H1_FLG_CRLF 0x10
-#define H1_FLG_TOK  0x20
-#define H1_FLG_VER  0x40
-#define H1_FLG_DIG  0x80
-
-#define HTTP_IS_CTL(x)       (h1_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & H1_FLG_CTL)
-#define HTTP_IS_SEP(x)       (h1_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & H1_FLG_SEP)
-#define HTTP_IS_LWS(x)       (h1_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & H1_FLG_LWS)
-#define HTTP_IS_SPHT(x)      (h1_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & H1_FLG_SPHT)
-#define HTTP_IS_CRLF(x)      (h1_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & H1_FLG_CRLF)
-#define HTTP_IS_TOKEN(x)     (h1_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & H1_FLG_TOK)
-#define HTTP_IS_VER_TOKEN(x) (h1_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & H1_FLG_VER)
-#define HTTP_IS_DIGIT(x)     (h1_char_classes[(uint8_t)(x)] & H1_FLG_DIG)
-
-
 /* Macros used in the HTTP/1 parser, to check for the expected presence of
  * certain bytes (ef: LF) or to skip to next byte and yield in case of failure.
  */
diff --git a/include/proto/proto_http.h b/include/proto/proto_http.h
index 7849e1548..b537d4534 100644
--- a/include/proto/proto_http.h
+++ b/include/proto/proto_http.h
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@
  *   ver_token           = 'H', 'P', 'T', '/', '.', and digits.
  */
 
-extern const int http_err_codes[HTTP_ERR_SIZE];
-extern struct buffer http_err_chunks[HTTP_ERR_SIZE];
-extern const char *HTTP_302;
-extern const char *HTTP_303;
-
 int process_cli(struct stream *s);
 int process_srv_data(struct stream *s);
 int process_srv_conn(struct stream *s);
@@ -126,8 +121,6 @@ struct redirect_rule *http_parse_redirect_rule(const char *file, int linenum, st
 int smp_fetch_cookie(const struct arg *args, struct sample *smp, const char *kw, void *private);
 int smp_fetch_base32(const struct arg *args, struct sample *smp, const char *kw, void *private);
 
-enum http_meth_t find_http_meth(const char *str, const int len);
-
 struct action_kw *action_http_req_custom(const char *kw);
 struct action_kw *action_http_res_custom(const char *kw);
 int val_hdr(struct arg *arg, char **err_msg);
diff --git a/include/types/hlua.h b/include/types/hlua.h
index 5a8173f3b..4fb63099d 100644
--- a/include/types/hlua.h
+++ b/include/types/hlua.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <common/xref.h>
 
+#include <types/h1.h>
 #include <types/proxy.h>
 #include <types/server.h>
 
diff --git a/include/types/proto_http.h b/include/types/proto_http.h
index 9c3905639..5cb058944 100644
--- a/include/types/proto_http.h
+++ b/include/types/proto_http.h
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 #ifndef _TYPES_PROTO_HTTP_H
 #define _TYPES_PROTO_HTTP_H
 
-#include <common/chunk.h>
+#include <common/buf.h>
 #include <common/config.h>
+#include <common/http.h>
 #include <common/mini-clist.h>
 #include <common/regex.h>
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <types/h1.h>
 #include <types/hdr_idx.h>
 #include <types/filters.h>
-#include <types/sample.h>
+//#include <types/sample.h>
 
 /* These are the flags that are found in txn->flags */
 
@@ -170,13 +171,6 @@ enum {
 	PERSIST_TYPE_IGNORE,            /* ignore-persist */
 };
 
-enum ht_auth_m {
-	HTTP_AUTH_WRONG		= -1,		/* missing or unknown */
-	HTTP_AUTH_UNKNOWN	= 0,
-	HTTP_AUTH_BASIC,
-	HTTP_AUTH_DIGEST,
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
 /* final results for http-request rules */
 enum rule_result {
 	HTTP_RULE_RES_CONT = 0,  /* nothing special, continue rules evaluation */
@@ -188,25 +182,6 @@ enum rule_result {
 	HTTP_RULE_RES_BADREQ,    /* bad request */
 };
 
