diff --git a/betamax-netty/build.gradle b/betamax-netty/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c2606fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/betamax-netty/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':betamax-core')
+	compile nettyDependency
+}
+
+modifyPom {
+	project {
+		name 'Betamax Netty'
+		description 'The base Netty support classes for Betamax.'
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/betamax-netty/src/main/java/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/HttpChannelInitializer.java b/betamax-netty/src/main/java/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/HttpChannelInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ddb7fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/betamax-netty/src/main/java/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/HttpChannelInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package co.freeside.betamax.proxy.netty;
+
+import io.netty.channel.*;
+import io.netty.channel.socket.*;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.*;
+import io.netty.handler.stream.*;
+
+/**
+ * Configures up a channel to handle HTTP requests and responses.
+ */
+public class HttpChannelInitializer extends ChannelInitializer<SocketChannel> {
+
+    public static final int MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH = 65536;
+
+    private final ChannelHandler handler;
+
+    public HttpChannelInitializer(ChannelHandler handler) {
+        this.handler = handler;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initChannel(SocketChannel channel) throws Exception {
+        channel.pipeline()
+                .addLast(new HttpRequestDecoder())
+                .addLast(new HttpObjectAggregator(MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH))
+                .addLast(new HttpResponseEncoder())
+                .addLast(new ChunkedWriteHandler())
+                .addLast(handler);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/betamax-netty/src/main/java/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/NettyBetamaxServer.java b/betamax-netty/src/main/java/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/NettyBetamaxServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df54ea60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/betamax-netty/src/main/java/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/NettyBetamaxServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package co.freeside.betamax.proxy.netty;
+
+import java.net.*;
+import io.netty.bootstrap.*;
+import io.netty.channel.*;
+import io.netty.channel.nio.*;
+import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.*;
+
+/**
+ * A Netty-based implementation of the Betamax proxy server.
+ */
+public class NettyBetamaxServer {
+
+    private final int port;
+    private final ChannelHandler handler;
+    private EventLoopGroup group;
+    private Channel channel;
+
+    public NettyBetamaxServer(int port, ChannelHandler handler) {
+        this.port = port;
+        this.handler = handler;
+    }
+
+    public InetSocketAddress run() throws Exception {
+        group = new NioEventLoopGroup();
+        ServerBootstrap bootstrap = new ServerBootstrap();
+        bootstrap.group(group)
+                .channel(NioServerSocketChannel.class)
+                .childHandler(new HttpChannelInitializer(handler))
+                .option(ChannelOption.SO_BACKLOG, 128)
+                .childOption(ChannelOption.SO_KEEPALIVE, true);
+
+        channel = bootstrap.bind(port).sync().channel();
+        return (InetSocketAddress) channel.localAddress();
+    }
+
+    public void shutdown() throws InterruptedException {
+        if (channel != null) channel.close().sync();
+        if (group != null) group.shutdownGracefully();
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/betamax-netty/src/test/groovy/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/EchoServerHandler.java b/betamax-netty/src/test/groovy/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/EchoServerHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb91fb71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/betamax-netty/src/test/groovy/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/EchoServerHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package co.freeside.betamax.proxy.netty;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.*;
+import io.netty.channel.*;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.*;
+import io.netty.util.*;
+import static io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders.Names.*;
+import static io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus.*;
+import static io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpVersion.*;
+
+@ChannelHandler.Sharable
+public class EchoServerHandler extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
+
+    @Override
+    public void channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) {
+        FullHttpRequest request = (FullHttpRequest) msg;
+        FullHttpResponse response = new DefaultFullHttpResponse(
+                HTTP_1_1,
+                OK,
+                request.content()
+        );
+        response.headers().set(CONTENT_TYPE, "text/plain; charset=UTF-8");
+        ctx.writeAndFlush(response).addListener(ChannelFutureListener.CLOSE);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) {
+        cause.printStackTrace();
+        FullHttpResponse response = new DefaultFullHttpResponse(
+                HTTP_1_1,
+                OK,
+                Unpooled.copiedBuffer(cause.getClass().getSimpleName() + ": " + cause.getMessage(), CharsetUtil.UTF_8)
+        );
+        response.headers().set(CONTENT_TYPE, "text/plain; charset=UTF-8");
+        ctx.writeAndFlush(response).addListener(ChannelFutureListener.CLOSE);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/betamax-netty/src/test/groovy/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/NettyServerSpec.groovy b/betamax-netty/src/test/groovy/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/NettyServerSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20fbd636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/betamax-netty/src/test/groovy/co/freeside/betamax/proxy/netty/NettyServerSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package co.freeside.betamax.proxy.netty
+
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+class NettyServerSpec extends Specification {
+
+	void "can serve HTTP responses with Netty"() {
+		given:
+		def server = new NettyBetamaxServer(port, new EchoServerHandler())
+		server.run()
+
+		when:
+		HttpURLConnection connection = new URL("http://localhost:$port/").openConnection()
+		connection.requestMethod = "POST"
+		connection.doInput = true
+		connection.doOutput = true
+		connection.outputStream.withWriter("UTF-8") { writer ->
+			writer << message
+		}
+		connection.connect()
+
+		then:
+		connection.inputStream.getText("UTF-8") == message
+
+		cleanup:
+		server.shutdown()
+
+		where:
+		port = 5000
+		message = "O HAI"
+	}
+
+}
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diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b62afc26..7d5dbb1a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -18,14 +18,17 @@ allprojects {
 		junitVersion = '4.10'
 		spockVersion = '0.7-groovy-1.8'
 		jettyVersion = '7.3.1.v20110307'
+		nettyVersion = '4.0.4.Final'
 
 		groovyDependency = "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:$groovyVersion"
 		httpClientDependency = "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:$httpClientVersion"
 		junitDependency = "junit:junit:$junitVersion"
 		spockDependency = "org.spockframework:spock-core:$spockVersion"
 		jettyDependency = "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:$jettyVersion"
+		// TODO: not sure we need netty-all
+		nettyDependency = "io.netty:netty-all:$nettyVersion"
 
-		publishedModules = [':betamax-core', ':betamax-proxy', ':betamax-httpclient', ':betamax-jetty']
+		publishedModules = [':betamax-core', ':betamax-proxy', ':betamax-httpclient', ':betamax-jetty', ':betamax-netty']
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index c6c77e73..f5a0199c 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ include 'betamax-core',
 		'betamax-proxy',
 		'betamax-httpclient',
 		'betamax-jetty',
+		'betamax-netty',
 		'betamax-test-support'
 
 rootProject.name = 'betamax'
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