diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/http/base_request_options.ts b/modules/angular2/src/http/base_request_options.ts
index 616ca60ad7..345ce21244 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/http/base_request_options.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/http/base_request_options.ts
@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@ import {CONST_EXPR, CONST, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {Headers} from './headers';
 import {URLSearchParams} from './url_search_params';
 import {RequestModesOpts, RequestMethods, RequestCacheOpts, RequestCredentialsOpts} from './enums';
-import {RequestOptions} from './interfaces';
+import {IRequestOptions} from './interfaces';
 import {Injectable} from 'angular2/di';
 import {ListWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 
-export class RequestOptionsClass implements RequestOptions {
+export class RequestOptions implements IRequestOptions {
   method: RequestMethods = RequestMethods.GET;
   headers: Headers;
   body: URLSearchParams | FormData | Blob | string;
   mode: RequestModesOpts = RequestModesOpts.Cors;
   credentials: RequestCredentialsOpts;
   cache: RequestCacheOpts;
-  constructor({method, headers, body, mode, credentials,
-               cache}: RequestOptions = {method: RequestMethods.GET, mode: RequestModesOpts.Cors}) {
+  constructor({method, headers, body, mode, credentials, cache}: IRequestOptions = {
+    method: RequestMethods.GET,
+    mode: RequestModesOpts.Cors
+  }) {
     this.method = method;
     this.headers = headers;
     this.body = body;
@@ -23,12 +25,12 @@ export class RequestOptionsClass implements RequestOptions {
     this.cache = cache;
   }
 
-  merge(opts: RequestOptions = {}): RequestOptionsClass {
-    return new RequestOptionsClass(StringMapWrapper.merge(this, opts));
+  merge(opts: IRequestOptions = {}): RequestOptions {
+    return new RequestOptions(StringMapWrapper.merge(this, opts));
   }
 }
 
 @Injectable()
-export class BaseRequestOptions extends RequestOptionsClass {
+export class BaseRequestOptions extends RequestOptions {
   constructor() { super(); }
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/http/http.ts b/modules/angular2/src/http/http.ts
index c1bb3a7e27..fc1c585329 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/http/http.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/http/http.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /// <reference path="../../typings/rx/rx.all.d.ts" />
 
 import {Injectable} from 'angular2/src/di/decorators';
-import {RequestOptions, Connection} from './interfaces';
+import {IRequestOptions, Connection} from './interfaces';
 import {Request} from './static_request';
 import {Response} from './static_response';
 import {XHRBackend} from './backends/xhr_backend';
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function httpRequest(backend: XHRBackend, request: Request) {
 export class Http {
   constructor(private backend: XHRBackend, private defaultOptions: BaseRequestOptions) {}
 
-  request(url: string|Request, options?: RequestOptions): Rx.Observable<Response> {
+  request(url: string | Request, options?: IRequestOptions): Rx.Observable<Response> {
     if (typeof url === 'string') {
       return httpRequest(this.backend, new Request(url, this.defaultOptions.merge(options)));
     } else if (url instanceof Request) {
@@ -69,36 +69,36 @@ export class Http {
     }
   }
 
-  get(url: string, options?: RequestOptions) {
+  get(url: string, options?: IRequestOptions) {
     return httpRequest(this.backend, new Request(url, this.defaultOptions.merge(options)
                                                           .merge({method: RequestMethods.GET})));
   }
 
-  post(url: string, body: URLSearchParams | FormData | Blob | string, options?: RequestOptions) {
+  post(url: string, body: URLSearchParams | FormData | Blob | string, options?: IRequestOptions) {
     return httpRequest(this.backend,
                        new Request(url, this.defaultOptions.merge(options)
 
