diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 4527f6cd..e11e7f4a 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import os
 import socket
 import collections
 import logging
+from copy import deepcopy
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from io import BytesIO
@@ -677,6 +678,10 @@ class Request(object):
         except LocationParseError as e:
             raise InvalidURL(e)
 
+    def prepare(self):
+        return deepcopy(self)
+
+
 
 class Response(object):
     """The core :class:`Response <Response>` object. All