diff --git a/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_httpd_handlers.erl b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_httpd_handlers.erl
index 000f29b..5e86ea8 100644
--- a/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_httpd_handlers.erl
+++ b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_httpd_handlers.erl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 url_handler(<<"_dbs_info">>)       -> fun chttpd_misc:handle_dbs_info_req/1;
 url_handler(<<"_active_tasks">>)   -> fun chttpd_misc:handle_task_status_req/1;
 url_handler(<<"_scheduler">>)      -> fun couch_replicator_httpd:handle_scheduler_req/1;
-url_handler(<<"_node">>)           -> fun chttpd_misc:handle_node_req/1;
+url_handler(<<"_node">>)           -> fun chttpd_node:handle_node_req/1;
 url_handler(<<"_reload_query_servers">>) -> fun chttpd_misc:handle_reload_query_servers_req/1;
 url_handler(<<"_replicate">>)      -> fun chttpd_misc:handle_replicate_req/1;
 url_handler(<<"_uuids">>)          -> fun chttpd_misc:handle_uuids_req/1;
diff --git a/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_misc.erl b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_misc.erl
index 17122bf..dd24712 100644
--- a/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_misc.erl
+++ b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_misc.erl
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 -export([
     handle_all_dbs_req/1,
     handle_dbs_info_req/1,
-    handle_node_req/1,
     handle_favicon_req/1,
     handle_favicon_req/2,
     handle_replicate_req/1,
@@ -275,132 +274,6 @@
     couch_httpd_misc_handlers:handle_uuids_req(Req).
 
 
-% Node-specific request handler (_config and _stats)
-% Support _local meaning this node
-handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, <<"_local">>]}=Req) ->
-    send_json(Req, 200, {[{name, node()}]});
-handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[A, <<"_local">>|Rest]}=Req) ->
-    handle_node_req(Req#httpd{path_parts=[A, node()] ++ Rest});
-% GET /_node/$node/_config
-handle_node_req(#httpd{method='GET', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_config">>]}=Req) ->
-    Grouped = lists:foldl(fun({{Section, Key}, Value}, Acc) ->
-        case dict:is_key(Section, Acc) of
-        true ->
-            dict:append(Section, {list_to_binary(Key), list_to_binary(Value)}, Acc);
-        false ->
-            dict:store(Section, [{list_to_binary(Key), list_to_binary(Value)}], Acc)
-        end
-    end, dict:new(), call_node(Node, config, all, [])),
-    KVs = dict:fold(fun(Section, Values, Acc) ->
-        [{list_to_binary(Section), {Values}} | Acc]
-    end, [], Grouped),
-    send_json(Req, 200, {KVs});
-handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_config">>]}=Req) ->
-    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET");
-% GET /_node/$node/_config/Section
-handle_node_req(#httpd{method='GET', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_config">>, Section]}=Req) ->
-    KVs = [{list_to_binary(Key), list_to_binary(Value)}
-            || {Key, Value} <- call_node(Node, config, get, [Section])],
-    send_json(Req, 200, {KVs});
-handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_config">>, _Section]}=Req) ->
-    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET");
-% PUT /_node/$node/_config/Section/Key
-% "value"
-handle_node_req(#httpd{method='PUT', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_config">>, Section, Key]}=Req) ->
-    couch_util:check_config_blacklist(Section),
-    Value = couch_util:trim(chttpd:json_body(Req)),
-    Persist = chttpd:header_value(Req, "X-Couch-Persist") /= "false",
-    OldValue = call_node(Node, config, get, [Section, Key, ""]),
-    case call_node(Node, config, set, [Section, Key, ?b2l(Value), Persist]) of
-        ok ->
-            send_json(Req, 200, list_to_binary(OldValue));
-        {error, Reason} ->
-            chttpd:send_error(Req, {bad_request, Reason})
-    end;
