diff --git a/include/types/buffers.h b/include/types/buffers.h
index fc070bd..8c8ee9b 100644
--- a/include/types/buffers.h
+++ b/include/types/buffers.h
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
 #define BF_READ_DONTWAIT  0x400000  /* wake the task up after every read (eg: HTTP request) */
 #define BF_AUTO_CONNECT   0x800000  /* consumer may attempt to establish a new connection */
 
+#define BF_DONT_READ     0x1000000  /* disable reading for now */
+
 /* Use these masks to clear the flags before going back to lower layers */
 #define BF_CLEAR_READ     (~(BF_READ_NULL|BF_READ_PARTIAL|BF_READ_ERROR|BF_READ_ATTACHED))
 #define BF_CLEAR_WRITE    (~(BF_WRITE_NULL|BF_WRITE_PARTIAL|BF_WRITE_ERROR))
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index a68335c..6aade9f 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -2297,6 +2297,18 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* We can shut read side if "connection: close" && !abort_on_close && !content-length */
+	if ((txn->meth == HTTP_METH_GET || txn->meth == HTTP_METH_HEAD) &&
+	    (s->flags & SN_CONN_CLOSED) && !(s->be->options & PR_O_ABRT_CLOSE)) {
+		struct hdr_ctx ctx;
+		ctx.idx = 0;
+		if (!http_find_header2("Transfer-Encoding", 17, msg->sol, &txn->hdr_idx, &ctx)) {
+			ctx.idx = 0;
+			if (!http_find_header2("Content-length", 14, msg->sol, &txn->hdr_idx, &ctx))
+				req->flags |= BF_DONT_READ;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* that's OK for us now, let's move on to next analysers */
 	return 1;
 
diff --git a/src/stream_interface.c b/src/stream_interface.c
index 96b26de..f4b723b 100644
--- a/src/stream_interface.c
+++ b/src/stream_interface.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	/* we're almost sure that we need some space if the buffer is not
 	 * empty, even if it's not full, because the applets can't fill it.
 	 */
-	if ((si->ib->flags & (BF_SHUTR|BF_OUT_EMPTY)) == 0)
+	if ((si->ib->flags & (BF_SHUTR|BF_OUT_EMPTY|BF_DONT_READ)) == 0)
 		si->flags |= SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
 
 	if (si->ob->flags & BF_WRITE_ACTIVITY) {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 			si->ib->rex = tick_add_ifset(now_ms, si->ib->rto);
 	}
 
-	if (likely((si->ob->flags & (BF_SHUTW|BF_WRITE_PARTIAL|BF_FULL)) == BF_WRITE_PARTIAL &&
+	if (likely((si->ob->flags & (BF_SHUTW|BF_WRITE_PARTIAL|BF_FULL|BF_DONT_READ)) == BF_WRITE_PARTIAL &&
 		   (si->ob->prod->flags & SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM)))
 		si->ob->prod->chk_rcv(si->ob->prod);
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 
 	switch (si->state) {
 	case SI_ST_EST:
-		if (!(si->ib->flags & BF_SHUTR))
+		if (!(si->ib->flags & (BF_SHUTR|BF_DONT_READ)))
 			break;
 
 		/* fall through */
@@ -242,9 +242,9 @@
 	if (unlikely(si->state != SI_ST_EST || (ib->flags & BF_SHUTR)))
 		return;
 
-	if (ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK)) {
+	if (ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK|BF_DONT_READ)) {
 		/* stop reading */
-		if ((ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK)) == BF_FULL)
+		if ((ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK|BF_DONT_READ)) == BF_FULL)
 			si->flags |= SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/src/stream_sock.c b/src/stream_sock.c
index 65b790a..479222a 100644
--- a/src/stream_sock.c
+++ b/src/stream_sock.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
 		EV_FD_CLR(fd, DIR_RD);
 		b->rex = TICK_ETERNITY;
 	}
-	else if ((b->flags & (BF_SHUTR|BF_READ_PARTIAL|BF_FULL|BF_READ_NOEXP)) == BF_READ_PARTIAL)
+	else if ((b->flags & (BF_SHUTR|BF_READ_PARTIAL|BF_FULL|BF_DONT_READ|BF_READ_NOEXP)) == BF_READ_PARTIAL)
 		b->rex = tick_add_ifset(now_ms, b->rto);
 
 	/* we have to wake up if there is a special event or if we don't have
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@
 		}
 
 		/* the producer might be waiting for more room to store data */
-		if (likely((b->flags & (BF_SHUTW|BF_WRITE_PARTIAL|BF_FULL)) == BF_WRITE_PARTIAL &&
+		if (likely((b->flags & (BF_SHUTW|BF_WRITE_PARTIAL|BF_FULL|BF_DONT_READ)) == BF_WRITE_PARTIAL &&
 			   (b->prod->flags & SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM)))
 			b->prod->chk_rcv(b->prod);
 
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@
 		EV_FD_CLR(si->fd, DIR_WR);
 		shutdown(si->fd, SHUT_WR);
 
-		if (!(si->ib->flags & BF_SHUTR))
+		if (!(si->ib->flags & (BF_SHUTR|BF_DONT_READ)))
 			return;
 
 		/* fall through */
@@ -906,9 +906,9 @@
 	/* Check if we need to close the read side */
 	if (!(ib->flags & BF_SHUTR)) {
 		/* Read not closed, update FD status and timeout for reads */
-		if (ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK)) {
+		if (ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK|BF_DONT_READ)) {
 			/* stop reading */
-			if ((ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK)) == BF_FULL)
+			if ((ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK|BF_DONT_READ)) == BF_FULL)
 				si->flags |= SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
 			EV_FD_COND_C(fd, DIR_RD);
 			ib->rex = TICK_ETERNITY;
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@
 			 */
 			si->flags &= ~SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
 			EV_FD_COND_S(fd, DIR_RD);
-			if (!(ib->flags & BF_READ_NOEXP) && !tick_isset(ib->rex))
+			if (!(ib->flags & (BF_READ_NOEXP|BF_DONT_READ)) && !tick_isset(ib->rex))
 				ib->rex = tick_add_ifset(now_ms, ib->rto);
 		}
 	}
@@ -980,9 +980,9 @@
 	if (unlikely(si->state != SI_ST_EST || (ib->flags & BF_SHUTR)))
 		return;
 
-	if (ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK)) {
+	if (ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK|BF_DONT_READ)) {
 		/* stop reading */
-		if ((ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK)) == BF_FULL)
+		if ((ib->flags & (BF_FULL|BF_HIJACK|BF_DONT_READ)) == BF_FULL)
 			si->flags |= SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
 		EV_FD_COND_C(si->fd, DIR_RD);
 	}