diff --git a/src/proto/conn.rs b/src/proto/conn.rs
index 8f1a32fd51..2bcd911a9c 100644
--- a/src/proto/conn.rs
+++ b/src/proto/conn.rs
@@ -453,6 +453,14 @@ where I: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite,
     pub fn close_write(&mut self) {
         self.state.close_write();
     }
+
+    pub fn disable_keep_alive(&mut self) {
+        if self.state.is_idle() {
+            self.state.close_read();
+        } else {
+            self.state.disable_keep_alive();
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // ==== tokio_proto impl ====
@@ -700,6 +708,10 @@ impl<B, K: KeepAlive> State<B, K> {
         }
     }
 
+    fn disable_keep_alive(&mut self) {
+        self.keep_alive.disable()
+    }
+
     fn busy(&mut self) {
         if let KA::Disabled = self.keep_alive.status() {
             return;
@@ -869,7 +881,7 @@ mod tests {
                 other => panic!("unexpected frame: {:?}", other)
             }
 
-            // client 
+            // client
             let io = AsyncIo::new_buf(vec![], 1);
             let mut conn = Conn::<_, proto::Chunk, ClientTransaction>::new(io, Default::default());
             conn.state.busy();
diff --git a/src/proto/dispatch.rs b/src/proto/dispatch.rs
index 903855418d..f309ca6e45 100644
--- a/src/proto/dispatch.rs
+++ b/src/proto/dispatch.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ where
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn disable_keep_alive(&mut self) {
+        self.conn.disable_keep_alive()
+    }
+
     fn poll_read(&mut self) -> Poll<(), ::Error> {
         loop {
             if self.conn.can_read_head() {
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index 4e2cd34e36..b06f90a4f8 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -536,6 +536,18 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<I, B, S> Connection<I, S>
+where S: Service<Request = Request, Response = Response<B>, Error = ::Error> + 'static,
+      I: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + 'static,
+      B: Stream<Error=::Error> + 'static,
+      B::Item: AsRef<[u8]>,
+{
+    /// Disables keep-alive for this connection.
+    pub fn disable_keep_alive(&mut self) {
+        self.conn.disable_keep_alive()
+    }
+}
+
 mod unnameable {
     // This type is specifically not exported outside the crate,
     // so no one can actually name the type. With no methods, we make no
diff --git a/tests/server.rs b/tests/server.rs
index 21d0f2d3cf..b3a994e8cc 100644
--- a/tests/server.rs
+++ b/tests/server.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ extern crate pretty_env_logger;
 extern crate tokio_core;
 
 use futures::{Future, Stream};
-use futures::future::{self, FutureResult};
+use futures::future::{self, FutureResult, Either};
 use futures::sync::oneshot;
 
 use tokio_core::net::TcpListener;
@@ -551,6 +551,106 @@ fn pipeline_enabled() {
     assert_eq!(n, 0);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn disable_keep_alive_mid_request() {
+    let mut core = Core::new().unwrap();
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind(&"127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap(), &core.handle()).unwrap();
+    let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
+
+    let (tx1, rx1) = oneshot::channel();
+    let (tx2, rx2) = oneshot::channel();
+
+    let child = thread::spawn(move || {
+        let mut req = connect(&addr);
+        req.write_all(b"GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n").unwrap();
+        tx1.send(()).unwrap();
+        rx2.wait().unwrap();
+        req.write_all(b"Host: localhost\r\n\r\n").unwrap();
+        let mut buf = vec![];
+        req.read_to_end(&mut buf).unwrap();
+    });
+
+    let fut = listener.incoming()
+        .into_future()
+        .map_err(|_| unreachable!())
+        .and_then(|(item, _incoming)| {
+            let (socket, _) = item.unwrap();
+            Http::<hyper::Chunk>::new().serve_connection(socket, HelloWorld)
+                .select2(rx1)
+                .then(|r| {
+                    match r {
+                        Ok(Either::A(_)) => panic!("expected rx first"),
+                        Ok(Either::B(((), mut conn))) => {
+                            conn.disable_keep_alive();
+                            tx2.send(()).unwrap();
+                            conn
+                        }
+                        Err(Either::A((e, _))) => panic!("unexpected error {}", e),
+                        Err(Either::B((e, _))) => panic!("unexpected error {}", e),
+                    }
+                })
+        });
+
+    core.run(fut).unwrap();
+    child.join().unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn disable_keep_alive_post_request() {
+    let mut core = Core::new().unwrap();
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind(&"127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap(), &core.handle()).unwrap();
+    let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
+
+    let (tx1, rx1) = oneshot::channel();
+
+    let child = thread::spawn(move || {
+        let mut req = connect(&addr);
+        req.write_all(b"\
+            GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\
+            Host: localhost\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+        ").unwrap();
+
+        let mut buf = [0; 1024 * 8];
+        loop {
+            let n = req.read(&mut buf).expect("reading 1");
+            if n < buf.len() {
+                if &buf[n - HELLO.len()..n] == HELLO.as_bytes() {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        tx1.send(()).unwrap();
+
+        let nread = req.read(&mut buf).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(nread, 0);
+    });
+
+    let fut = listener.incoming()
+        .into_future()
+        .map_err(|_| unreachable!())
+        .and_then(|(item, _incoming)| {
+            let (socket, _) = item.unwrap();
+            Http::<hyper::Chunk>::new().serve_connection(socket, HelloWorld)
+                .select2(rx1)
+                .then(|r| {
+                    match r {
+                        Ok(Either::A(_)) => panic!("expected rx first"),
+                        Ok(Either::B(((), mut conn))) => {
+                            conn.disable_keep_alive();
+                            conn
+                        }
+                        Err(Either::A((e, _))) => panic!("unexpected error {}", e),
+                        Err(Either::B((e, _))) => panic!("unexpected error {}", e),
+                    }
+                })
+        });
+
+    core.run(fut).unwrap();
+    child.join().unwrap();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn no_proto_empty_parse_eof_does_not_return_error() {
     let mut core = Core::new().unwrap();
@@ -719,6 +819,8 @@ impl Service for TestService {
 
 }
 
+const HELLO: &'static str = "hello";
+
 struct HelloWorld;
 
 impl Service for HelloWorld {
@@ -728,7 +830,10 @@ impl Service for HelloWorld {
     type Future = FutureResult<Self::Response, Self::Error>;
 
     fn call(&self, _req: Request) -> Self::Future {
-        future::ok(Response::new())
+        let mut response = Response::new();
+        response.headers_mut().set(hyper::header::ContentLength(HELLO.len() as u64));
+        response.set_body(HELLO);
+        future::ok(response)
     }
 }