1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_http.c b/plugins/check_http.c
index 26a074df..b371cd64 100644
--- a/plugins/check_http.c
+++ b/plugins/check_http.c
@@ -782,6 +782,9 @@ check_http (void)
 
   asprintf (&buf, "%s %s HTTP/1.0\r\n%s\r\n", http_method, server_url, user_agent);
 
+  /* tell HTTP/1.1 servers not to keep the connection alive */
+  asprintf (&buf, "%sConnection: close\r\n", buf);
+
   /* optionally send the host header info */
   if (host_name)
     asprintf (&buf, "%sHost: %s\r\n", buf, host_name);