diff --git a/rack-protection/README.md b/rack-protection/README.md
index a0e24d2b..bf6e5c6f 100644
--- a/rack-protection/README.md
+++ b/rack-protection/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ Prevented by:
 
 * `Rack::Protection::IPSpoofing`
 
+## Helps to protect against protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking
+
+Prevented by:
+
+* `Rack::Protection::StrictTransport` (not included by `use Rack::Protection`)
+
 # Installation
 
     gem install rack-protection
diff --git a/rack-protection/lib/rack/protection.rb b/rack-protection/lib/rack/protection.rb
index 6b8ab9d0..23424a0a 100644
--- a/rack-protection/lib/rack/protection.rb
+++ b/rack-protection/lib/rack/protection.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module Rack
     autoload :RemoteReferrer,        'rack/protection/remote_referrer'
     autoload :RemoteToken,           'rack/protection/remote_token'
     autoload :SessionHijacking,      'rack/protection/session_hijacking'
+    autoload :StrictTransport,       'rack/protection/strict_transport'
     autoload :XSSHeader,             'rack/protection/xss_header'
 
     def self.new(app, options = {})
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ module Rack
         use ::Rack::Protection::RemoteReferrer,        options if use_these.include? :remote_referrer
         use ::Rack::Protection::AuthenticityToken,     options if use_these.include? :authenticity_token
         use ::Rack::Protection::FormToken,             options if use_these.include? :form_token
+        use ::Rack::Protection::StrictTransport,       options if use_these.include? :strict_transport
         use ::Rack::Protection::ContentSecurityPolicy, options unless except.include? :content_security_policy
         use ::Rack::Protection::FrameOptions,          options unless except.include? :frame_options
         use ::Rack::Protection::HttpOrigin,            options unless except.include? :http_origin
diff --git a/rack-protection/lib/rack/protection/strict_transport.rb b/rack-protection/lib/rack/protection/strict_transport.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd54cfbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rack-protection/lib/rack/protection/strict_transport.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+require 'rack/protection'
+
+module Rack
+  module Protection
+    ##
+    # Prevented attack::   Protects against against protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking.
+    # Supported browsers:: all
+    # More infos::         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security
+    #
+    # browser will prevent any communications from being sent over HTTP
+    # to the specified domain and will instead send all communications over HTTPS.
+    # It also prevents HTTPS click through prompts on browsers.
+    #
+    # Options:
+    #
+    # max_age:: How long future requests to the domain should go over HTTPS; specified in seconds
+    # include_subdomains:: If all present and future subdomains will be HTTPS
+
+    class StrictTransport < Base
+      default_options :max_age => 31_536_000, :include_subdomains => false
+
+      def strict_transport
+        @strict_transport ||= begin
+          strict_transport = 'max-age=' + options[:max_age].to_s
+          strict_transport += '; includeSubDomains' if options[:include_subdomains]
+          strict_transport.to_str
+        end
+      end
+
+      def call(env)
+        status, headers, body = @app.call(env)
+        headers['Strict-Transport-Security'] ||= strict_transport
+        [status, headers, body]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/rack-protection/spec/lib/rack/protection/strict_transport_spec.rb b/rack-protection/spec/lib/rack/protection/strict_transport_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbb4fde8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rack-protection/spec/lib/rack/protection/strict_transport_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+describe Rack::Protection::StrictTransport do
+  it_behaves_like "any rack application"
+
+  it 'should set the Strict-Transport-Security header' do
+    expect(get('/', {}, 'wants' => 'text/html').headers["Strict-Transport-Security"]).to eq("max-age=31536000")
+  end
+
+  it 'should allow changing the max-age option' do
+    mock_app do
+      use Rack::Protection::StrictTransport, :max_age => 16_070_400
+      run DummyApp
+    end
+
+    expect(get('/', {}, 'wants' => 'text/html').headers["Strict-Transport-Security"]).to eq("max-age=16070400")
+  end
+
+  it 'should allow switching on the include_subdomains option' do
+    mock_app do
+      use Rack::Protection::StrictTransport, :include_subdomains => true
+      run DummyApp
+    end
+
+    expect(get('/', {}, 'wants' => 'text/html').headers["Strict-Transport-Security"]).to eq("max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains")
+  end
+end