diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 5ad76058..aa6e5e66 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-10-21  Matthew Atkinson  <mutley456@ntlworld.com> (tiny change)
+
+	* http.c (gethttp): Always send Content-Length header when method is POST,
+	PUT, or PATCH even with no post body, as some servers will reject the
+	request otherwise.
+
 2014-11-03  Jakub Čajka  <jcajka@redhat.com>
 
 	* iri.c (remote_to_utf8): Fixed assumption that char is signed. Fixes
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index cded2dee..69ffcc3f 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -1874,6 +1874,10 @@ gethttp (struct url *u, struct http_stat *hs, int *dt, struct url *proxy,
                               xstrdup (number_to_static_string (body_data_size)),
                               rel_value);
         }
+      else if (strcasecmp (opt.method, "post") == 0
+               || strcasecmp (opt.method, "put") == 0
+               || strcasecmp (opt.method, "patch") == 0)
+        request_set_header (req, "Content-Length", "0", rel_none);
     }
 
  retry_with_auth: