diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ecc1a9..3bf082c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ Curl::setCookie($key, $value)
 Curl::setCookieFile($cookie_file)
 Curl::setCookieJar($cookie_jar)
 Curl::setCookieString($string)
+Curl::setCookies($cookies)
 Curl::setDefaultDecoder($decoder = 'json')
 Curl::setDefaultJsonDecoder()
 Curl::setDefaultTimeout()
diff --git a/src/Curl/Curl.php b/src/Curl/Curl.php
index 362a85c..3e63340 100644
--- a/src/Curl/Curl.php
+++ b/src/Curl/Curl.php
@@ -728,6 +728,41 @@ class Curl
         }, array_keys($this->cookies), array_values($this->cookies))));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set Cookies
+     *
+     * @access public
+     * @param  $cookies
+     */
+    public function setCookies($cookies)
+    {
+        foreach ($cookies as $key => $value) {
+            $name_chars = array();
+            foreach (str_split($key) as $name_char) {
+                if (!isset($this->rfc2616[$name_char])) {
+                    $name_chars[] = rawurlencode($name_char);
+                } else {
+                    $name_chars[] = $name_char;
+                }
+            }
+
+            $value_chars = array();
+            foreach (str_split($value) as $value_char) {
+                if (!isset($this->rfc6265[$value_char])) {
+                    $value_chars[] = rawurlencode($value_char);
+                } else {
+                    $value_chars[] = $value_char;
+                }
+            }
+
+            $this->cookies[implode('', $name_chars)] = implode('', $value_chars);
+        }
+
+        $this->setOpt(CURLOPT_COOKIE, implode('; ', array_map(function ($k, $v) {
+            return $k . '=' . $v;
+        }, array_keys($this->cookies), array_values($this->cookies))));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get Cookie
      *
diff --git a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
index ffdc26d..b9f3987 100644
--- a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
@@ -962,6 +962,20 @@ class CurlTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         )));
     }
 
+    public function testSetCookies()
+    {
+        $cookies = array(
+            'mycookie' => 'yum',
+            'fruit' => 'apple',
+            'color' => 'red',
+        );
+        $test = new Test();
+        $test->curl->setCookies($cookies);
+        $test->server('cookie', 'GET');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(http_build_query($cookies, '', '&'), $test->curl->response);
+    }
+
     public function testSetCookieEncodingSpace()
     {
         $curl = new Curl();