diff --git a/docs/root/configuration/http_filters/lua_filter.rst b/docs/root/configuration/http_filters/lua_filter.rst
index 0f5fb6022d358..627e6bfc80f56 100644
--- a/docs/root/configuration/http_filters/lua_filter.rst
+++ b/docs/root/configuration/http_filters/lua_filter.rst
@@ -290,6 +290,17 @@ under the filter name i.e. *envoy.lua*. Below is an example of a *metadata* in a
 
 Returns a :ref:`metadata object <config_http_filters_lua_metadata_wrapper>`.
 
+requestInfo()
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: lua
+
+  requestInfo = handle:requestInfo()
+
+Returns :repo:`information <include/request_info/request_info.h>` related to the current request.
+
+Returns a :ref:`request info object <config_http_filters_lua_request_info_wrapper>`.
+
 .. _config_http_filters_lua_header_wrapper:
 
 Header object API
@@ -403,3 +414,18 @@ __pairs()
 
 Iterates through every *metadata* entry. *key* is a string that supplies a *metadata*
 key. *value* is *metadata* entry value.
+
+.. _config_http_filters_lua_request_info_wrapper:
+
+Request info object API
+-----------------------
+
+protocol()
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: lua
+
+  requestInfo:protocol()
+
+Returns the string representation of :repo:`HTTP protocol <include/envoy/http/protocol.h>`
+used by the current request. The possible values are: *HTTP/1.0*, *HTTP/1.1*, and *HTTP/2*.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/root/intro/version_history.rst b/docs/root/intro/version_history.rst
index 114e40173c18c..1be25ff7c32c9 100644
--- a/docs/root/intro/version_history.rst
+++ b/docs/root/intro/version_history.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Version history
 1.8.0 (Pending)
 ===============
 * http: response filters not applied to early error paths such as http_parser generated 400s.
+* lua: added :ref:`requestInfo() <config_http_filters_lua_request_info_wrapper>` wrapper and *protocol()* API.
 * ratelimit: added support for :repo:`api/envoy/service/ratelimit/v2/rls.proto`.
   Lyft's reference implementation of the `ratelimit <https://github.com/lyft/ratelimit>`_ service also supports the data-plane-api proto as of v1.1.0.
   Envoy can use either proto to send client requests to a ratelimit server with the use of the
diff --git a/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/BUILD b/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/BUILD
index bc306c23731d5..ea2a04f409c8e 100644
--- a/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/BUILD
+++ b/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/BUILD
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ envoy_cc_library(
     hdrs = ["wrappers.h"],
     deps = [
         "//include/envoy/http:header_map_interface",
+        "//include/envoy/request_info:request_info_interface",
+        "//source/common/http:utility_lib",
         "//source/extensions/filters/common/lua:lua_lib",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter.cc b/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter.cc
index 73c7a5ff2f010..d0c1c705973b6 100644
--- a/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter.cc
+++ b/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter.cc
@@ -367,6 +367,16 @@ int StreamHandleWrapper::luaMetadata(lua_State* state) {
   return 1;
 }
 
+int StreamHandleWrapper::luaRequestInfo(lua_State* state) {
+  ASSERT(state_ == State::Running);
+  if (request_info_wrapper_.get() != nullptr) {
+    request_info_wrapper_.pushStack();
+  } else {
+    request_info_wrapper_.reset(RequestInfoWrapper::create(state, callbacks_.requestInfo()), true);
+  }
+  return 1;
+}
+
 int StreamHandleWrapper::luaLogTrace(lua_State* state) {
   const char* message = luaL_checkstring(state, 2);
   filter_.scriptLog(spdlog::level::trace, message);
@@ -411,6 +421,7 @@ FilterConfig::FilterConfig(const std::string& lua_code, ThreadLocal::SlotAllocat
   lua_state_.registerType<Filters::Common::Lua::MetadataMapIterator>();
   lua_state_.registerType<HeaderMapWrapper>();
   lua_state_.registerType<HeaderMapIterator>();
+  lua_state_.registerType<RequestInfoWrapper>();
   lua_state_.registerType<StreamHandleWrapper>();
 
