diff --git a/lib/middleware/session-middleware.js b/lib/middleware/session-middleware.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f33e63cad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/middleware/session-middleware.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const cookieSession = require('cookie-session');
+
+module.exports = config => {
+    config.a = 1;
+    return cookieSession(config.field);
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d128c058d6..7daacc0625 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     "body-parser": "^1.18.2",
     "commander": "^2.9.0",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.3",
+    "cookie-session": "^2.0.0-beta.3",
     "db-migrate": "0.10.0-beta.24",
     "db-migrate-pg": "^0.2.4",
     "deep-diff": "^0.3.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5dc8e1f133..17c7a3880a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1189,6 +1189,15 @@ cookie-parser@^1.4.3:
     cookie "0.3.1"
     cookie-signature "1.0.6"
 
+cookie-session@^2.0.0-beta.3:
+  version "2.0.0-beta.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cookie-session/-/cookie-session-2.0.0-beta.3.tgz#4e446bd9f85bd7e27d3e226f4e99af12011a4386"
+  dependencies:
+    cookies "0.7.1"
+    debug "3.1.0"
+    on-headers "~1.0.1"
+    safe-buffer "5.1.1"
+
 cookie-signature@1.0.6:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cookie-signature/-/cookie-signature-1.0.6.tgz#e303a882b342cc3ee8ca513a79999734dab3ae2c"
@@ -1201,6 +1210,13 @@ cookiejar@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cookiejar/-/cookiejar-2.1.1.tgz#41ad57b1b555951ec171412a81942b1e8200d34a"
 
+cookies@0.7.1:
+  version "0.7.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cookies/-/cookies-0.7.1.tgz#7c8a615f5481c61ab9f16c833731bcb8f663b99b"
+  dependencies:
+    depd "~1.1.1"
+    keygrip "~1.0.2"
+
 core-assert@^0.2.0:
   version "0.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-assert/-/core-assert-0.2.1.tgz#f85e2cf9bfed28f773cc8b3fa5c5b69bdc02fe3f"
@@ -3068,6 +3084,10 @@ jsprim@^1.2.2:
     json-schema "0.2.3"
     verror "1.10.0"
 
+keygrip@~1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/keygrip/-/keygrip-1.0.2.tgz#ad3297c557069dea8bcfe7a4fa491b75c5ddeb91"
+
 kind-of@^3.0.2:
   version "3.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/kind-of/-/kind-of-3.2.2.tgz#31ea21a734bab9bbb0f32466d893aea51e4a3c64"