diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/HttpUtils.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/HttpUtils.java
index 58768dcabf7..29409857880 100644
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/HttpUtils.java
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/HttpUtils.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package com.cloud.utils;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
+import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -49,6 +50,15 @@ public class HttpUtils {
         }
     }
 
+    public static String findCookie(final Cookie[] cookies, final String key) {
+        for (Cookie cookie: cookies) {
+            if (cookie != null && cookie.getName().equals(key)) {
+                return cookie.getValue();
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public static void writeHttpResponse(final HttpServletResponse resp, final String response,
                                          final Integer responseCode, final String responseType, final String jsonContentType) {
         try {