diff --git a/examples/seeded_extractor.rs b/examples/seeded_extractor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71caf5bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/seeded_extractor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#![feature(async_await, futures_api)]
+
+use tide::Seeded;
+use tide::head::{NamedHeader, Header, SegmentName, Named};
+use http::header::{HeaderName, HeaderValue};
+
+async fn display_header(value: Header<HeaderValue>) -> String {
+    String::from_utf8_lossy(value.0.as_ref()).into_owned()
+}
+
+async fn display_number(nr: Named<i32>) -> String {
+    format!("Segment number: {}", nr.0)
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut app = tide::App::new(());
+    app.at("/").get(Seeded(display_header, NamedHeader(HeaderName::from_static("user-agent"))));
+    app.at("/numbered/{num}").get(Seeded(display_number, SegmentName("num".into())));
+    app.serve();
+}
diff --git a/src/endpoint.rs b/src/endpoint.rs
index 6b3c9295c..6098037ab 100644
--- a/src/endpoint.rs
+++ b/src/endpoint.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use futures::future::{Future, FutureObj};
 
 use crate::{
-    configuration::Store, extract::Extract, head::Head, IntoResponse, Request, Response, RouteMatch,
+    configuration::Store, Extract, ExtractSeed, head::Head, IntoResponse, Request, Response, RouteMatch,
 };
 
 /// The raw representation of an endpoint.
@@ -119,6 +119,44 @@ macro_rules! call_f {
     };
 }
 
+pub struct Seeded<F, E>(pub F, pub E);
+
+macro_rules! seeded_end_point_impl_raw {
+    ($([$head:ty])* $(($X:ident,$Y:ident)),*) => {
+        impl<T, Data, Fut, $($X,$Y),*> Endpoint<Data, (Ty<Fut>, $($head,)* $(Ty<$X>),*)> for Seeded<T, ($($Y),*)>
+        where
+            T: Send + Sync + Clone + 'static + Fn($($head,)* $($X),*) -> Fut,
+            Data: Send + Sync + Clone + 'static,
+            Fut: Future + Send + 'static,
+            Fut::Output: IntoResponse,
+            $(
+                $X: Send + Sized + 'static,
+                $Y: ExtractSeed<$X, Data>
+            ),*
+        {
+            type Fut = FutureObj<'static, Response>;
+
+            #[allow(unused_mut, unused_parens, non_snake_case)]
+            fn call(&self, mut data: Data, mut req: Request, params: Option<RouteMatch<'_>>, store: &Store) -> Self::Fut {
+                let f = self.0.clone();
+                let ($($Y),*) = &self.1;
+                $(let $X = <$Y as ExtractSeed<$X, Data>>::extract($Y, &mut data, &mut req, &params, store);)*
+                FutureObj::new(Box::new(async move {
+                    let (parts, _) = req.into_parts();
+                    let head = Head::from(parts);
+                    $(let $X = match await!($X) {
+                        Ok(x) => x,
+                        Err(resp) => return resp,
+                    };)*
+                    let res = await!(call_f!($($head;)* (f, head); $($X),*));
+
+                    res.into_response()
+                }))
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 macro_rules! end_point_impl_raw {
     ($([$head:ty])* $($X:ident),*) => {
         impl<T, Data, Fut, $($X),*> Endpoint<Data, (Ty<Fut>, $($head,)* $(Ty<$X>),*)> for T
@@ -128,6 +166,7 @@ macro_rules! end_point_impl_raw {
             Fut: Future + Send + 'static,
             Fut::Output: IntoResponse,
             $(
+                $X: Send + Sized + 'static,
                 $X: Extract<Data>
             ),*
         {
@@ -136,7 +175,7 @@ macro_rules! end_point_impl_raw {
             #[allow(unused_mut, non_snake_case)]
             fn call(&self, mut data: Data, mut req: Request, params: Option<RouteMatch<'_>>, store: &Store) -> Self::Fut {
                 let f = self.clone();
-                $(let $X = $X::extract(&mut data, &mut req, &params, store);)*
+                $(let $X = <$X as Extract<Data>>::extract(&mut data, &mut req, &params, store);)*
                 FutureObj::new(Box::new(async move {
                     let (parts, _) = req.into_parts();
                     let head = Head::from(parts);
@@ -160,6 +199,13 @@ macro_rules! end_point_impl {
     }
 }
 
