Index: src/OFHTTPRequest.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFHTTPRequest.m
+++ src/OFHTTPRequest.m
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@
 - init
 {
 	self = [super init];
 
 	requestType = OF_HTTP_REQUEST_TYPE_GET;
-	headers = [[OFDictionary alloc]
-	    initWithObject: @"Something using ObjFW "
-			    @"<https://webkeks.org/objfw/>"
-		    forKey: @"User-Agent"];
+	headers = [[OFDictionary alloc] initWithKeysAndObjects:
+	    @"Connection", @"close",
+	    @"User-Agent", @"Something using ObjFW "
+			   @"<https://webkeks.org/objfw/>", nil];
 	storesData = YES;
 
 	return self;
 }
 

Index: tests/OFHTTPRequestTests.m
==================================================================
--- tests/OFHTTPRequestTests.m
+++ tests/OFHTTPRequestTests.m
@@ -63,10 +63,13 @@
 		assert(0);
 
 	if (![[client readLine] isEqual:
 	    [OFString stringWithFormat: @"Host: 127.0.0.1:%" @PRIu16, port]])
 		assert(0);
+
+	if (![[client readLine] isEqual: @"Connection: close"])
+		assert(0);
 
 	if (![[client readLine] hasPrefix: @"User-Agent:"])
 		assert(0);
 
 	if (![[client readLine] isEqual: @""])