-% GET /_node/$node/_config/Section/Key
-handle_node_req(#httpd{method='GET', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_config">>, Section, Key]}=Req) ->
-    case call_node(Node, config, get, [Section, Key, undefined]) of
-    undefined ->
-        throw({not_found, unknown_config_value});
-    Value ->
-        send_json(Req, 200, list_to_binary(Value))
-    end;
-% DELETE /_node/$node/_config/Section/Key
-handle_node_req(#httpd{method='DELETE',path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_config">>, Section, Key]}=Req) ->
-    couch_util:check_config_blacklist(Section),
-    Persist = chttpd:header_value(Req, "X-Couch-Persist") /= "false",
-    case call_node(Node, config, get, [Section, Key, undefined]) of
-    undefined ->
-        throw({not_found, unknown_config_value});
-    OldValue ->
-        case call_node(Node, config, delete, [Section, Key, Persist]) of
-            ok ->
-                send_json(Req, 200, list_to_binary(OldValue));
-            {error, Reason} ->
-                chttpd:send_error(Req, {bad_request, Reason})
-        end
-    end;
-handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_config">>, _Section, _Key]}=Req) ->
-    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET,PUT,DELETE");
-handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_config">>, _Section, _Key | _]}=Req) ->
-    chttpd:send_error(Req, not_found);
-% GET /_node/$node/_stats
-handle_node_req(#httpd{method='GET', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_stats">> | Path]}=Req) ->
-    flush(Node, Req),
-    Stats0 = call_node(Node, couch_stats, fetch, []),
-    Stats = couch_stats_httpd:transform_stats(Stats0),
-    Nested = couch_stats_httpd:nest(Stats),
-    EJSON0 = couch_stats_httpd:to_ejson(Nested),
-    EJSON1 = couch_stats_httpd:extract_path(Path, EJSON0),
-    chttpd:send_json(Req, EJSON1);
-handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_stats">>]}=Req) ->
-    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET");
-% GET /_node/$node/_system
-handle_node_req(#httpd{method='GET', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_system">>]}=Req) ->
-    Stats = call_node(Node, chttpd_misc, get_stats, []),
-    EJSON = couch_stats_httpd:to_ejson(Stats),
-    send_json(Req, EJSON);
-handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_system">>]}=Req) ->
-    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET");
-% POST /_node/$node/_restart
-handle_node_req(#httpd{method='POST', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_restart">>]}=Req) ->
-    call_node(Node, init, restart, []),
-    send_json(Req, 200, {[{ok, true}]});
-handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_restart">>]}=Req) ->
-    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "POST");
-handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_]}=Req) ->
-    chttpd:send_error(Req, {bad_request, <<"Incomplete path to _node request">>});
-handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node]}=Req) ->
-    chttpd:send_error(Req, {bad_request, <<"Incomplete path to _node request">>});
-handle_node_req(Req) ->
-    chttpd:send_error(Req, not_found).
-
-
-call_node(Node0, Mod, Fun, Args) when is_binary(Node0) ->
-    Node1 = try
-                list_to_existing_atom(?b2l(Node0))
-            catch
-                error:badarg ->
-                    throw({not_found, <<"no such node: ", Node0/binary>>})
-            end,
-    call_node(Node1, Mod, Fun, Args);
-call_node(Node, Mod, Fun, Args) when is_atom(Node) ->
-    case rpc:call(Node, Mod, Fun, Args) of
-        {badrpc, nodedown} ->
-            Reason = ?l2b(io_lib:format("~s is down", [Node])),
-            throw({error, {nodedown, Reason}});
-        Else ->
-            Else
-    end.
-
-flush(Node, Req) ->
-    case couch_util:get_value("flush", chttpd:qs(Req)) of
-        "true" ->
-            call_node(Node, couch_stats_aggregator, flush, []);
-        _Else ->
-            ok
-    end.