   request_function_slot_ = lua_state_.registerGlobal("envoy_on_request");
diff --git a/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter.h b/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter.h
index 868229686737d..d020145811054 100644
--- a/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter.h
+++ b/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter.h
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ class FilterCallbacks {
    * route entry.
    */
   virtual const ProtobufWkt::Struct& metadata() const PURE;
+
+  /**
+   * @return RequestInfo::RequestInfo& the current request info handle. This handle is mutable to
+   * accomodate write API e.g. setDynamicMetadata().
+   */
+  virtual RequestInfo::RequestInfo& requestInfo() PURE;
 };
 
 class Filter;
@@ -122,7 +128,7 @@ class StreamHandleWrapper : public Filters::Common::Lua::BaseLuaObject<StreamHan
             {"logDebug", static_luaLogDebug},       {"logInfo", static_luaLogInfo},
             {"logWarn", static_luaLogWarn},         {"logErr", static_luaLogErr},
             {"logCritical", static_luaLogCritical}, {"httpCall", static_luaHttpCall},
-            {"respond", static_luaRespond}};
+            {"respond", static_luaRespond},         {"requestInfo", static_luaRequestInfo}};
   }
 
 private:
@@ -176,6 +182,11 @@ class StreamHandleWrapper : public Filters::Common::Lua::BaseLuaObject<StreamHan
    */
   DECLARE_LUA_FUNCTION(StreamHandleWrapper, luaMetadata);
 
+  /**
+   * @return a handle to the request info.
+   */
+  DECLARE_LUA_FUNCTION(StreamHandleWrapper, luaRequestInfo);
+
   /**
    * Log a message to the Envoy log.
    * @param 1 (string): The log message.
@@ -202,6 +213,7 @@ class StreamHandleWrapper : public Filters::Common::Lua::BaseLuaObject<StreamHan
     body_wrapper_.reset();
     trailers_wrapper_.reset();
     metadata_wrapper_.reset();
+    request_info_wrapper_.reset();
   }
 
   // Http::AsyncClient::Callbacks
@@ -220,6 +232,7 @@ class StreamHandleWrapper : public Filters::Common::Lua::BaseLuaObject<StreamHan
   Filters::Common::Lua::LuaDeathRef<HeaderMapWrapper> headers_wrapper_;
   Filters::Common::Lua::LuaDeathRef<Filters::Common::Lua::BufferWrapper> body_wrapper_;
   Filters::Common::Lua::LuaDeathRef<HeaderMapWrapper> trailers_wrapper_;
+  Filters::Common::Lua::LuaDeathRef<RequestInfoWrapper> request_info_wrapper_;
   Filters::Common::Lua::LuaDeathRef<Filters::Common::Lua::MetadataMapWrapper> metadata_wrapper_;
   State state_{State::Running};
   std::function<void()> yield_callback_;
@@ -310,6 +323,7 @@ class Filter : public Http::StreamFilter, Logger::Loggable<Logger::Id::lua> {
     void respond(Http::HeaderMapPtr&& headers, Buffer::Instance* body, lua_State* state) override;
 
     const ProtobufWkt::Struct& metadata() const override { return getMetadata(callbacks_); }
+    RequestInfo::RequestInfo& requestInfo() override { return callbacks_->requestInfo(); }
 
     Filter& parent_;
     Http::StreamDecoderFilterCallbacks* callbacks_{};
@@ -328,6 +342,7 @@ class Filter : public Http::StreamFilter, Logger::Loggable<Logger::Id::lua> {
     void respond(Http::HeaderMapPtr&& headers, Buffer::Instance* body, lua_State* state) override;
 
     const ProtobufWkt::Struct& metadata() const override { return getMetadata(callbacks_); }
+    RequestInfo::RequestInfo& requestInfo() override { return callbacks_->requestInfo(); }
 
     Filter& parent_;
     Http::StreamEncoderFilterCallbacks* callbacks_{};
diff --git a/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers.cc b/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers.cc
index 642a444a612d2..8bdd09ea7c6e5 100644
--- a/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers.cc
+++ b/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers.h"
 
+#include "common/http/utility.h"
+
 namespace Envoy {
 namespace Extensions {
 namespace HttpFilters {
@@ -100,6 +102,11 @@ void HeaderMapWrapper::checkModifiable(lua_State* state) {
   }
 }
 
