diff --git a/Lib/urllib2.py b/Lib/urllib2.py
--- a/Lib/urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib2.py
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@
     def reason(self):
         return self.msg
 
+    def info(self):
+        return self.hdrs
+
 # copied from cookielib.py
 _cut_port_re = re.compile(r":\d+$")
 def request_host(request):