diff --git a/src/wp-includes/http-functions.php b/src/wp-includes/http-functions.php
index 748be1c855..e4e8507cc3 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/http-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/http-functions.php
@@ -285,6 +285,66 @@ function wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) {
 	return $response['body'];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Retrieve only the body from the raw response.
+ *
+ * @since 4.4.0
+ *
+ * @param array $response HTTP response.
+ * @return array An array of `WP_Http_Cookie` objects from the response. Empty array if there are none, or the response is a WP_Error.
+ */
+function wp_remote_retrieve_cookies( $response ) {
+	if ( is_wp_error( $response ) || empty( $response['cookies'] ) ) {
+		return array();
+	}
+
+	return $response['cookies'];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve a single cookie by name from the raw response.
+ *
+ * @since 4.4.0
+ *
+ * @param array  $response HTTP response.
+ * @param string $name     The name of the cookie to retrieve.
+ * @return WP_Http_Cookie|string The `WP_Http_Cookie` object. Empty string if the cookie isn't present in the response.
+ */
+function wp_remote_retrieve_cookie( $response, $name ) {
+	$cookies = wp_remote_retrieve_cookies( $response );
+
+	if ( empty( $cookies ) ) {
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	foreach ( $cookies as $cookie ) {
+		if ( $cookie->name === $name ) {
+			return $cookie;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return '';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve a single cookie's value by name from the raw response.
+ *
+ * @since 4.4.0
+ *
+ * @param array  $response HTTP response.
+ * @param string $name     The name of the cookie to retrieve.
+ * @return string The value of the cookie. Empty string if the cookie isn't present in the response.
+ */
+function wp_remote_retrieve_cookie_value( $response, $name ) {
+	$cookie = wp_remote_retrieve_cookie( $response, $name );
+
+	if ( ! is_a( $cookie, 'WP_Http_Cookie' ) ) {
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	return $cookie->value;
+}
+
 /**
  * Determines if there is an HTTP Transport that can process this request.
  *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/http/functions.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/http/functions.php
index ce2631495f..355682bf12 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/http/functions.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/http/functions.php
@@ -75,4 +75,32 @@ class Tests_HTTP_Functions extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$response = wp_remote_get( $url, array( 'redirection' => -1 ) );
 		$this->assertWPError( $response );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 33711
+	 */
+	function test_get_response_cookies() {
+		$url = 'https://wordpress.org/wp-login.php';
+
+		$response = wp_remote_head( $url );
+		$cookies  = wp_remote_retrieve_cookies( $response );
+
+		$this->assertInternalType( 'array', $cookies );
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $cookies );
+
+		$cookie = wp_remote_retrieve_cookie( $response, 'wordpress_test_cookie' );
+		$this->assertInstanceOf( 'WP_Http_Cookie', $cookie );
+		$this->assertSame( 'wordpress_test_cookie', $cookie->name );
+		$this->assertSame( 'WP Cookie check', $cookie->value );
+
+		$value = wp_remote_retrieve_cookie_value( $response, 'wordpress_test_cookie' );
+		$this->assertSame( 'WP Cookie check', $value );
+
+		$no_value = wp_remote_retrieve_cookie_value( $response, 'not_a_cookie' );
+		$this->assertSame( '', $no_value );
+
+		$no_cookie = wp_remote_retrieve_cookie( $response, 'not_a_cookie' );
+		$this->assertSame( '', $no_cookie );
+	}
+
 }