diff --git a/src/ecdsa.rs b/src/ecdsa.rs
index 14237e6cb7..b2477b6712 100644
--- a/src/ecdsa.rs
+++ b/src/ecdsa.rs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ mod tests {
     use bincode::serialize;
     use ecdsa;
     use packet::{Packet, Packets, SharedPackets};
-    use request_stage::Request;
+    use request::Request;
     use std::sync::RwLock;
     use transaction::Transaction;
     use transaction::test_tx;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 522cb33fc8..66c90180fe 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ pub mod mint;
 pub mod packet;
 pub mod plan;
 pub mod recorder;
+pub mod request;
 pub mod request_stage;
 pub mod result;
 pub mod rpu;
diff --git a/src/request_stage.rs b/src/request_stage.rs
index 6b9a693cd9..5f753411e0 100644
--- a/src/request_stage.rs
+++ b/src/request_stage.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ use bincode::{deserialize, serialize};
 use entry::Entry;
 use event::Event;
 use event_processor::EventProcessor;
-use hash::Hash;
 use packet;
 use packet::SharedPackets;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
+use request::{EntryInfo, Request, Response, Subscription};
 use result::Result;
-use signature::PublicKey;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::net::{SocketAddr, UdpSocket};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
@@ -21,43 +20,6 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use std::time::Instant;
 use streamer;
 use timing;
-use transaction::Transaction;
-
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "cargo-clippy", allow(large_enum_variant))]
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
-pub enum Request {
-    Transaction(Transaction),
-    GetBalance { key: PublicKey },
-    Subscribe { subscriptions: Vec<Subscription> },
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
-pub enum Subscription {
-    EntryInfo,
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct EntryInfo {
-    pub id: Hash,
-    pub num_hashes: u64,
-    pub num_events: u64,
-}
-
-impl Request {
-    /// Verify the request is valid.
-    pub fn verify(&self) -> bool {
-        match *self {
-            Request::Transaction(ref tr) => tr.verify_plan(),
-            _ => true,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
-pub enum Response {
-    Balance { key: PublicKey, val: Option<i64> },
-    EntryInfo(EntryInfo),
-}
 
 pub struct RequestProcessor {
     accountant: Arc<Accountant>,
@@ -314,59 +276,3 @@ impl RequestStage {
         }
     }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-pub fn to_request_packets(r: &packet::PacketRecycler, reqs: Vec<Request>) -> Vec<SharedPackets> {
-    let mut out = vec![];
-    for rrs in reqs.chunks(packet::NUM_PACKETS) {
-        let p = r.allocate();
-        p.write()
-            .unwrap()
-            .packets
-            .resize(rrs.len(), Default::default());
-        for (i, o) in rrs.iter().zip(p.write().unwrap().packets.iter_mut()) {
-            let v = serialize(&i).expect("serialize request");
-            let len = v.len();
-            o.data[..len].copy_from_slice(&v);
-            o.meta.size = len;
-        }
-        out.push(p);
-    }
-    return out;
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use bincode::serialize;
-    use ecdsa;
-    use packet::{PacketRecycler, NUM_PACKETS};
-    use request_stage::{to_request_packets, Request};
-    use transaction::{memfind, test_tx};
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_layout() {
-        let tr = test_tx();
-        let tx = serialize(&tr).unwrap();
-        let packet = serialize(&Request::Transaction(tr)).unwrap();
-        assert_matches!(memfind(&packet, &tx), Some(ecdsa::TX_OFFSET));
-        assert_matches!(memfind(&packet, &[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]), None);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_to_packets() {
-        let tr = Request::Transaction(test_tx());
-        let re = PacketRecycler::default();
-        let rv = to_request_packets(&re, vec![tr.clone(); 1]);
-        assert_eq!(rv.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(rv[0].read().unwrap().packets.len(), 1);
-
-        let rv = to_request_packets(&re, vec![tr.clone(); NUM_PACKETS]);
-        assert_eq!(rv.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(rv[0].read().unwrap().packets.len(), NUM_PACKETS);
-
-        let rv = to_request_packets(&re, vec![tr.clone(); NUM_PACKETS + 1]);
-        assert_eq!(rv.len(), 2);
-        assert_eq!(rv[0].read().unwrap().packets.len(), NUM_PACKETS);
-        assert_eq!(rv[1].read().unwrap().packets.len(), 1);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/thin_client.rs b/src/thin_client.rs
index 3517fcb819..25a5bdf2e2 100644
--- a/src/thin_client.rs
+++ b/src/thin_client.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 use bincode::{deserialize, serialize};
 use futures::future::{ok, FutureResult};
 use hash::Hash;
-use request_stage::{Request, Response, Subscription};
+use request::{Request, Response, Subscription};
 use signature::{KeyPair, PublicKey, Signature};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io;