From b9c63eb9084b54e016129e480785918c330d2015 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:46:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for an Issue #156

---
 lib/request/connect.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 0a804922f..d7b87b5b8 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class Connect:
                 headers[HTTPHEADER.PROXY_AUTHORIZATION] = kb.proxyAuthHeader
 
             headers[HTTPHEADER.ACCEPT] = HTTP_ACCEPT_HEADER_VALUE
-            headers[HTTPHEADER.ACCEPT_ENCODING] = HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER_VALUE
+            headers[HTTPHEADER.ACCEPT_ENCODING] = HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER_VALUE if method != HTTPMETHOD.HEAD else "identity"
             headers[HTTPHEADER.HOST] = host or getHostHeader(url)
 
             if auxHeaders: