diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe47270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/context.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// +build go1.7
+
+package csrf
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func contextGet(r *http.Request, key string) (interface{}, error) {
+	val := r.Context().Value(key)
+	if val == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("no value exists in the context for key %q", key)
+	}
+
+	return val, nil
+}
+
+func contextSave(r *http.Request, key string, val interface{}) *http.Request {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, key, val)
+	return r.WithContext(ctx)
+}
diff --git a/context_legacy.go b/context_legacy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dabf0a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/context_legacy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// +build !go1.7
+
+package csrf
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/context"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func contextGet(r *http.Request, key string) (interface{}, error) {
+	if val, ok := context.GetOk(r, key); ok {
+		return val, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, errors.Errorf("no value exists in the context for key %q", key)
+}
+
+func contextSave(r *http.Request, key string, val interface{}) *http.Request {
+	context.Set(r, key, val)
+	return r
+}
diff --git a/csrf.go b/csrf.go
index fe5e933..60e1878 100644
--- a/csrf.go
+++ b/csrf.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func Protect(authKey []byte, opts ...Option) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 // Implements http.Handler for the csrf type.
 func (cs *csrf) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// Skip the check if directed to. This should always be a bool.
-	if val, ok := context.GetOk(r, skipCheckKey); ok {
+	if val, err := contextGet(r, skipCheckKey); err == nil {
 		if skip, ok := val.(bool); ok {
 			if skip {
 				cs.h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ func (cs *csrf) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	// Save the masked token to the request context
-	context.Set(r, tokenKey, mask(realToken, r))
+	r = contextSave(r, tokenKey, mask(realToken, r))
 	// Save the field name to the request context
-	context.Set(r, formKey, cs.opts.FieldName)
+	r = contextSave(r, formKey, cs.opts.FieldName)
 
 	// HTTP methods not defined as idempotent ("safe") under RFC7231 require
 	// inspection.
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index e0f23e0..7adb5ff 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 // a JSON response body. An empty token will be returned if the middleware
 // has not been applied (which will fail subsequent validation).
 func Token(r *http.Request) string {
-	if val, ok := context.GetOk(r, tokenKey); ok {
+	if val, err := contextGet(r, tokenKey); err == nil {
 		if maskedToken, ok := val.(string); ok {
 			return maskedToken
 		}
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func Token(r *http.Request) string {
 // This is useful when you want to log the cause of the error or report it to
 // client.
 func FailureReason(r *http.Request) error {
-	if val, ok := context.GetOk(r, errorKey); ok {
+	if val, err := contextGet(r, errorKey); err == nil {
 		if err, ok := val.(error); ok {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ func FailureReason(r *http.Request) error {
 // Note: You should not set this without otherwise securing the request from
 // CSRF attacks. The primary use-case for this function is to turn off CSRF
 // checks for non-browser clients using authorization tokens against your API.
-func UnsafeSkipCheck(r *http.Request) {
-	context.Set(r, skipCheckKey, true)
+func UnsafeSkipCheck(r *http.Request) *http.Request {
+	return contextSave(r, skipCheckKey, true)
 }
 
 // TemplateField is a template helper for html/template that provides an <input> field
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ func UnsafeSkipCheck(r *http.Request) {
 //      <input type="hidden" name="gorilla.csrf.Token" value="<token>">
 //
 func TemplateField(r *http.Request) template.HTML {
-	name, ok := context.GetOk(r, formKey)
-	if ok {
+	if name, err := contextGet(r, formKey); err == nil {
 		fragment := fmt.Sprintf(`<input type="hidden" name="%s" value="%s">`,
 			name, Token(r))
 
diff --git a/helpers_test.go b/helpers_test.go
index f1340ea..30ee7b3 100644
--- a/helpers_test.go
+++ b/helpers_test.go
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func TestUnsafeSkipCSRFCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	s := http.NewServeMux()
 	skipCheck := func(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		fn := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			UnsafeSkipCheck(r)
+			r = UnsafeSkipCheck(r)
 			h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		}