+int RequestInfoWrapper::luaProtocol(lua_State* state) {
+  lua_pushstring(state, Http::Utility::getProtocolString(request_info_.protocol().value()).c_str());
+  return 1;
+}
+
 } // namespace Lua
 } // namespace HttpFilters
 } // namespace Extensions
diff --git a/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers.h b/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers.h
index 57a5b6ce7cbc1..cbdd92d057aed 100644
--- a/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers.h
+++ b/source/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "envoy/http/header_map.h"
+#include "envoy/request_info/request_info.h"
 
 #include "extensions/filters/common/lua/lua.h"
 
@@ -98,6 +99,23 @@ class HeaderMapWrapper : public Filters::Common::Lua::BaseLuaObject<HeaderMapWra
   friend class HeaderMapIterator;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Lua wrapper for a request info.
+ */
+class RequestInfoWrapper : public Filters::Common::Lua::BaseLuaObject<RequestInfoWrapper> {
+public:
+  RequestInfoWrapper(RequestInfo::RequestInfo& request_info) : request_info_{request_info} {}
+  static ExportedFunctions exportedFunctions() { return {{"protocol", static_luaProtocol}}; }
+
+private:
+  /**
+   * Get current protocol being used.
+   * @return string representation of Http::Protocol.
+   */
+  DECLARE_LUA_FUNCTION(RequestInfoWrapper, luaProtocol);
+  RequestInfo::RequestInfo& request_info_;
+};
+
 } // namespace Lua
 } // namespace HttpFilters
 } // namespace Extensions
diff --git a/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/BUILD b/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/BUILD
index 39eceafebf201..8dcfc1654e4fd 100644
--- a/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/BUILD
+++ b/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/BUILD
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ envoy_extension_cc_test(
     deps = [
         "//source/extensions/filters/http/lua:wrappers_lib",
         "//test/extensions/filters/common/lua:lua_wrappers_lib",
+        "//test/mocks/request_info:request_info_mocks",
         "//test/test_common:utility_lib",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter_test.cc b/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter_test.cc
index 2562c2fa9fe50..844fcf5da33e2 100644
--- a/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter_test.cc
+++ b/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_filter_test.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ using testing::AtLeast;
 using testing::InSequence;
 using testing::Invoke;
 using testing::Return;
+using testing::ReturnPointee;
+using testing::ReturnRef;
 using testing::StrEq;
 using testing::_;
 
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ class LuaHttpFilterTest : public testing::Test {
   Http::MockStreamDecoderFilterCallbacks decoder_callbacks_;
   Http::MockStreamEncoderFilterCallbacks encoder_callbacks_;
   envoy::api::v2::core::Metadata metadata_;
+  NiceMock<Envoy::RequestInfo::MockRequestInfo> request_info_;
 
   const std::string HEADER_ONLY_SCRIPT{R"EOF(
     function envoy_on_request(request_handle)
@@ -1460,6 +1463,25 @@ TEST_F(LuaHttpFilterTest, GetMetadataFromHandleNoLuaMetadata) {
   EXPECT_EQ(Http::FilterHeadersStatus::Continue, filter_->decodeHeaders(request_headers, true));
 }
 
+// No available Lua metadata on route.
+TEST_F(LuaHttpFilterTest, GetCurrentProtocol) {
+  const std::string SCRIPT{R"EOF(
+    function envoy_on_request(request_handle)
+      request_handle:logTrace(request_handle:requestInfo():protocol())
+    end
+  )EOF"};
+
+  InSequence s;
+  setup(SCRIPT);
+
+  EXPECT_CALL(decoder_callbacks_, requestInfo()).WillOnce(ReturnRef(request_info_));
+  EXPECT_CALL(request_info_, protocol()).WillOnce(Return(Http::Protocol::Http11));
+
+  Http::TestHeaderMapImpl request_headers{{":path", "/"}};
+  EXPECT_CALL(*filter_, scriptLog(spdlog::level::trace, StrEq("HTTP/1.1")));
+  EXPECT_EQ(Http::FilterHeadersStatus::Continue, filter_->decodeHeaders(request_headers, true));
+}
+
 } // namespace Lua
 } // namespace HttpFilters
 } // namespace Extensions
diff --git a/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_integration_test.cc b/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_integration_test.cc
index 7820f546e400f..2ac5b6be06457 100644
--- a/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_integration_test.cc
+++ b/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/lua_integration_test.cc
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ name: envoy.lua
       request_handle:headers():add("request_body_size", body_length)
       request_handle:headers():add("request_metadata_foo", metadata["foo"])
       request_handle:headers():add("request_metadata_baz", metadata["baz"])
+      request_handle:headers():add("request_protocol", request_handle:requestInfo():protocol())
     end
 