-/*
- * All implemented return codes
- */
-enum {
-	HTTP_ERR_200 = 0,
-	HTTP_ERR_400,
-	HTTP_ERR_403,
-	HTTP_ERR_405,
-	HTTP_ERR_408,
-	HTTP_ERR_421,
-	HTTP_ERR_425,
-	HTTP_ERR_429,
-	HTTP_ERR_500,
-	HTTP_ERR_502,
-	HTTP_ERR_503,
-	HTTP_ERR_504,
-	HTTP_ERR_SIZE
-};
-
 /* status codes available for the stats admin page */
 enum {
 	STAT_STATUS_INIT = 0,
@@ -298,13 +273,6 @@ struct http_msg {
 	unsigned long long body_len;           /* total known length of the body, excluding encoding */
 };
 
-struct http_auth_data {
-	enum ht_auth_m method;                /* one of HTTP_AUTH_* */
-	/* 7 bytes unused here */
-	struct buffer method_data;             /* points to the creditial part from 'Authorization:' header */
-	char *user, *pass;                    /* extracted username & password */
-};
-
 struct proxy;
 struct http_txn;
 struct stream;
@@ -349,16 +317,9 @@ struct hdr_ctx {
 	int  prev; /* index of previous header */
 };
 
-struct http_method_name {
-	char *name;
-	int len;
-};
-
 extern struct action_kw_list http_req_keywords;
 extern struct action_kw_list http_res_keywords;
 
-extern const struct http_method_name http_known_methods[HTTP_METH_OTHER];
-
 extern struct pool_head *pool_head_http_txn;
 
 #endif /* _TYPES_PROTO_HTTP_H */
diff --git a/include/types/proxy.h b/include/types/proxy.h
index 2d1b88196..70bfeeef0 100644
--- a/include/types/proxy.h
+++ b/include/types/proxy.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <common/chunk.h>
 #include <common/config.h>
+#include <common/http.h>
 #include <common/mini-clist.h>
 #include <common/regex.h>
 #include <common/tools.h>
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <types/listener.h>
 #include <types/log.h>
 #include <types/obj_type.h>
-#include <types/proto_http.h>
 #include <types/sample.h>
 #include <types/server.h>
 #include <types/stick_table.h>
diff --git a/include/types/sample.h b/include/types/sample.h
index 987a099a2..015c5ae88 100644
--- a/include/types/sample.h
+++ b/include/types/sample.h
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 
-#include <common/chunk.h>
+#include <common/buf.h>
+#include <common/http.h>
 #include <common/mini-clist.h>
 
 struct arg;
@@ -210,19 +211,6 @@ enum {
 struct session;
 struct stream;
 
-/* Known HTTP methods */
-enum http_meth_t {
-	HTTP_METH_OPTIONS,
-	HTTP_METH_GET,
-	HTTP_METH_HEAD,
-	HTTP_METH_POST,
-	HTTP_METH_PUT,
-	HTTP_METH_DELETE,
-	HTTP_METH_TRACE,
-	HTTP_METH_CONNECT,
-	HTTP_METH_OTHER, /* Must be the last entry */
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
 /* a sample context might be used by any sample fetch function in order to
  * store information needed across multiple calls (eg: restart point for a
  * next occurrence). By definition it may store up to 8 pointers, or any
@@ -242,17 +230,12 @@ union smp_ctx {
  * sample will automatically be duplicated when a change larger than <len> has
  * to be performed. Thus it is safe to always set size to zero.
  */
-struct meth {
-	enum http_meth_t meth;
-	struct buffer str;
-};
-
 union sample_value {
 	long long int   sint;  /* used for signed 64bits integers */
 	struct in_addr  ipv4;  /* used for ipv4 addresses */
 	struct in6_addr ipv6;  /* used for ipv6 addresses */
 	struct buffer    str;   /* used for char strings or buffers */
-	struct meth     meth;  /* used for http method */
+	struct http_meth meth;  /* used for http method */
 };
 
