diff --git a/falcon/request.py b/falcon/request.py
index f9a3950..8182f49 100644
--- a/falcon/request.py
+++ b/falcon/request.py
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ class Request(object):
         options (dict): Set of global options passed from the API handler.
 
     Attributes:
-        protocol (str): Either 'http' or 'https'.
+        protocol (str): Deprecated alias for `scheme`. May be removed in a future release.
+        scheme (str): Either 'http' or 'https'.
         method (str): HTTP method requested (e.g., 'GET', 'POST', etc.)
         host (str): Hostname requested by the client
+        port (str): Port used for the request
         subdomain (str): Leftmost (i.e., most specific) subdomain from the
             hostname. If only a single domain name is given, `subdomain`
             will be ``None``.
@@ -545,9 +547,11 @@ class Request(object):
         return self.env.get('SCRIPT_NAME', '')
 
     @property
-    def protocol(self):
+    def scheme(self):
         return self.env['wsgi.url_scheme']
 
+    protocol = scheme
+
     @property
     def uri(self):
         if self._cached_uri is None:
@@ -691,6 +695,25 @@ class Request(object):
     def remote_addr(self):
         return self.env.get('REMOTE_ADDR')
 
+    @property
+    def port(self):
+        try:
+            host_header = self.env['HTTP_HOST']
+            host, port = parse_host(host_header)
+        except KeyError:
+            port = self.env['SERVER_PORT']
+
+        if not port:
+            port = '80' if self.scheme == 'http' else '443'
+        return port
+
+    @property
+    def netloc(self):
+        try:
+            return self.env['HTTP_HOST']
+        except KeyError:
+            return self.host + ':' + self.port
+
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Methods
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/test_req_vars.py b/tests/test_req_vars.py
index 4e48134..ff257fc 100644
--- a/tests/test_req_vars.py
+++ b/tests/test_req_vars.py
@@ -668,3 +668,121 @@ class TestReqVars(testing.TestBase):
         except error_type as ex:
             self.assertEqual(ex.title, title)
             self.assertEqual(ex.description, description)
+
+    def test_port_implicit_http(self):
+        req = Request(testing.create_environ(
+            protocol='HTTP/1.0',
+            app=self.app,
+            path='/hello',
+            query_string=self.qs,
+            headers=self.headers))
+
+        self.assertEqual(req.port, '80')
+
+    def test_port_implicit_https(self):
+        req = Request(testing.create_environ(
+            protocol='HTTP/1.0',
+            scheme='https',
+            app=self.app,
+            path='/hello',
+            query_string=self.qs,
+            headers=self.headers))
+
+        self.assertEqual(req.port, '443')
+
+    def test_port_explicit(self):
+        PORT = 9000
+        req = Request(testing.create_environ(
+            protocol='HTTP/1.0',
+            port=PORT,
+            app=self.app,
+            path='/hello',
+            query_string=self.qs,
+            headers=self.headers))
+
+        self.assertEqual(req.port, str(PORT))
+
+    def test_port_from_env(self):
+        PORT = str(9000)
+        HTTP_HOST = '{0}:{1}'.format('example.org', PORT)
+        env = testing.create_environ(
+            protocol='HTTP/1.0',
+            port=PORT,
+            app=self.app,
+            path='/hello',
+            query_string=self.qs,
+            headers=self.headers)
+        env.update({'HTTP_HOST': HTTP_HOST})
+        req = Request(env)
+        self.assertEqual(req.port, int(PORT))
+
+    def test_port_from_scheme_http(self):
+        HTTP_HOST = 'example.com'
+        env = testing.create_environ(
+            protocol='HTTP/1.0',
+            app=self.app,
+            path='/hello',
+            query_string=self.qs,
+            headers=self.headers)
+        env.update({'HTTP_HOST': HTTP_HOST})
+        req = Request(env)
+        self.assertEqual(req.port, '80')
+
+    def test_port_from_scheme_https(self):
+        HTTP_HOST = 'example.com'
+        env = testing.create_environ(
+            protocol='HTTP/1.0',
+            scheme='https',
+            app=self.app,
+            path='/hello',
+            query_string=self.qs,
+            headers=self.headers)
+        env.update({'HTTP_HOST': HTTP_HOST})
+        req = Request(env)
+        self.assertEqual(req.port, '443')
+
+    def test_scheme_https(self):
+        _scheme = 'https'
+        req = Request(testing.create_environ(
+            protocol='HTTP/1.0',
+            scheme=_scheme,
+            app=self.app,
+            path='/hello',
+            query_string=self.qs,
+            headers=self.headers))
+        self.assertEqual(req.scheme, _scheme)
+
+    def test_scheme_http(self):
+        _scheme = 'http'
+        req = Request(testing.create_environ(
+            protocol='HTTP/1.0',
+            scheme=_scheme,
+            app=self.app,
+            path='/hello',
+            query_string=self.qs,
+            headers=self.headers))
+        self.assertEqual(req.scheme, _scheme)
+
+    def test_netloc(self):
+        req = Request(testing.create_environ(
+            protocol='HTTP/1.0',
+            app=self.app,
+            path='/hello',
+            query_string=self.qs,
+            headers=self.headers))
+        _netloc = '{host}:{port}'.format(host=req.host, port=req.port)
+        self.assertEqual(req.netloc, _netloc)
+
+    def test_netloc_from_env(self):
+        PORT = str(9000)
+        HTTP_HOST = '{0}:{1}'.format('example.org', PORT)
+        env = testing.create_environ(
+            protocol='HTTP/1.0',
+            port=PORT,
+            app=self.app,
+            path='/hello',
+            query_string=self.qs,
+            headers=self.headers)
+        env.update({'HTTP_HOST': HTTP_HOST})
+        req = Request(env)
+        self.assertEqual(req.netloc, HTTP_HOST)