                                             .merge({body: body, method: RequestMethods.POST})));
   }
 
-  put(url: string, body: URLSearchParams | FormData | Blob | string, options?: RequestOptions) {
+  put(url: string, body: URLSearchParams | FormData | Blob | string, options?: IRequestOptions) {
     return httpRequest(this.backend,
                        new Request(url, this.defaultOptions.merge(options)
                                             .merge({body: body, method: RequestMethods.PUT})));
   }
 
-  delete (url: string, options?: RequestOptions) {
+  delete (url: string, options?: IRequestOptions) {
     return httpRequest(this.backend, new Request(url, this.defaultOptions.merge(options)
                                                           .merge({method: RequestMethods.DELETE})));
   }
 
-  patch(url: string, body: URLSearchParams | FormData | Blob | string, options?: RequestOptions) {
+  patch(url: string, body: URLSearchParams | FormData | Blob | string, options?: IRequestOptions) {
     return httpRequest(this.backend,
                        new Request(url, this.defaultOptions.merge(options)
                                             .merge({body: body, method: RequestMethods.PATCH})));
   }
 
-  head(url: string, options?: RequestOptions) {
+  head(url: string, options?: IRequestOptions) {
     return httpRequest(this.backend, new Request(url, this.defaultOptions.merge(options)
                                                           .merge({method: RequestMethods.HEAD})));
   }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ if (Rx.hasOwnProperty('default')) {
   Observable = Rx.Observable;
 }
 export function HttpFactory(backend: XHRBackend, defaultOptions: BaseRequestOptions) {
-  return function(url: string | Request, options?: RequestOptions) {
+  return function(url: string | Request, options?: IRequestOptions) {
     if (typeof url === 'string') {
       return httpRequest(backend, new Request(url, defaultOptions.merge(options)));
     } else if (url instanceof Request) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/http/interfaces.ts b/modules/angular2/src/http/interfaces.ts
index e082107505..dc4c3292f5 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/http/interfaces.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/http/interfaces.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import {Headers} from './headers';
 import {URLSearchParams} from './url_search_params';
 
-export interface RequestOptions {
+export interface IRequestOptions {
   method?: RequestMethods;
   headers?: Headers;
   body?: URLSearchParams | FormData | Blob | string;
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ export interface Connection {
 
 // Prefixed as IHttp because used in conjunction with Http class, but interface is callable
 // constructor(@Inject(Http) http:IHttp)
-export interface IHttp { (url: string, options?: RequestOptions): Rx.Observable<Response> }
+export interface IHttp { (url: string, options?: IRequestOptions): Rx.Observable<Response> }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/http/static_request.ts b/modules/angular2/src/http/static_request.ts
index c6175528b1..bbc453f401 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/http/static_request.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/http/static_request.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {RequestMethods, RequestModesOpts, RequestCredentialsOpts} from './enums';
 import {URLSearchParams} from './url_search_params';
-import {RequestOptions, Request as IRequest} from './interfaces';
+import {IRequestOptions, Request as IRequest} from './interfaces';
 import {Headers} from './headers';
 import {BaseException, RegExpWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class Request implements IRequest {
 
   constructor(public url: string, {body, method = RequestMethods.GET, mode = RequestModesOpts.Cors,
                                    credentials = RequestCredentialsOpts.Omit,
-                                   headers = new Headers()}: RequestOptions = {}) {
+                                   headers = new Headers()}: IRequestOptions = {}) {
     this.body = body;
     // Defaults to 'GET', consistent with browser
     this.method = method;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/http/http_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/http/http_spec.ts
index 9860a0e8a0..97d599a3f4 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/http/http_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/http/http_spec.ts
@@ -124,10 +124,8 @@ export function main() {
 
         it('should accept a fully-qualified request as its only parameter', () => {
           var req = new Request('https://google.com');
-          backend.connections.subscribe(c => {
-            expect(c.request.url).toBe('https://google.com');
-          });
-          http.request(req).subscribe(() =>{});
+          backend.connections.subscribe(c => { expect(c.request.url).toBe('https://google.com'); });
+          http.request(req).subscribe(() => {});
         });
       });