 /* Used to store sample constant */
diff --git a/src/checks.c b/src/checks.c
index 28ee4c473..b64d32e20 100644
--- a/src/checks.c
+++ b/src/checks.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 #include <proto/mux_pt.h>
 #include <proto/queue.h>
 #include <proto/port_range.h>
-#include <proto/proto_http.h>
 #include <proto/proto_tcp.h>
 #include <proto/protocol.h>
 #include <proto/proxy.h>
diff --git a/src/compression.c b/src/compression.c
index 3e98402db..e7ce90a1f 100644
--- a/src/compression.c
+++ b/src/compression.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <proto/acl.h>
 #include <proto/compression.h>
 #include <proto/freq_ctr.h>
-#include <proto/proto_http.h>
 #include <proto/stream.h>
 
 
diff --git a/src/flt_http_comp.c b/src/flt_http_comp.c
index bf8f81ae5..81e1b4244 100644
--- a/src/flt_http_comp.c
+++ b/src/flt_http_comp.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <types/compression.h>
 #include <types/filters.h>
-#include <types/proto_http.h>
+#include <types/h1.h>
 #include <types/proxy.h>
 #include <types/sample.h>
 
diff --git a/src/h1.c b/src/h1.c
index 63ff99399..325f5b6c4 100644
--- a/src/h1.c
+++ b/src/h1.c
@@ -18,147 +18,6 @@
 #include <proto/h1.h>
 #include <proto/hdr_idx.h>
 
-/* It is about twice as fast on recent architectures to lookup a byte in a
- * table than to perform a boolean AND or OR between two tests. Refer to
- * RFC2616/RFC5234/RFC7230 for those chars. A token is any ASCII char that is
- * neither a separator nor a CTL char. An http ver_token is any ASCII which can
- * be found in an HTTP version, which includes 'H', 'T', 'P', '/', '.' and any
- * digit. Note: please do not overwrite values in assignment since gcc-2.95
- * will not handle them correctly. It's worth noting that chars 128..255 are
- * nothing, not even control chars.
- */
-const unsigned char h1_char_classes[256] = {
-	[  0] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[  1] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[  2] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[  3] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[  4] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[  5] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[  6] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[  7] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[  8] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[  9] = H1_FLG_SPHT | H1_FLG_LWS | H1_FLG_SEP | H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 10] = H1_FLG_CRLF | H1_FLG_LWS | H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 11] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 12] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 13] = H1_FLG_CRLF | H1_FLG_LWS | H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 14] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 15] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 16] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 17] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 18] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 19] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 20] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 21] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 22] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 23] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 24] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 25] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 26] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 27] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 28] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 29] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 30] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[ 31] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-	[' '] = H1_FLG_SPHT | H1_FLG_LWS | H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['!'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['"'] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['#'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['$'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['%'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['&'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	[ 39] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['('] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	[')'] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['*'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['+'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	[','] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['-'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['.'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER,
-	['/'] = H1_FLG_SEP | H1_FLG_VER,
-	['0'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER | H1_FLG_DIG,
-	['1'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER | H1_FLG_DIG,
-	['2'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER | H1_FLG_DIG,
-	['3'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER | H1_FLG_DIG,
-	['4'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER | H1_FLG_DIG,
-	['5'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER | H1_FLG_DIG,
-	['6'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER | H1_FLG_DIG,
-	['7'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER | H1_FLG_DIG,
-	['8'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER | H1_FLG_DIG,
-	['9'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER | H1_FLG_DIG,
-	[':'] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	[';'] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['<'] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['='] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['>'] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['?'] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['@'] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['A'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['B'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['C'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['D'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['E'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['F'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['G'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['H'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER,
-	['I'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['J'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['K'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['L'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['M'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['N'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['O'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['P'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER,
-	['Q'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['R'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER,
-	['S'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER,
-	['T'] = H1_FLG_TOK | H1_FLG_VER,
-	['U'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['V'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['W'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['X'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['Y'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['Z'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['['] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	[ 92] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	[']'] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['^'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['_'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['`'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['a'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['b'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['c'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['d'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['e'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['f'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['g'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['h'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['i'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['j'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['k'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['l'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['m'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['n'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['o'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['p'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['q'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['r'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['s'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['t'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['u'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['v'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['w'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['x'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['y'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['z'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['{'] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['|'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	['}'] = H1_FLG_SEP,
-	['~'] = H1_FLG_TOK,
-	[127] = H1_FLG_CTL,
-};
-
-
 /*
  * This function parses a status line between <ptr> and <end>, starting with
  * parser state <state>. Only states HTTP_MSG_RPVER, HTTP_MSG_RPVER_SP,
diff --git a/src/hlua_fcn.c b/src/hlua_fcn.c
index cebce2244..57214455f 100644
--- a/src/hlua_fcn.c
+++ b/src/hlua_fcn.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <types/proxy.h>
 #include <types/stats.h>
 
