diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 60fbde1d8..c26b56b9f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'mocha', '~> 1.1'
   gem 'ruby-progressbar', '~> 1.8'
   gem 'nokogiri', '~> 1.6'
+  gem 'webmock', '~> 2.3.2'
 end
 
 group :integration do
diff --git a/docs/resources/http.md.erb b/docs/resources/http.md.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eac13e3a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/resources/http.md.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+---
+title: About the http Resource
+---
+
+# http
+
+Use the `http` InSpec audit resource to test an http endpoint.
+
+## Syntax
+
+An `http` resource block declares the configuration settings to be tested:
+
+    describe http('url', auth: {user: 'user', pass: 'test'}, params: {params}, method: 'method', headers: {headers}, body: body) do
+      its('status') { should eq number }
+      its('body') { should eq 'body' }
+      its('header') { should eq 'header' }
+    end
+
+where
+
+* `('url')` is the url to test
+* `{user: 'user', pass: 'test'}` may be specified for basic auth request
+* `{params}` may be specified for http request parameters
+* `'method'` may be specified for http request method (default to 'GET')
+* `{headers}` may be specified for http request headers
+* `body` may be specified for http request body
+
+## Matchers
+
+This InSpec audit resource has the following matchers:
+
+### be
+
+<%= partial "/shared/matcher_be" %>
+
+### body
+
+The `body` matcher tests body content of http response:
+
+   its('body') { should eq 'hello\n' }
+
+### cmp
+
+<%= partial "/shared/matcher_cmp" %>
+
+### eq
+
+<%= partial "/shared/matcher_eq" %>
+
+### header
+
+The `header` matcher tests arbitrary header for the http response:
+
+    its('header') { should eq 'value' }
+
+### include
+
+<%= partial "/shared/matcher_include" %>
+
+### match
+
+<%= partial "/shared/matcher_match" %>
+
+### status
+
+The `status` matcher tests status of the http response:
+
+    its('status') { should eq 200 }
+
+## Examples
+
+The following examples show how to use this InSpec audit resource.
+
+### Simple http test
+
+For example, a service is listening on default http port can be tested like this:
+
+    describe http('http://localhost') do
+      its('status') { should cmp 200 }
+    end
+
+### Complex http test
+
+    describe http('http://localhost:8080/ping',
+                  auth: {user: 'user', pass: 'test'},
+                  params: {format: 'html'},
+                  method: 'POST',
+                  headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'},
+                  data: '{"data":{"a":"1","b":"five"}}') do
+      its('status') { should cmp 200 }
+      its('body') { should cmp 'pong' }
+      its('Content-Type') { should cmp 'text/html' }
+    end
+
diff --git a/inspec.gemspec b/inspec.gemspec
index ef9891770..dacd26091 100644
--- a/inspec.gemspec
+++ b/inspec.gemspec
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'sslshake', '~> 1'
   spec.add_dependency 'parallel', '~> 1.9'
   spec.add_dependency 'rspec_junit_formatter', '~> 0.2.3'
+  spec.add_dependency 'http', '~> 2.1.0'
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/resource.rb b/lib/inspec/resource.rb
index c06962020..14e90ea2b 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/resource.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ require 'resources/gem'
 require 'resources/groups'
 require 'resources/grub_conf'
 require 'resources/host'
+require 'resources/http'
 require 'resources/iis_site'
 require 'resources/inetd_conf'
 require 'resources/interface'
diff --git a/lib/resources/http.rb b/lib/resources/http.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e14f82b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/resources/http.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+# copyright: 2017, Criteo
+# author: Guilhem Lettron
+# license: Apache v2
+
+require 'http'
+
+module Inspec::Resources
+  class Http < Inspec.resource(1)
+    name 'http'
+    desc 'Use the http InSpec audit resource to test http call.'
+    example "
+      describe http('http://localhost:8080/ping', auth: {user: 'user', pass: 'test'}, params: {format: 'html'}) do
+        its('status') { should cmp 200 }
+        its('body') { should cmp 'pong' }
+        its('Content-Type') { should cmp 'text/html' }
+      end
+    "
+
+    # rubocop:disable ParameterLists
+    def initialize(url, method: 'GET', params: nil, auth: {}, headers: {}, data: nil)
+      @url = url
+      @method = method
+      @params = params
+      @auth = auth
+      @headers = headers
+      @data = data
+    end
+
+    def status
+      response.status
+    end
+
+    def body
+      response.to_s
+    end
+
+    def method_missing(name)
+      response.headers[name.to_s]
+    end
+
+    def to_s
+      "http #{@method} on #{@url}: #{response}"
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def response
+      http = HTTP.headers(@headers)
+      http = http.basic_auth(@auth) unless @auth.empty?
+      @response ||= http.request(@method, @url, { body: @data, params: @params })
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index e96a1cac3..183d4d5f1 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ end
 
 require 'minitest/autorun'
 require 'minitest/spec'
+require 'webmock/minitest'
 require 'mocha/setup'
 require 'fileutils'
 require 'pathname'
diff --git a/test/unit/resources/http_test.rb b/test/unit/resources/http_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d850a60dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/resources/http_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+# author: Guilhem Lettron
+
+require 'helper'
+require 'inspec/resource'
+
+describe 'Inspec::Resources::Http' do
+  it 'verify simple http' do
+    stub_request(:get, "www.example.com").to_return(status: 200, body: 'pong')
+
+    resource = load_resource('http', 'http://www.example.com')
+    _(resource.status).must_equal 200
+    _(resource.body).must_equal 'pong'
+  end
+
+  it 'verify http with basic auth' do
+    stub_request(:get, "www.example.com").with(basic_auth: ['user', 'pass']).to_return(status: 200, body: 'auth ok')
+
+    resource = load_resource('http', 'http://www.example.com', auth: { user: 'user',pass: 'pass'})
+    _(resource.status).must_equal 200
+    _(resource.body).must_equal 'auth ok'
+  end
+
+  it 'verify http post with data' do
+    stub_request(:post, "www.example.com").with(body: {data: {a: '1', b: 'five'}}).to_return(status: 200, body: 'post ok')
+
+    resource = load_resource('http', 'http://www.example.com',
+                             method: 'POST',
+                             data: '{"data":{"a":"1","b":"five"}}',
+                             headers: {'content-type' => 'application/json'})
+    _(resource.status).must_equal 200
+    _(resource.body).must_equal 'post ok'
+  end
+
+  it 'verify http headers' do
+    stub_request(:post, "www.example.com").with(headers: {'content-type' => 'application/json'}).to_return(status: 200, body: 'headers ok', headers: {'mock' => 'ok'})
+
+    resource = load_resource('http', 'http://www.example.com',
+                             method: 'POST',
+                             data: '{"data":{"a":"1","b":"five"}}',
+                             headers: {'content-type' => 'application/json'})
+    _(resource.status).must_equal 200
+    _(resource.body).must_equal 'headers ok'
+    _(resource.mock).must_equal 'ok'
+  end
+
+  it 'verify http with params' do
+    stub_request(:get, "www.example.com").with(query: {a: 'b'}).to_return(status: 200, body: 'params ok')
+
+    resource = load_resource('http', 'http://www.example.com', params: {a: 'b'})
+    _(resource.status).must_equal 200
+    _(resource.body).must_equal 'params ok'
+  end
+end