diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 651de901..9fd3428b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ rustc-serialize = "*"
 time = "*"
 unicase = "*"
 url = "*"
+traitobject = "*"
+typeable = "*"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "*"
diff --git a/src/header/mod.rs b/src/header/mod.rs
index 687a60b7..7cbe0b0b 100644
--- a/src/header/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/mod.rs
@@ -6,14 +6,12 @@
 //! are already provided, such as `Host`, `ContentType`, `UserAgent`, and others.
 use std::any::Any;
 use std::borrow::{Cow, ToOwned};
-use std::fmt;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::collections::hash_map::{Iter, Entry};
 use std::iter::{FromIterator, IntoIterator};
-use std::raw::TraitObject;
-use std::{mem, raw};
+use std::{mem, fmt};
 
-use httparse;
+use {httparse, traitobject};
 use unicase::UniCase;
 
 use self::internals::Item;
@@ -76,12 +74,12 @@ impl<T: HeaderFormat + Send + Sync + Clone> HeaderClone for T {
 impl HeaderFormat + Send + Sync {
     #[inline]
     unsafe fn downcast_ref_unchecked<T: 'static>(&self) -> &T {
-        mem::transmute(mem::transmute::<&HeaderFormat, raw::TraitObject>(self).data)
+        mem::transmute(traitobject::data(self))
     }
 
     #[inline]
     unsafe fn downcast_mut_unchecked<T: 'static>(&mut self) -> &mut T {
-        mem::transmute(mem::transmute::<&mut HeaderFormat, raw::TraitObject>(self).data)
+        mem::transmute(traitobject::data_mut(self))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e322a447..7f52e11f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #![cfg_attr(test, feature(test))]
 
 //! # Hyper
+//!
 //! Hyper is a fast, modern HTTP implementation written in and for Rust. It
 //! is a low-level typesafe abstraction over raw HTTP, providing an elegant
 //! layer over "stringly-typed" HTTP.
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ extern crate cookie;
 extern crate unicase;
 extern crate httparse;
 extern crate num_cpus;
+extern crate traitobject;
+extern crate typeable;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
diff --git a/src/net.rs b/src/net.rs
index 3242ae6e..d48cc69b 100644
--- a/src/net.rs
+++ b/src/net.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
 use std::net::{SocketAddr, ToSocketAddrs, TcpStream, TcpListener};
 use std::mem;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::raw::{self, TraitObject};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::marker::Reflect;
 
@@ -15,6 +14,9 @@ use openssl::ssl::SslMethod::Sslv23;
 use openssl::ssl::error::{SslError, StreamError, OpenSslErrors, SslSessionClosed};
 use openssl::x509::X509FileType;
 
+use typeable::Typeable;
+use {traitobject};
+
 macro_rules! try_some {
     ($expr:expr) => (match $expr {
         Some(val) => { return Err(val); },
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ impl<'a, N: NetworkListener + 'a> Iterator for NetworkConnections<'a, N> {
 
 
 /// An abstraction over streams that a Server can utilize.
-pub trait NetworkStream: Read + Write + Any + StreamClone + Send {
+pub trait NetworkStream: Read + Write + Any + StreamClone + Send + Typeable {
     /// Get the remote address of the underlying connection.
     fn peer_addr(&mut self) -> io::Result<SocketAddr>;
 }
@@ -100,31 +102,29 @@ impl Clone for Box<NetworkStream + Send> {
 
 impl NetworkStream + Send {
     unsafe fn downcast_ref_unchecked<T: 'static>(&self) -> &T {
-        mem::transmute(mem::transmute::<&NetworkStream,
-                                        raw::TraitObject>(self).data)
+        mem::transmute(traitobject::data(self))
     }
 
     unsafe fn downcast_mut_unchecked<T: 'static>(&mut self) -> &mut T {
-        mem::transmute(mem::transmute::<&mut NetworkStream,
-                                        raw::TraitObject>(self).data)
+        mem::transmute(traitobject::data_mut(self))
     }
 
     unsafe fn downcast_unchecked<T: 'static>(self: Box<NetworkStream + Send>) -> Box<T>  {
-        mem::transmute(mem::transmute::<Box<NetworkStream + Send>,
-                                        raw::TraitObject>(self).data)
+        let raw: *mut NetworkStream = mem::transmute(self);
+        mem::transmute(traitobject::data_mut(raw))
     }
 }
 
 impl NetworkStream + Send {
     /// Is the underlying type in this trait object a T?
     #[inline]
-    pub fn is<T: Reflect + 'static>(&self) -> bool {
-        self.get_type_id() == TypeId::of::<T>()
+    pub fn is<T: Any>(&self) -> bool {
+        (*self).get_type() == TypeId::of::<T>()
     }
 
     /// If the underlying type is T, get a reference to the contained data.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn downcast_ref<T: Reflect + 'static>(&self) -> Option<&T> {
+    pub fn downcast_ref<T: Any>(&self) -> Option<&T> {
         if self.is::<T>() {
             Some(unsafe { self.downcast_ref_unchecked() })
         } else {