-#include <proto/proto_http.h>
+#include <proto/h1.h>
 #include <proto/proxy.h>
 #include <proto/server.h>
 #include <proto/stats.h>
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad620a9f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/*
+ * HTTP semantics
+ *
+ * Copyright 2000-2018 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <common/config.h>
+#include <common/http.h>
+
+/* It is about twice as fast on recent architectures to lookup a byte in a
+ * table than to perform a boolean AND or OR between two tests. Refer to
+ * RFC2616/RFC5234/RFC7230 for those chars. A token is any ASCII char that is
+ * neither a separator nor a CTL char. An http ver_token is any ASCII which can
+ * be found in an HTTP version, which includes 'H', 'T', 'P', '/', '.' and any
+ * digit. Note: please do not overwrite values in assignment since gcc-2.95
+ * will not handle them correctly. It's worth noting that chars 128..255 are
+ * nothing, not even control chars.
+ */
+const unsigned char http_char_classes[256] = {
+	[  0] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[  1] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[  2] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[  3] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[  4] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[  5] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[  6] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[  7] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[  8] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[  9] = HTTP_FLG_SPHT | HTTP_FLG_LWS | HTTP_FLG_SEP | HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 10] = HTTP_FLG_CRLF | HTTP_FLG_LWS | HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 11] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 12] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 13] = HTTP_FLG_CRLF | HTTP_FLG_LWS | HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 14] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 15] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 16] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 17] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 18] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 19] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 20] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 21] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 22] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 23] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 24] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 25] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 26] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 27] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 28] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 29] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 30] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[ 31] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+	[' '] = HTTP_FLG_SPHT | HTTP_FLG_LWS | HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['!'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['"'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['#'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['$'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['%'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['&'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	[ 39] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['('] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	[')'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['*'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['+'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	[','] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['-'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['.'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER,
+	['/'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP | HTTP_FLG_VER,
+	['0'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER | HTTP_FLG_DIG,
+	['1'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER | HTTP_FLG_DIG,
+	['2'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER | HTTP_FLG_DIG,
+	['3'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER | HTTP_FLG_DIG,
+	['4'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER | HTTP_FLG_DIG,
+	['5'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER | HTTP_FLG_DIG,
+	['6'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER | HTTP_FLG_DIG,
+	['7'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER | HTTP_FLG_DIG,
+	['8'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER | HTTP_FLG_DIG,
+	['9'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER | HTTP_FLG_DIG,
+	[':'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	[';'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['<'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['='] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['>'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['?'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['@'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['A'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['B'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['C'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['D'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['E'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['F'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['G'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['H'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER,
+	['I'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['J'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['K'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['L'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['M'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['N'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['O'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['P'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER,
+	['Q'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['R'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER,
+	['S'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER,
+	['T'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK | HTTP_FLG_VER,
+	['U'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['V'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['W'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['X'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['Y'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['Z'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['['] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	[ 92] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	[']'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['^'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['_'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['`'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['a'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['b'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['c'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['d'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['e'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['f'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['g'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['h'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['i'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['j'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['k'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['l'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['m'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['n'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['o'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['p'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['q'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['r'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['s'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['t'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['u'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['v'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['w'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['x'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['y'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['z'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['{'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['|'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	['}'] = HTTP_FLG_SEP,
+	['~'] = HTTP_FLG_TOK,
+	[127] = HTTP_FLG_CTL,
+};
+
+const struct ist http_known_methods[HTTP_METH_OTHER] = {
+	[HTTP_METH_OPTIONS] = IST("OPTIONS"),
+	[HTTP_METH_GET]     = IST("GET"),
+	[HTTP_METH_HEAD]    = IST("HEAD"),
+	[HTTP_METH_POST]    = IST("POST"),
+	[HTTP_METH_PUT]     = IST("PUT"),
+	[HTTP_METH_DELETE]  = IST("DELETE"),
+	[HTTP_METH_TRACE]   = IST("TRACE"),
+	[HTTP_METH_CONNECT] = IST("CONNECT"),
+};
+
+/*
+ * returns a known method among HTTP_METH_* or HTTP_METH_OTHER for all unknown
+ * ones.
+ */
+enum http_meth_t find_http_meth(const char *str, const int len)
+{
+	const struct ist m = ist2(str, len);
+
+	if      (isteq(m, ist("GET")))     return HTTP_METH_GET;
+	else if (isteq(m, ist("HEAD")))    return HTTP_METH_HEAD;
+	else if (isteq(m, ist("POST")))    return HTTP_METH_POST;
+	else if (isteq(m, ist("CONNECT"))) return HTTP_METH_CONNECT;
+	else if (isteq(m, ist("PUT")))     return HTTP_METH_PUT;
+	else if (isteq(m, ist("OPTIONS"))) return HTTP_METH_OPTIONS;
+	else if (isteq(m, ist("DELETE")))  return HTTP_METH_DELETE;
+	else if (isteq(m, ist("TRACE")))   return HTTP_METH_TRACE;
+	else                               return HTTP_METH_OTHER;
+}
diff --git a/src/lb_map.c b/src/lb_map.c
index 54569b0a2..2d8faa9ae 100644
--- a/src/lb_map.c
+++ b/src/lb_map.c
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 #include <proto/backend.h>
 #include <proto/lb_map.h>
-#include <proto/proto_http.h>
-#include <proto/proto_tcp.h>
 #include <proto/queue.h>
 
