diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index a7e4acc2c..a93be373d 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -181,14 +181,14 @@ c9d1f64648062d7962caf02c4e2e7d84e8feb2a14451146f627112aae889afcd  lib/core/dump.
 4608f21a4333c162ab3c266c903fda4793cc5834de30d06affe9b7566dd09811  lib/core/__init__.py
 3d308440fb01d04b5d363bfbe0f337756b098532e5bb7a1c91d5213157ec2c35  lib/core/log.py
 2a06dc9b5c17a1efdcdb903545729809399f1ee96f7352cc19b9aaa227394ff3  lib/core/optiondict.py
-3ca1a6759c196aa104130af0ed47826cd01009beaa3fa836a25faabfec7dd18e  lib/core/option.py
+b244a96aa96ad8da96a60b1cb17a8483c84578523e122834e0bfa40e76ac19f9  lib/core/option.py
 fd449fe2c707ce06c929fc164cbabb3342f3e4e2b86c06f3efc1fc09ac98a25a  lib/core/patch.py
 85f10c6195a3a675892d914328173a6fb6a8393120417a2f10071c6e77bfa47d  lib/core/profiling.py
 c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readlineng.py
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-0185f5068de7619c00f423e80026f3c9cbd707f585f62bee7ae1900b086b37d0  lib/core/settings.py
+5287d1abed7f2e71a610f9563ec32f71e5177cd5886eefee003d2716cca61dc3  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ f7245b99c17ef88cd9a626ca09c0882a5e172bb10a38a5dec9d08da6c8e2d076  lib/core/updat
 cba481f8c79f4a75bd147b9eb5a1e6e61d70422fceadd12494b1dbaa4f1d27f4  lib/core/wordlist.py
 4608f21a4333c162ab3c266c903fda4793cc5834de30d06affe9b7566dd09811  lib/__init__.py
 7d1d3e07a1f088428d155c0e1b28e67ecbf5f62775bdeeeb11b4388369dce0f7  lib/parse/banner.py
-d361e472853d18f5bf760efc8fb63285354971f77ce97518b8bb17be63e534f1  lib/parse/cmdline.py
+c6d1527a26014b58b8a78afb851485227b86798e36551e9ac347522ef89d7a99  lib/parse/cmdline.py
 f1ad73b6368730b8b8bc2e28b3305445d2b954041717619bede421ccc4381625  lib/parse/configfile.py
 a96b7093f30b3bf774f5cc7a622867472d64a2ae8b374b43786d155cf6203093  lib/parse/handler.py
 cfd4857ce17e0a2da312c18dcff28aefaa411f419b4e383b202601c42de40eec  lib/parse/headers.py
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ ab661b605012168d72f84a92ff7e233542df3825c66714c99073e56acea37e2e  plugins/generi
 f5cad477023c8145c4db7aa530976fc75b098cf59a49905f28d02f6771fd9697  README.md
 535ab6ac8b8441a3758cee86df3e68abec8b43eee54e32777967252057915acc  sqlmapapi.py
 168309215af7dd5b0b71070e1770e72f1cbb29a3d8025143fb8aa0b88cd56b62  sqlmapapi.yaml
-c43cc0dd5b4026083ad420c04705a031504aa503cc99ab2236010c4cbd472d39  sqlmap.conf
+a40607ce164eb2d21865288d24b863edb1c734b56db857e130ac1aef961c80b9  sqlmap.conf
 822b706e791eba9b994b08e7600a3adfc3843d360437edfa0bfd588a1f58a13c  sqlmap.py
 82caac95182ac5cae02eb7d8a2dc07e71389aeae6b838d3d3f402c9597eb086a  tamper/0eunion.py
 bc8f5e638578919e4e75a5b01a84b47456bac0fd540e600975a52408a3433460  tamper/apostrophemask.py
diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index e5fb2a80c..e2b207363 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -2517,7 +2517,7 @@ def _setTorSocksProxySettings():
     socks.setdefaultproxy(socks.PROXY_TYPE_SOCKS5 if conf.torType == PROXY_TYPE.SOCKS5 else socks.PROXY_TYPE_SOCKS4, LOCALHOST, port)
     socks.wrapmodule(_http_client)
 
-def _setHttpChunked():
+def _setHttpOptions():
     if conf.chunked and conf.data:
         if hasattr(_http_client.HTTPConnection, "_set_content_length"):
             _http_client.HTTPConnection._set_content_length = lambda self, *args, **kwargs: None
@@ -2531,7 +2531,10 @@ def _setHttpChunked():
 
             _http_client.HTTPConnection.putheader = putheader
 
-def _checkWebSocket():
+    if conf.http10:
+        _http_client.HTTPConnection._http_vsn = 10
+        _http_client.HTTPConnection._http_vsn_str = 'HTTP/1.0'
+
     if conf.url and (conf.url.startswith("ws:/") or conf.url.startswith("wss:/")):
         try:
             from websocket import ABNF
@@ -2918,8 +2921,7 @@ def init():
     _setPostprocessFunctions()
     _setTrafficOutputFP()
     _setupHTTPCollector()
-    _setHttpChunked()
-    _checkWebSocket()
+    _setHttpOptions()
 
     parseTargetDirect()
 
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index de0c2b2b8..db1d6fbf1 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.9.8.5"
+VERSION = "1.9.8.6"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 84dd7d359..b4d4df7ea 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
         request.add_argument("--drop-set-cookie", dest="dropSetCookie", action="store_true",
             help="Ignore Set-Cookie header from response")
 
+        request.add_argument("--http1.0", dest="http10", action="store_true",
+            help="Use HTTP version 1.0 (old)")
+
         request.add_argument("--http2", dest="http2", action="store_true",
             help="Use HTTP version 2 (experimental)")
 
diff --git a/sqlmap.conf b/sqlmap.conf
index e40961e18..9d0ca92db 100644
--- a/sqlmap.conf
+++ b/sqlmap.conf
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ loadCookies =
 # Valid: True or False
 dropSetCookie = False
 
+# Use HTTP version 1.0 (old).
+# Valid: True or False
+http10 = False
+
 # Use HTTP version 2 (experimental).
 # Valid: True or False
 http2 = False