-
 % Note: this resource is exposed on the backdoor interface, but it's in chttpd
 % because it's not couch trunk
 handle_system_req(Req) ->
diff --git a/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_node.erl b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_node.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ca7f57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chttpd/src/chttpd_node.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+% use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+% the License at
+%
+%   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%
+% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+% WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+% License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+% the License.
+
+-module(chttpd_node).
+-compile(tuple_calls).
+
+-export([
+    handle_node_req/1
+]).
+
+-include_lib("couch/include/couch_db.hrl").
+
+-import(chttpd,
+    [send_json/2,send_json/3,send_method_not_allowed/2,
+    send_chunk/2,start_chunked_response/3]).
+
+% Node-specific request handler (_config and _stats)
+% Support _local meaning this node
+handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, <<"_local">>]}=Req) ->
+    send_json(Req, 200, {[{name, node()}]});
+handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[A, <<"_local">>|Rest]}=Req) ->
+    handle_node_req(Req#httpd{path_parts=[A, node()] ++ Rest});
+% GET /_node/$node/_config
+handle_node_req(#httpd{method='GET', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_config">>]}=Req) ->
+    Grouped = lists:foldl(fun({{Section, Key}, Value}, Acc) ->
+        case dict:is_key(Section, Acc) of
+        true ->
+            dict:append(Section, {list_to_binary(Key), list_to_binary(Value)}, Acc);
+        false ->
+            dict:store(Section, [{list_to_binary(Key), list_to_binary(Value)}], Acc)
+        end
+    end, dict:new(), call_node(Node, config, all, [])),
+    KVs = dict:fold(fun(Section, Values, Acc) ->
+        [{list_to_binary(Section), {Values}} | Acc]
+    end, [], Grouped),
+    send_json(Req, 200, {KVs});
+handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_config">>]}=Req) ->
+    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET");
+% GET /_node/$node/_config/Section
+handle_node_req(#httpd{method='GET', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_config">>, Section]}=Req) ->
+    KVs = [{list_to_binary(Key), list_to_binary(Value)}
+            || {Key, Value} <- call_node(Node, config, get, [Section])],
+    send_json(Req, 200, {KVs});
+handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_config">>, _Section]}=Req) ->
+    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET");
+% PUT /_node/$node/_config/Section/Key
+% "value"
+handle_node_req(#httpd{method='PUT', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_config">>, Section, Key]}=Req) ->
+    couch_util:check_config_blacklist(Section),
+    Value = couch_util:trim(chttpd:json_body(Req)),
+    Persist = chttpd:header_value(Req, "X-Couch-Persist") /= "false",
+    OldValue = call_node(Node, config, get, [Section, Key, ""]),
+    case call_node(Node, config, set, [Section, Key, ?b2l(Value), Persist]) of
+        ok ->
+            send_json(Req, 200, list_to_binary(OldValue));
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            chttpd:send_error(Req, {bad_request, Reason})
+    end;
+% GET /_node/$node/_config/Section/Key
+handle_node_req(#httpd{method='GET', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_config">>, Section, Key]}=Req) ->
+    case call_node(Node, config, get, [Section, Key, undefined]) of
+    undefined ->
+        throw({not_found, unknown_config_value});
+    Value ->
+        send_json(Req, 200, list_to_binary(Value))
+    end;
+% DELETE /_node/$node/_config/Section/Key
+handle_node_req(#httpd{method='DELETE',path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_config">>, Section, Key]}=Req) ->
+    couch_util:check_config_blacklist(Section),
+    Persist = chttpd:header_value(Req, "X-Couch-Persist") /= "false",