 /* this function updates the map according to server <srv>'s new state.
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 3bd228583..11e75ec41 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <proto/applet.h>
 #include <proto/cli.h>
 #include <proto/frontend.h>
-#include <proto/proto_http.h>
+#include <proto/h1.h>
 #include <proto/log.h>
 #include <proto/sample.h>
 #include <proto/stream.h>
diff --git a/src/peers.c b/src/peers.c
index 1fefa9431..50aee870d 100644
--- a/src/peers.c
+++ b/src/peers.c
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 #include <proto/log.h>
 #include <proto/hdr_idx.h>
 #include <proto/mux_pt.h>
-#include <proto/proto_tcp.h>
-#include <proto/proto_http.h>
 #include <proto/proxy.h>
 #include <proto/session.h>
 #include <proto/stream.h>
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index b97c6bf38..b153b1413 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -487,55 +487,6 @@ void init_proto_http()
 	pool_head_uniqueid = create_pool("uniqueid", UNIQUEID_LEN, MEM_F_SHARED);
 }
 
-/*
- * We have 26 list of methods (1 per first letter), each of which can have
- * up to 3 entries (2 valid, 1 null).
- */
-struct http_method_desc {
-	enum http_meth_t meth;
-	int len;
-	const char text[8];
-};
-
-const struct http_method_desc http_methods[26][3] = {
-	['C' - 'A'] = {
-		[0] = {	.meth = HTTP_METH_CONNECT , .len=7, .text="CONNECT" },
-	},
-	['D' - 'A'] = {
-		[0] = {	.meth = HTTP_METH_DELETE  , .len=6, .text="DELETE"  },
-	},
-	['G' - 'A'] = {
-		[0] = {	.meth = HTTP_METH_GET     , .len=3, .text="GET"     },
-	},
-	['H' - 'A'] = {
-		[0] = {	.meth = HTTP_METH_HEAD    , .len=4, .text="HEAD"    },
-	},
-	['O' - 'A'] = {
-		[0] = {	.meth = HTTP_METH_OPTIONS , .len=7, .text="OPTIONS" },
-	},
-	['P' - 'A'] = {
-		[0] = {	.meth = HTTP_METH_POST    , .len=4, .text="POST"    },
-		[1] = {	.meth = HTTP_METH_PUT     , .len=3, .text="PUT"     },
-	},
-	['T' - 'A'] = {
-		[0] = {	.meth = HTTP_METH_TRACE   , .len=5, .text="TRACE"   },
-	},
-	/* rest is empty like this :
-	 *      [0] = {	.meth = HTTP_METH_OTHER   , .len=0, .text=""        },
-	 */
-};
-
-const struct http_method_name http_known_methods[HTTP_METH_OTHER] = {
-	[HTTP_METH_OPTIONS] = { "OPTIONS",  7 },
-	[HTTP_METH_GET]     = { "GET",      3 },
-	[HTTP_METH_HEAD]    = { "HEAD",     4 },
-	[HTTP_METH_POST]    = { "POST",     4 },
-	[HTTP_METH_PUT]     = { "PUT",      3 },
-	[HTTP_METH_DELETE]  = { "DELETE",   6 },
-	[HTTP_METH_TRACE]   = { "TRACE",    5 },
-	[HTTP_METH_CONNECT] = { "CONNECT",  7 },
-};
-
 /*
  * Adds a header and its CRLF at the tail of the message's buffer, just before
  * the last CRLF.
@@ -959,28 +910,6 @@ http_reply_and_close(struct stream *s, short status, struct buffer *msg)
 	stream_int_retnclose(&s->si[0], msg);
 }
 
