diff --git a/doc/source/history.rst b/doc/source/history.rst
index 2d61786..a0f1f0b 100644
--- a/doc/source/history.rst
+++ b/doc/source/history.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ These additions include:
 :text: The data of the request converted into a unicode string.
 :json: The data of the request loaded from json into python objects.
 :qs: The query string of the request. See :py:func:`urllib.parse.parse_qs` for information on the return format.
+:hostname: The host name that the request was sent to.
+:port: The port the request was sent to.
 
 .. doctest::
 
diff --git a/requests_mock/request.py b/requests_mock/request.py
index b15d15a..507d4b4 100644
--- a/requests_mock/request.py
+++ b/requests_mock/request.py
@@ -66,6 +66,32 @@ class _RequestObjectProxy(object):
     def netloc(self):
         return self._url_parts.netloc
 
+    @property
+    def hostname(self):
+        try:
+            return self.netloc.split(':')[0]
+        except IndexError:
+            return ''
+
+    @property
+    def port(self):
+        components = self.netloc.split(':')
+
+        try:
+            return int(components[1])
+        except (IndexError, ValueError):
+            pass
+
+        if self.scheme == 'https':
+            return 443
+        if self.scheme == 'http':
+            return 80
+
+        # The default return shouldn't matter too much because if you are
+        # wanting to test this value you really should be explicitly setting it
+        # somewhere. 0 at least is a boolean False and an int.
+        return 0
+
     @property
     def path(self):
         return self._url_parts.path
diff --git a/requests_mock/tests/test_request.py b/requests_mock/tests/test_request.py
index d0af499..e1e0b6b 100644
--- a/requests_mock/tests/test_request.py
+++ b/requests_mock/tests/test_request.py
@@ -89,3 +89,31 @@ class RequestTests(base.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(proxies, req.proxies)
         self.assertIsNot(proxies, req.proxies)
+
+    def test_hostname_port_http(self):
+        req = self.do_request(url='http://host.example.com:81/path')
+
+        self.assertEqual('host.example.com:81', req.netloc)
+        self.assertEqual('host.example.com', req.hostname)
+        self.assertEqual(81, req.port)
+
+    def test_hostname_port_https(self):
+        req = self.do_request(url='https://host.example.com:8080/path')
+
+        self.assertEqual('host.example.com:8080', req.netloc)
+        self.assertEqual('host.example.com', req.hostname)
+        self.assertEqual(8080, req.port)
+
+    def test_hostname_default_port_http(self):
+        req = self.do_request(url='http://host.example.com/path')
+
+        self.assertEqual('host.example.com', req.netloc)
+        self.assertEqual('host.example.com', req.hostname)
+        self.assertEqual(80, req.port)
+
+    def test_hostname_default_port_https(self):
+        req = self.do_request(url='https://host.example.com/path')
+
+        self.assertEqual('host.example.com', req.netloc)
+        self.assertEqual('host.example.com', req.hostname)
+        self.assertEqual(443, req.port)