diff --git a/httpretty/__init__.py b/httpretty/__init__.py
index df6189c..6fff814 100644
--- a/httpretty/__init__.py
+++ b/httpretty/__init__.py
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ class HTTPrettyRequest(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         )
 
 
+class EmptyRequestHeaders(dict):
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPrettyRequestEmpty(object):
+    body = ''
+    headers = EmptyRequestHeaders()
+
+
 class FakeSockFile(StringIO):
     def read(self, amount=None):
         amount = amount or self.len
@@ -236,8 +245,10 @@ class fakesock(object):
             if entry.method == method:
                 self._entry = entry
 
-        sendto = send = recvfrom_into = recv_into = recvfrom = recv = \
-            lambda *a, **kw: None
+        def debug(*a, **kw):
+            import debug
+
+        sendto = send = recvfrom_into = recv_into = recvfrom = recv = debug
 
 
 def fake_wrap_socket(s, *args, **kw):
@@ -500,6 +511,7 @@ class HTTPretty(object):
     DELETE = 'DELETE'
     HEAD = 'HEAD'
     PATCH = 'PATCH'
+    last_request = HTTPrettyRequestEmpty()
 
     @classmethod
     def historify_request(cls, headers, body=''):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_httpretty.py b/tests/unit/test_httpretty.py
index 11f2fc9..a6806c9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_httpretty.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_httpretty.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from sure import that
 from httpretty import HTTPretty, HTTPrettyError
 
+
 def test_httpretty_should_raise_proper_exception_on_inconsistent_length():
     u"HTTPretty should raise proper exception on inconsistent Content-Length / "\
     "registered response body"
@@ -48,3 +49,10 @@ def test_httpretty_should_raise_proper_exception_on_inconsistent_length():
         'but the body you registered for that has actually length "10".\n'
         'Fix that, or if you really want that, call register_uri with "fill_with" callback.'
     )
+
+
+def test_does_not_have_last_request_by_default():
+    u'HTTPretty.last_request is a dummy object by default'
+
+    assert that(HTTPretty.last_request.headers).is_empty
+    assert that(HTTPretty.last_request.body).is_empty