+    case call_node(Node, config, get, [Section, Key, undefined]) of
+    undefined ->
+        throw({not_found, unknown_config_value});
+    OldValue ->
+        case call_node(Node, config, delete, [Section, Key, Persist]) of
+            ok ->
+                send_json(Req, 200, list_to_binary(OldValue));
+            {error, Reason} ->
+                chttpd:send_error(Req, {bad_request, Reason})
+        end
+    end;
+handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_config">>, _Section, _Key]}=Req) ->
+    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET,PUT,DELETE");
+handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_config">>, _Section, _Key | _]}=Req) ->
+    chttpd:send_error(Req, not_found);
+% GET /_node/$node/_stats
+handle_node_req(#httpd{method='GET', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_stats">> | Path]}=Req) ->
+    flush(Node, Req),
+    Stats0 = call_node(Node, couch_stats, fetch, []),
+    Stats = couch_stats_httpd:transform_stats(Stats0),
+    Nested = couch_stats_httpd:nest(Stats),
+    EJSON0 = couch_stats_httpd:to_ejson(Nested),
+    EJSON1 = couch_stats_httpd:extract_path(Path, EJSON0),
+    chttpd:send_json(Req, EJSON1);
+handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_stats">>]}=Req) ->
+    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET");
+% GET /_node/$node/_system
+handle_node_req(#httpd{method='GET', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_system">>]}=Req) ->
+    Stats = call_node(Node, chttpd_misc, get_stats, []),
+    EJSON = couch_stats_httpd:to_ejson(Stats),
+    send_json(Req, EJSON);
+handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_system">>]}=Req) ->
+    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET");
+% POST /_node/$node/_restart
+handle_node_req(#httpd{method='POST', path_parts=[_, Node, <<"_restart">>]}=Req) ->
+    call_node(Node, init, restart, []),
+    send_json(Req, 200, {[{ok, true}]});
+handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node, <<"_restart">>]}=Req) ->
+    send_method_not_allowed(Req, "POST");
+handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_]}=Req) ->
+    chttpd:send_error(Req, {bad_request, <<"Incomplete path to _node request">>});
+handle_node_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_, _Node]}=Req) ->
+    chttpd:send_error(Req, {bad_request, <<"Incomplete path to _node request">>});
+handle_node_req(Req) ->
+    chttpd:send_error(Req, not_found).
+
+
+call_node(Node0, Mod, Fun, Args) when is_binary(Node0) ->
+    Node1 = try
+                list_to_existing_atom(?b2l(Node0))
+            catch
+                error:badarg ->
+                    throw({not_found, <<"no such node: ", Node0/binary>>})
+            end,
+    call_node(Node1, Mod, Fun, Args);
+call_node(Node, Mod, Fun, Args) when is_atom(Node) ->
+    case rpc:call(Node, Mod, Fun, Args) of
+        {badrpc, nodedown} ->
+            Reason = ?l2b(io_lib:format("~s is down", [Node])),
+            throw({error, {nodedown, Reason}});
+        Else ->
+            Else
+    end.
+
+flush(Node, Req) ->
+    case couch_util:get_value("flush", chttpd:qs(Req)) of
+        "true" ->
+            call_node(Node, couch_stats_aggregator, flush, []);
+        _Else ->
+            ok
+    end.
diff --git a/src/couch/test/eunit/chttpd_endpoints_tests.erl b/src/couch/test/eunit/chttpd_endpoints_tests.erl
index 9b74308..6433d3d 100644
--- a/src/couch/test/eunit/chttpd_endpoints_tests.erl
+++ b/src/couch/test/eunit/chttpd_endpoints_tests.erl
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         {<<"_all_dbs">>, chttpd_misc, handle_all_dbs_req},
         {<<"_dbs_info">>, chttpd_misc, handle_dbs_info_req},
         {<<"_active_tasks">>, chttpd_misc, handle_task_status_req},
-        {<<"_node">>, chttpd_misc, handle_node_req},
+        {<<"_node">>, chttpd_node, handle_node_req},
         {<<"_reload_query_servers">>, chttpd_misc, handle_reload_query_servers_req},
         {<<"_replicate">>, chttpd_misc, handle_replicate_req},
         {<<"_uuids">>, chttpd_misc, handle_uuids_req},