diff --git a/src/client/pipeline.rs b/src/client/pipeline.rs
index fbbce4546..9828478cd 100644
--- a/src/client/pipeline.rs
+++ b/src/client/pipeline.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use context::{ActorHttpContext, Frame};
 use error::Error;
 use error::PayloadError;
 use header::ContentEncoding;
+use http::Method;
 use httpmessage::HttpMessage;
 use server::input::PayloadStream;
 use server::WriterState;
@@ -212,6 +213,9 @@ impl Future for SendRequest {
 
                     match pl.parse() {
                         Ok(Async::Ready(mut resp)) => {
+                            if self.req.method() == &Method::HEAD {
+                                pl.parser.take();
+                            }
                             resp.set_pipeline(pl);
                             return Ok(Async::Ready(resp));
                         }
diff --git a/tests/test_server.rs b/tests/test_server.rs
index 4fb73a6a5..4c50434c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ fn test_head_empty() {
     }
 
     // read response
-    // let bytes = srv.execute(response.body()).unwrap();
-    // assert!(bytes.is_empty());
+    let bytes = srv.execute(response.body()).unwrap();
+    assert!(bytes.is_empty());
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ fn test_head_binary() {
     }
 
     // read response
-    //let bytes = srv.execute(response.body()).unwrap();
-    //assert!(bytes.is_empty());
+    let bytes = srv.execute(response.body()).unwrap();
+    assert!(bytes.is_empty());
 }
 
 #[test]