diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b5ccf9f..bb5e7c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## master (unreleased)
  * Implement proxy for Dalli with better Memcachier support. (thanks @hakanensari)
+ * Rack::Attack.new returns an instance to ease testing (thanks @stevehodgkiss)
+ * Use Rack::Attack::Request subclass of Rack::Request for easier extending (thanks @tristandunn)
 
 ## v3.0.0 - 15 March 2014
  * Change default blacklisted response to 403 Forbidden (thanks @carpodaster).
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack.rb b/lib/rack/attack.rb
index 91baafd..24a74b5 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require 'rack'
-module Rack::Attack
+require 'forwardable'
+
+class Rack::Attack
   autoload :Cache,     'rack/attack/cache'
   autoload :Check,     'rack/attack/check'
   autoload :Throttle,  'rack/attack/throttle'
@@ -8,7 +10,8 @@ module Rack::Attack
   autoload :Track,     'rack/attack/track'
   autoload :StoreProxy,'rack/attack/store_proxy'
   autoload :Fail2Ban,  'rack/attack/fail2ban'
-  autoload :Allow2Ban,  'rack/attack/allow2ban'
+  autoload :Allow2Ban, 'rack/attack/allow2ban'
+  autoload :Request,   'rack/attack/request'
 
   class << self
 
@@ -35,35 +38,6 @@ module Rack::Attack
     def throttles;  @throttles  ||= {}; end
     def tracks;     @tracks     ||= {}; end
 
-    def new(app)
-      @app = app
-
-      # Set defaults
-      @notifier ||= ActiveSupport::Notifications if defined?(ActiveSupport::Notifications)
-      @blacklisted_response ||= lambda {|env| [403, {}, ["Forbidden\n"]] }
-      @throttled_response   ||= lambda {|env|
-        retry_after = env['rack.attack.match_data'][:period] rescue nil
-        [429, {'Retry-After' => retry_after.to_s}, ["Retry later\n"]]
-      }
-
-      self
-    end
-
-    def call(env)
-      req = Rack::Request.new(env)
-
-      if whitelisted?(req)
-        @app.call(env)
-      elsif blacklisted?(req)
-        blacklisted_response[env]
-      elsif throttled?(req)
-        throttled_response[env]
-      else
-        tracked?(req)
-        @app.call(env)
-      end
-    end
-
     def whitelisted?(req)
       whitelists.any? do |name, whitelist|
         whitelist[req]
@@ -101,4 +75,37 @@ module Rack::Attack
     end
 
   end
+
+  # Set defaults
+  @notifier             = ActiveSupport::Notifications if defined?(ActiveSupport::Notifications)
+  @blacklisted_response = lambda {|env| [403, {}, ["Forbidden\n"]] }
+  @throttled_response   = lambda {|env|
+    retry_after = env['rack.attack.match_data'][:period] rescue nil
+    [429, {'Retry-After' => retry_after.to_s}, ["Retry later\n"]]
+  }
+
+  def initialize(app)
+    @app = app
+  end
+
+  def call(env)
+    req = Rack::Attack::Request.new(env)
+
+    if whitelisted?(req)
+      @app.call(env)
+    elsif blacklisted?(req)
+      self.class.blacklisted_response[env]
+    elsif throttled?(req)
+      self.class.throttled_response[env]
+    else
+      tracked?(req)
+      @app.call(env)
+    end
+  end
+
+  extend Forwardable
+  def_delegators self, :whitelisted?,
+                       :blacklisted?,
+                       :throttled?,
+                       :tracked?
 end
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/allow2ban.rb b/lib/rack/attack/allow2ban.rb
index f5772c8..bf8c598 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/allow2ban.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/allow2ban.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rack
-  module Attack
+  class Attack
     class Allow2Ban < Fail2Ban
       class << self
         protected
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/blacklist.rb b/lib/rack/attack/blacklist.rb
index 4d2f666..c3a8341 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/blacklist.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/blacklist.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rack
-  module Attack
+  class Attack
     class Blacklist < Check
       def initialize(name, block)
         super
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/cache.rb b/lib/rack/attack/cache.rb
index 9c54505..e65fa84 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/cache.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/cache.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rack
-  module Attack
+  class Attack
     class Cache
 
       attr_accessor :prefix
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/check.rb b/lib/rack/attack/check.rb
index 79f3cd9..caea75a 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/check.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/check.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rack
-  module Attack
+  class Attack
     class Check
       attr_reader :name, :block, :type
       def initialize(name, block)
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/fail2ban.rb b/lib/rack/attack/fail2ban.rb
index be0cba9..443182d 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/fail2ban.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/fail2ban.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rack
-  module Attack
+  class Attack
     class Fail2Ban
       class << self
         def filter(discriminator, options)
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/request.rb b/lib/rack/attack/request.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..603a126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/request.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module Rack
+  class Attack
+    class Request < ::Rack::Request
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb b/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb
index 177a3c3..136cbb5 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'delegate'
 
 module Rack
-  module Attack
+  class Attack
     class StoreProxy
       def self.build(store)
         # RedisStore#increment needs different behavior, so detect that
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/throttle.rb b/lib/rack/attack/throttle.rb
index fa82266..7ad6267 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/throttle.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/throttle.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rack
-  module Attack
+  class Attack
     class Throttle
       MANDATORY_OPTIONS = [:limit, :period]
       attr_reader :name, :limit, :period, :block
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/track.rb b/lib/rack/attack/track.rb
index c9d9152..3e516d7 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/track.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/track.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rack
-  module Attack
+  class Attack
     class Track < Check
       def initialize(name, block)
         super
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/version.rb b/lib/rack/attack/version.rb
index 8dc08be..1246847 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rack
-  module Attack
-    VERSION = '3.0.0'
+  class Attack
+    VERSION = '3.1.0'
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/whitelist.rb b/lib/rack/attack/whitelist.rb
index cd2699b..604268e 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/whitelist.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/whitelist.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rack
-  module Attack
+  class Attack
     class Whitelist < Check
       def initialize(name, block)
         super
diff --git a/spec/rack_attack_request_spec.rb b/spec/rack_attack_request_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca3eadd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/rack_attack_request_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'Rack::Attack' do
+  describe 'helpers' do
+    before do
+      class Rack::Attack::Request
+        def remote_ip
+          ip
+        end
+      end
+
+      Rack::Attack.whitelist('valid IP') do |req|
+        req.remote_ip == "127.0.0.1"
+      end
+    end
+
+    allow_ok_requests
+  end
+end