diff -r 98376cf9133d Lib/http/cookiejar.py
--- a/Lib/http/cookiejar.py	Tue Jan 06 22:16:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/Lib/http/cookiejar.py	Wed Jan 07 10:54:05 2015 +0100
@@ -1996,9 +1996,12 @@
                 # last field may be absent, so keep any trailing tab
                 if line.endswith("\n"): line = line[:-1]
 
+                sline = line.strip()
+                # support HttpOnly cookies (as stored by curl or old Firefox).
+                if sline.startswith("#HttpOnly_"):
+                    line = sline[10:]
                 # skip comments and blank lines XXX what is $ for?
-                if (line.strip().startswith(("#", "$")) or
-                    line.strip() == ""):
+                elif (sline.startswith(("#", "$")) or sline == ""):
                     continue
 
                 domain, domain_specified, path, secure, expires, name, value = \