diff --git a/httpp/httpp.c b/httpp/httpp.c
index b823046..aeb9346 100644
--- a/httpp/httpp.c
+++ b/httpp/httpp.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ char *httpp_getvar(http_parser_t *parser, char *name)
 		return NULL;
 }
 
-void httpp_destroy(http_parser_t *parser)
+void httpp_clear(http_parser_t *parser)
 {
 	parser->req_type = httpp_req_none;
 	if (parser->uri)
@@ -278,6 +278,12 @@ void httpp_destroy(http_parser_t *parser)
 	parser->vars = NULL;
 }
 
+void httpp_destroy(http_parser_t *parser)
+{
+    httpp_clear(parser);
+    free(parser);
+}
+
 char *_lowercase(char *str)
 {
 	long i;
diff --git a/httpp/httpp.h b/httpp/httpp.h
index a7bddce..7e03f32 100644
--- a/httpp/httpp.h
+++ b/httpp/httpp.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int httpp_parse(http_parser_t *parser, char *http_data, unsigned long len);
 void httpp_setvar(http_parser_t *parser, char *name, char *value);
 char *httpp_getvar(http_parser_t *parser, char *name);
 void httpp_destroy(http_parser_t *parser);
+void httpp_clear(http_parser_t *parser);
  
 #endif