diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/ChunkStreamPart.java b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/ChunkStreamPart.java
index 0593af6e56..6a2c5c60d8 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/ChunkStreamPart.java
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/ChunkStreamPart.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 package akka.http.javadsl.model;
 
+import akka.http.impl.util.Util;
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpEntity;
 import akka.util.ByteString;
 
 /**
@@ -31,4 +33,30 @@ public abstract class ChunkStreamPart {
      * it will be empty.
      */
     public abstract Iterable<HttpHeader> getTrailerHeaders();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a chunk from data and extension.
+     */
+    public static ChunkStreamPart create(ByteString data, String extension) {
+        return new HttpEntity.Chunk(data, extension);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a chunk from data with an empty extension.
+     */
+    public static ChunkStreamPart create(ByteString data) {
+        return create(data, "");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The default last ChunkStreamPart that has no extension and no trailer headers.
+     */
+    public static final ChunkStreamPart LAST = HttpEntity.LastChunk$.MODULE$;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a last chunk with extension and headers.
+     */
+    public static ChunkStreamPart createLast(String extension, Iterable<HttpHeader> trailerHeaders){
+        return new HttpEntity.LastChunk(extension, Util.<HttpHeader, akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpHeader>convertIterable(trailerHeaders));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpEntity.java b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpEntity.java
index 5ee656bf76..70b8b4fc25 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpEntity.java
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpEntity.java
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ package akka.http.javadsl.model;
 
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpEntity$;
 import akka.japi.Option;
+import akka.stream.Materializer;
 import akka.stream.javadsl.Source;
 import akka.util.ByteString;
+import scala.concurrent.Future;
 
 /**
  * Represents the entity of an Http message. An entity consists of the content-type of the data
@@ -80,4 +82,15 @@ public interface HttpEntity {
      * Returns a stream of data bytes this entity consists of.
      */
     public abstract Source<ByteString, ?> getDataBytes();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a future of a strict entity that contains the same data as this entity
+     * which is only completed when the complete entity has been collected. As the
+     * duration of receiving the complete entity cannot be predicted, a timeout needs to
+     * be specified to guard the process against running and keeping resources infinitely.
+     *
+     * Use getDataBytes and stream processing instead if the expected data is big or
+     * is likely to take a long time.
+     */
+    public abstract Future<HttpEntityStrict> toStrict(long timeoutMillis, Materializer materializer);
 }
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpProtocols.java b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpProtocols.java
index a1704f300a..5fc71f3e07 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpProtocols.java
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpProtocols.java
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ package akka.http.javadsl.model;
 public final class HttpProtocols {
     private HttpProtocols() {}
 
-    final HttpProtocol HTTP_1_0 = akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpProtocols.HTTP$div1$u002E0();
-    final HttpProtocol HTTP_1_1 = akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpProtocols.HTTP$div1$u002E1();
+    public final static HttpProtocol HTTP_1_0 = akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpProtocols.HTTP$div1$u002E0();
+    public final static HttpProtocol HTTP_1_1 = akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpProtocols.HTTP$div1$u002E1();
 }
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/headers/Location.java b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/headers/Location.java
index 060c2842ce..1d3697655d 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/headers/Location.java
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/headers/Location.java
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ public abstract class Location extends akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpHeader {
     public static Location create(Uri uri) {
         return new akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers.Location(akka.http.impl.util.Util.convertUriToScala(uri));
     }
+    public static Location create(String uri) {
+        return create(Uri.create(uri));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/IncomingConnection.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/IncomingConnection.scala
index 9d2a317c42..19f9066457 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/IncomingConnection.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/IncomingConnection.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package akka.http.javadsl
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
+import akka.japi.function.Function;
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import akka.stream.Materializer
 import akka.stream.javadsl.Flow
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpEntity.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpEntity.scala
index fed567e1f0..10e46759c3 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpEntity.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpEntity.scala
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 
 package akka.http.scaladsl.model
 
+import akka.http.javadsl.model.HttpEntityStrict
+
 import language.implicitConversions
 import java.io.File
 import java.lang.{ Iterable ⇒ JIterable, Long ⇒ JLong }
 import scala.concurrent.Future
-import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.collection.immutable
 import akka.util.ByteString
 import akka.stream.Materializer
@@ -103,6 +105,10 @@ sealed trait HttpEntity extends jm.HttpEntity {
   def isIndefiniteLength: Boolean = false
   def isDefault: Boolean = false
   def isChunked: Boolean = false
+
+  /** Java API */
+  def toStrict(timeoutMillis: Long, materializer: Materializer): Future[HttpEntityStrict] =
+    toStrict(timeoutMillis.millis)(materializer)
 }
 
 /* An entity that can be used for body parts */