+macro_rules! seeded_end_point_impl {
+    ($(($X:ident,$Y:ident)),*) => {
+        seeded_end_point_impl_raw!([Head] $(($X,$Y)),*);
+        seeded_end_point_impl_raw!($(($X,$Y)),*);
+    }
+}
+
 end_point_impl!();
 end_point_impl!(T0);
 end_point_impl!(T0, T1);
@@ -171,3 +217,15 @@ end_point_impl!(T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6);
 end_point_impl!(T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7);
 end_point_impl!(T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8);
 end_point_impl!(T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9);
+
+seeded_end_point_impl!();
+seeded_end_point_impl!((T0,S0));
+seeded_end_point_impl!((T0,S0), (T1,S1));
+seeded_end_point_impl!((T0,S0), (T1,S1), (T2,S2));
+seeded_end_point_impl!((T0,S0), (T1,S1), (T2,S2), (T3,S3));
+seeded_end_point_impl!((T0,S0), (T1,S1), (T2,S2), (T3,S3), (T4,S4));
+seeded_end_point_impl!((T0,S0), (T1,S1), (T2,S2), (T3,S3), (T4,S4), (T5,S5));
+seeded_end_point_impl!((T0,S0), (T1,S1), (T2,S2), (T3,S3), (T4,S4), (T5,S5), (T6,S6));
+seeded_end_point_impl!((T0,S0), (T1,S1), (T2,S2), (T3,S3), (T4,S4), (T5,S5), (T6,S6), (T7,S7));
+seeded_end_point_impl!((T0,S0), (T1,S1), (T2,S2), (T3,S3), (T4,S4), (T5,S5), (T6,S6), (T7,S7), (T8,S8));
+seeded_end_point_impl!((T0,S0), (T1,S1), (T2,S2), (T3,S3), (T4,S4), (T5,S5), (T6,S6), (T7,S7), (T8,S8), (T9,S9));
diff --git a/src/extract.rs b/src/extract.rs
index d0988a451..ae5b55f8c 100644
--- a/src/extract.rs
+++ b/src/extract.rs
@@ -18,3 +18,35 @@ pub trait Extract<Data>: Send + Sized + 'static {
         store: &Store,
     ) -> Self::Fut;
 }
+
+/// A seed to extract `Param` for an app with `Data`
+pub trait ExtractSeed<Param, Data>: Send + Sync + Sized + 'static where Param: Send + Sized + 'static {
+    /// The async result of `extract`.
+    ///
+    /// The `Err` case represents that the endpoint should not be invoked, but
+    /// rather the given response should be returned immediately.
+    type Fut: Future<Output = Result<Param, Response>> + Send + 'static;
+
+    /// Attempt to extract a value from the given request.
+    fn extract(&self,
+        data: &mut Data,
+        req: &mut Request,
+        params: &Option<RouteMatch<'_>>,
+        store: &Store,
+    ) -> Self::Fut;
+}
+
+impl<Param, Data> ExtractSeed<Param, Data> for ()
+    where Param: Extract<Data> + Send + Sized + 'static
+{
+    type Fut = Param::Fut;
+
+    fn extract(&self,
+        data: &mut Data,
+        req: &mut Request,
+        params: &Option<RouteMatch<'_>>,
+        store: &Store,
+    ) -> Self::Fut {
+        Param::extract(data, req, params, store)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/head.rs b/src/head.rs
index b96e9b530..18881b1fa 100644
--- a/src/head.rs
+++ b/src/head.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 //! automatically parse out information from a request.
 
