Index: src/OFHTTPRequest.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFHTTPRequest.m
+++ src/OFHTTPRequest.m
@@ -128,21 +128,27 @@
 
 		sock = [[[of_http_request_tls_socket_class alloc] init]
 		    autorelease];
 	}
 
-	[sock connectToHost: [URL host]
-		     onPort: [URL port]];
-
 	@try {
 		OFString *line;
 		OFMutableDictionary *s_headers;
 		OFDataArray *data;
 		OFEnumerator *enumerator;
 		OFString *key;
 		int status;
 		const char *t;
+
+		[sock connectToHost: [URL host]
+			     onPort: [URL port]];
+
+		/*
+		 * Work around a bug with packet bisection in lighttpd when
+		 * using HTTPS.
+		 */
+		[sock setBuffersWrites: YES];
 
 		if (requestType == OF_HTTP_REQUEST_TYPE_GET)
 			t = "GET";
 		if (requestType == OF_HTTP_REQUEST_TYPE_HEAD)
 			t = "HEAD";
@@ -177,10 +183,14 @@
 				[sock writeFormat: @"Content-Length: %d\r\n",
 				    [queryString cStringLength]];
 		}
 
 		[sock writeString: @"\r\n"];
+
+		/* Work around a bug in lighttpd, see above */
+		[sock flushWriteBuffer];
+		[sock setBuffersWrites: NO];
 
 		if (requestType == OF_HTTP_REQUEST_TYPE_POST)
 			[sock writeString: queryString];
 
 		/*