2 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/ng/http.js b/src/ng/http.js
index 3942c5c7..0c16e2d0 100644
--- a/src/ng/http.js
+++ b/src/ng/http.js
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
      * with name equal to the lower-cased http method name, e.g.
      * `$httpProvider.defaults.headers.get['My-Header']='value'`.
      *
+     * Additionally, the defaults can be set at runtime via the `$http.defaults` object in a similar
+     * fassion as described above.
+     *
      *
      * # Transforming Requests and Responses
      *
@@ -604,6 +607,19 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
      */
     createShortMethodsWithData('post', 'put');
 
+        /**
+         * @ngdoc property
+         * @name angular.module.ng.$http#defaults
+         * @propertyOf angular.module.ng.$http
+         *
+         * @description
+         * Runtime equivalent of the `$httpProvider.defaults` property. Allows configuration of
+         * default headers as well as request and response transformations.
+         *
+         * See "Setting HTTP Headers" and "Transforming Requests and Responses" sections above.
+         */
+    $http.defaults = $config;
+
 
     return $http;
 
diff --git a/test/ng/httpSpec.js b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
index 24ff50b4..9c01db65 100644
--- a/test/ng/httpSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
@@ -940,6 +940,22 @@ describe('$http', function() {
         $httpBackend.flush();
       });
     });
+
+
+    describe('defaults', function() {
+
+      it('should expose the defaults object at runtime', function() {
+        expect($http.defaults).toBeDefined();
+
+        $http.defaults.headers.common.foo = 'bar';
+        $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/url', undefined, function(headers) {
+          return headers['foo'] == 'bar';
+        }).respond('');
+
+        $http.get('/url');
+        $httpBackend.flush();
+      });
+    });
   });