 use futures::future;
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use crate::{configuration::Store, Extract, IntoResponse, Request, Response, RouteMatch};
+use crate::{configuration::Store, Extract, ExtractSeed, IntoResponse, Request, Response, RouteMatch};
 
 /// Header and metadata for a request.
 ///
@@ -52,6 +53,49 @@ impl Head {
     }
 }
 
+pub struct NamedHeader(pub http::header::HeaderName);
+
+pub struct Header<T>(pub T);
+
+impl From<http::header::HeaderName> for NamedHeader {
+    fn from(name: http::header::HeaderName) -> Self {
+        NamedHeader(name)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: From<http::header::HeaderValue> + Send + 'static, S: 'static> ExtractSeed<Header<T>, S> for NamedHeader {
+    type Fut = future::Ready<Result<Header<T>, Response>>;
+    fn extract(&self,
+        data: &mut S,
+        req: &mut Request,
+        params: &Option<RouteMatch<'_>>,
+        store: &Store,
+    ) -> Self::Fut {
+        let header = req.headers().get(&self.0);
+        match header {
+            Some(value) => future::ok(Header(value.clone().into())),
+            None => future::err(http::status::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST.into_response()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: From<http::header::HeaderValue> + Send + 'static, S: 'static> ExtractSeed<Option<Header<T>>, S> for NamedHeader {
+    type Fut = future::Ready<Result<Option<Header<T>>, Response>>;
+    fn extract(&self,
+        data: &mut S,
+        req: &mut Request,
+        params: &Option<RouteMatch<'_>>,
+        store: &Store,
+    ) -> Self::Fut {
+        let header = req.headers().get(&self.0);
+        match header {
+            Some(value) => future::ok(Some(Header(value.clone().into()))),
+            None => future::ok(None),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 /// An extractor for path segments.
 ///
 /// Routes can use wildcard path segments (`{}`), which are then extracted by the endpoint using
@@ -163,7 +207,7 @@ pub trait NamedSegment: Send + 'static + std::str::FromStr {
 /// }
 /// ```
 ///
-pub struct Named<T: NamedSegment>(pub T);
+pub struct Named<T>(pub T);
 
 impl<T: NamedSegment> Deref for Named<T> {
     type Target = T;
@@ -201,6 +245,34 @@ impl<T: NamedSegment, S: 'static> Extract<S> for Named<T> {
     }
 }
 
+/// A seed extracting a particular segment.
+///
+/// This extracts any `Named<T>` where `T: std::str::FromStr` by looking up the particular segment.
+pub struct SegmentName(pub Cow<'static, str>);
+
+impl<T: std::str::FromStr + Send + 'static, S: 'static> ExtractSeed<Named<T>, S> for SegmentName {
+    type Fut = future::Ready<Result<Named<T>, Response>>;
+
+    fn extract(&self,
+        data: &mut S,
+        req: &mut Request,
+        params: &Option<RouteMatch<'_>>,
+        store: &Store,
+    ) -> Self::Fut {
+        match params {
+            Some(params) => params
+                .map
+                .get(self.0.as_ref())
+                .and_then(|segment| segment.parse().ok())
+                .map_or(
+                    future::err(http::status::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST.into_response()),
+                    |t| future::ok(Named(t)),
+                ),
+            None => future::err(http::status::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST.into_response()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// An extractor for query string in URL
 ///
 pub struct UrlQuery<T>(pub T);
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index baa99393d..94a72ce39 100755
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ pub use crate::{
     app::{App, AppData, Server},
     configuration::ExtractConfiguration,
     cookies::Cookies,
-    endpoint::Endpoint,
-    extract::Extract,
+    endpoint::{Endpoint, Seeded},
+    extract::{Extract, ExtractSeed},
     middleware::Middleware,
     request::{Compute, Computed, Request},
     response::{IntoResponse, Response},