-/*
- * returns a known method among HTTP_METH_* or HTTP_METH_OTHER for all unknown
- * ones.
- */
-enum http_meth_t find_http_meth(const char *str, const int len)
-{
-	unsigned char m;
-	const struct http_method_desc *h;
-
-	m = ((unsigned)*str - 'A');
-
-	if (m < 26) {
-		for (h = http_methods[m]; h->len > 0; h++) {
-			if (unlikely(h->len != len))
-				continue;
-			if (likely(memcmp(str, h->text, h->len) == 0))
-				return h->meth;
-		};
-	}
-	return HTTP_METH_OTHER;
-}
-
 /* Parse the URI from the given transaction (which is assumed to be in request
  * phase) and look for the "/" beginning the PATH. If not found, return NULL.
  * It is returned otherwise.
diff --git a/src/sample.c b/src/sample.c
index e3dea1bf4..138390d9d 100644
--- a/src/sample.c
+++ b/src/sample.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <common/chunk.h>
 #include <common/hash.h>
+#include <common/http.h>
 #include <common/standard.h>
 #include <common/uri_auth.h>
 #include <common/base64.h>
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <proto/arg.h>
 #include <proto/auth.h>
 #include <proto/log.h>
-#include <proto/proto_http.h>
 #include <proto/proxy.h>
 #include <proto/sample.h>
 #include <proto/stick_table.h>
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static int c_meth2str(struct sample *smp)
 	else if (smp->data.u.meth.meth < HTTP_METH_OTHER) {
 		/* The method is known, copy the pointer containing the string. */
 		meth = smp->data.u.meth.meth;
-		smp->data.u.str.area = http_known_methods[meth].name;
+		smp->data.u.str.area = http_known_methods[meth].ptr;
 		smp->data.u.str.data = http_known_methods[meth].len;
 		smp->flags |= SMP_F_CONST;
 		smp->data.type = SMP_T_STR;
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index c9d50df5b..3454925ad 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <common/config.h>
 #include <common/buffer.h>
 #include <common/debug.h>
+#include <common/http.h>
 #include <common/memory.h>
 
 #include <types/global.h>
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <proto/connection.h>
 #include <proto/listener.h>
 #include <proto/log.h>
-#include <proto/proto_http.h>
 #include <proto/proxy.h>
 #include <proto/session.h>
 #include <proto/stream.h>
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 4cea77686..da960f5c9 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <common/compat.h>
 #include <common/config.h>
 #include <common/debug.h>
+#include <common/http.h>
 #include <common/memory.h>
 #include <common/mini-clist.h>
 #include <common/standard.h>
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@
 #include <proto/pipe.h>
 #include <proto/listener.h>
 #include <proto/map.h>
-#include <proto/proto_http.h>
 #include <proto/proxy.h>
 #include <proto/sample.h>
 #include <proto/session.h>
diff --git a/src/vars.c b/src/vars.c
index 5787cf6ed..905e20c4f 100644
--- a/src/vars.c
+++ b/src/vars.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #include <common/cfgparse.h>
+#include <common/http.h>
 #include <common/mini-clist.h>
 
 #include <types/vars.h>