diff --git a/src/protocol/v7.rs b/src/protocol/v7.rs
index 49e9d0a1..64fdcbb8 100644
--- a/src/protocol/v7.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/v7.rs
@@ -313,16 +313,20 @@ pub struct User {
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct Request {
     /// The current URL of the request.
-    #[serde(with = "url_serde")]
+    #[serde(with = "url_serde", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub url: Option<Url>,
     /// The HTTP request method.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub method: Option<String>,
     /// Optionally some associated request data (human readable)
     // XXX: this makes absolutely no sense because of unicode
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub data: Option<String>,
     /// Optionally the encoded query string.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub query_string: Option<String>,
     /// An encoded cookie string if available.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub cookies: Option<String>,
     /// HTTP request headers.
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "HashMap::is_empty")]
diff --git a/tests/test_protocol_v7.rs b/tests/test_protocol_v7.rs
index 33408104..b2d27769 100644
--- a/tests/test_protocol_v7.rs
+++ b/tests/test_protocol_v7.rs
@@ -223,6 +223,40 @@ fn test_user() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_request() {
+    let event = v7::Event {
+        request: Some(v7::Request {
+            url: "https://www.example.invalid/bar".parse().ok(),
+            method: Some("GET".into()),
+            data: Some("{}".into()),
+            query_string: Some("foo=bar&blub=blah".into()),
+            cookies: Some("dummy=42".into()),
+            headers: {
+                let mut hm = HashMap::new();
+                hm.insert("Content-Type".into(), "text/plain".into());
+                hm
+            },
+            env: {
+                let mut env = HashMap::new();
+                env.insert("PATH_INFO".into(), "/bar".into());
+                env
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        }),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        serde_json::to_string(&event).unwrap(),
+        "{\"request\":{\"url\":\"https://www.example.invalid/bar\",\
+         \"method\":\"GET\",\"data\":\"{}\",\"query_string\":\
+         \"foo=bar&blub=blah\",\"cookies\":\"dummy=42\",\"headers\":\
+         {\"Content-Type\":\"text/plain\"},\"env\":\
+         {\"PATH_INFO\":\"/bar\"}}}"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_canonical_exception() {
     let mut event: v7::Event = Default::default();