1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index 2d5d0dfe8..6b7b81978 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -501,9 +501,19 @@ CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct connectdata *conn,
                   k->keepon |= KEEP_WRITE;
                 }
               }
-              else
+              else {
                 k->header = FALSE; /* no more header to parse! */
 
+                if((k->size == -1) && !conn->bits.chunk && !conn->bits.close)
+                  /* When connection is not to get closed, but no
+                     Content-Length nor Content-Encoding chunked have been
+                     received, there is no body in this response. We don't set
+                     stop_reading TRUE since that would also prevent necessary
+                     authentication actions to take place. */
+                  conn->bits.no_body = TRUE;
+
+              }
+
               if (417 == k->httpcode) {
                 /*
                  * we got: "417 Expectation Failed" this means: