diff --git a/thirdparty/keepalive/keepalive.py b/thirdparty/keepalive/keepalive.py
index 674391f9a..51a4c8670 100644
--- a/thirdparty/keepalive/keepalive.py
+++ b/thirdparty/keepalive/keepalive.py
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ class HTTPResponse(httplib.HTTPResponse):
         else: # 2.2 doesn't
             httplib.HTTPResponse.__init__(self, sock, debuglevel)
         self.fileno = sock.fileno
+        self._method = method
         self._rbuf = ''
         self._rbufsize = 8096
         self._handler = None # inserted by the handler later