Index: conf/global_settings.py
===================================================================
--- conf/global_settings.py	(revision 4750)
+++ conf/global_settings.py	(working copy)
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = False             # Whether the session cookie should be secure (https:// only).
 SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST = False        # Whether to save the session data on every request.
 SESSION_EXPIRE_AT_BROWSER_CLOSE = False   # Whether sessions expire when a user closes his browser.
+SESSION_HTTP_ONLY = False                 # Whether to use the non-RFC standard httpOnly flag (IE, FF3+, others)
 
 #########
 # CACHE #
Index: contrib/sessions/middleware.py
===================================================================
--- contrib/sessions/middleware.py	(revision 4750)
+++ contrib/sessions/middleware.py	(working copy)
@@ -94,5 +94,6 @@
                     datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_AGE))
                 response.set_cookie(settings.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME, session_key,
                     max_age=max_age, expires=expires, domain=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN,
-                    secure=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE or None)
+                    secure=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE or None,
+                    httponly=settings.SESSION_HTTP_ONLY or None)
         return response
Index: http/__init__.py
===================================================================
--- http/__init__.py	(revision 4750)
+++ http/__init__.py	(working copy)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-from Cookie import SimpleCookie
+from Cookie import SimpleCookie, Morsel
 from pprint import pformat
 from urllib import urlencode, quote
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
@@ -153,6 +153,33 @@
         cookiedict[key] = c.get(key).value
     return cookiedict
 
+class MorselWrapper(Morsel):
+    " Identical to Cookie.Moresel but intercepts httponly-aware "
+    def __setitem__(self, K, V):
+        K = K.lower()
+        if K == "httponly":
+            if V:
+                self.__dict__.__setitem__(K, "")
+        else:
+            super(MorselWrapper, self).__setitem__(K, V)
+
+    def OutputString(self, attrs=None):
+        output = super(MorselWrapper, self).OutputString(attrs)
+        if "httponly" in self.__dict__:
+            output += "; httpOnly"
+        return output
+
+class SimpleCookieWrapper(SimpleCookie):
+    " Identical to Cookie.SimpleCookie but intercepts cookie creation to use MorselWrapper "
+    def __set(self, key, real_value, coded_value):
+        M = self.get(key, MorselWrapper())
+        M.set(key, real_value, coded_value)
+        dict.__setitem__(self, key, M)
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        rval, cval = self.value_encode(value)
+        self.__set(key, rval, cval)
+
 class HttpResponse(object):
     "A basic HTTP response, with content and dictionary-accessed headers"
     def __init__(self, content='', mimetype=None):
@@ -167,7 +194,7 @@
             self._container = [content]
             self._is_string = True
         self.headers = {'Content-Type': mimetype}
-        self.cookies = SimpleCookie()
+        self.cookies = SimpleCookieWrapper()
         self.status_code = 200
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -196,9 +223,9 @@
                 return True
         return False
 
-    def set_cookie(self, key, value='', max_age=None, expires=None, path='/', domain=None, secure=None):
+    def set_cookie(self, key, value='', max_age=None, expires=None, path='/', domain=None, secure=None, httponly=None):
         self.cookies[key] = value
-        for var in ('max_age', 'path', 'domain', 'secure', 'expires'):
+        for var in ('max_age', 'path', 'domain', 'secure', 'expires', 'httponly'):
             val = locals()[var]
             if val is not None:
                 self.cookies[key][var.replace('_', '-')] = val