     function envoy_on_response(response_handle)
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ name: envoy.lua
       response_handle:headers():add("response_metadata_foo", metadata["foo"])
       response_handle:headers():add("response_metadata_baz", metadata["baz"])
       response_handle:headers():add("response_body_size", body_length)
+      response_handle:headers():add("request_protocol", response_handle:requestInfo():protocol())
       response_handle:headers():remove("foo")
     end
 )EOF";
@@ -153,6 +155,10 @@ name: envoy.lua
                           ->value()
                           .c_str());
 
+  EXPECT_STREQ(
+      "HTTP/1.1",
+      upstream_request_->headers().get(Http::LowerCaseString("request_protocol"))->value().c_str());
+
   Http::TestHeaderMapImpl response_headers{{":status", "200"}, {"foo", "bar"}};
   upstream_request_->encodeHeaders(response_headers, false);
   Buffer::OwnedImpl response_data1("good");
@@ -170,6 +176,8 @@ name: envoy.lua
   EXPECT_STREQ(
       "bat",
       response->headers().get(Http::LowerCaseString("response_metadata_baz"))->value().c_str());
+  EXPECT_STREQ("HTTP/1.1",
+               response->headers().get(Http::LowerCaseString("request_protocol"))->value().c_str());
   EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, response->headers().get(Http::LowerCaseString("foo")));
 
   cleanup();
diff --git a/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers_test.cc b/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers_test.cc
index ce35a5a38bfb8..e642bda4537aa 100644
--- a/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers_test.cc
+++ b/test/extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers_test.cc
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+#include "common/http/utility.h"
+
 #include "extensions/filters/http/lua/wrappers.h"
 
 #include "test/extensions/filters/common/lua/lua_wrappers.h"
+#include "test/mocks/request_info/mocks.h"
 #include "test/test_common/utility.h"
 
 using testing::InSequence;
+using testing::ReturnPointee;
 
 namespace Envoy {
 namespace Extensions {
@@ -210,6 +214,42 @@ TEST_F(LuaHeaderMapWrapperTest, IteratorAcrossYield) {
                             "[string \"...\"]:5: object used outside of proper scope");
 }
 
+class LuaRequestInfoWrapperTest
+    : public Filters::Common::Lua::LuaWrappersTestBase<RequestInfoWrapper> {
+public:
+  virtual void setup(const std::string& script) {
+    Filters::Common::Lua::LuaWrappersTestBase<RequestInfoWrapper>::setup(script);
+  }
+
+protected:
+  void expectToPrintCurrentProtocol(const absl::optional<Envoy::Http::Protocol>& protocol) {
+    const std::string SCRIPT{R"EOF(
+      function callMe(object)
+        testPrint(string.format("'%s'", object:protocol()))
+      end
+    )EOF"};
+
+    InSequence s;
+    setup(SCRIPT);
+
+    NiceMock<Envoy::RequestInfo::MockRequestInfo> request_info;
+    ON_CALL(request_info, protocol()).WillByDefault(ReturnPointee(&protocol));
+    Filters::Common::Lua::LuaDeathRef<RequestInfoWrapper> wrapper(
+        RequestInfoWrapper::create(coroutine_->luaState(), request_info), true);
+    EXPECT_CALL(*this,
+                testPrint(fmt::format("'{}'", Http::Utility::getProtocolString(protocol.value()))));
+    start("callMe");
+    wrapper.reset();
+  }
+};
+
+// Return the current request protocol.
+TEST_F(LuaRequestInfoWrapperTest, ReturnCurrentProtocol) {
+  expectToPrintCurrentProtocol(Http::Protocol::Http10);
+  expectToPrintCurrentProtocol(Http::Protocol::Http11);
+  expectToPrintCurrentProtocol(Http::Protocol::Http2);
+}
+
 } // namespace Lua
 } // namespace HttpFilters
 } // namespace Extensions