diff --git a/include/types/h1.h b/include/types/h1.h
index af5c8962d..d3e442653 100644
--- a/include/types/h1.h
+++ b/include/types/h1.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ enum h1m_state {
 #define H1_MF_CONN_UPG          0x00000080 // message contains "connection: upgrade"
 #define H1_MF_XFER_LEN          0x00000100 // message xfer size can be determined
 #define H1_MF_XFER_ENC          0x00000200 // transfer-encoding is present
+#define H1_MF_NO_PHDR           0x00000400 // don't add pseudo-headers in the header list
 
 /* Note: for a connection to be persistent, we need this for the request :
  *   - one of CLEN or CHNK
diff --git a/src/h1.c b/src/h1.c
index e3efd5959..c61737221 100644
--- a/src/h1.c
+++ b/src/h1.c
@@ -1053,13 +1053,15 @@ int h1_headers_to_hdr_list(char *start, const char *stop,
 					state = H1_MSG_RQVER;
 					goto http_output_full;
 				}
-				http_set_hdr(&hdr[hdr_count++], ist(":method"), sl.rq.m);
+				if (!(h1m->flags & H1_MF_NO_PHDR))
+					http_set_hdr(&hdr[hdr_count++], ist(":method"), sl.rq.m);
 
 				if (unlikely(hdr_count >= hdr_num)) {
 					state = H1_MSG_RQVER;
 					goto http_output_full;
 				}
-				http_set_hdr(&hdr[hdr_count++], ist(":path"), sl.rq.u);
+				if (!(h1m->flags & H1_MF_NO_PHDR))
+					http_set_hdr(&hdr[hdr_count++], ist(":path"), sl.rq.u);
 			}
 
 			sol = ptr - start;
@@ -1210,7 +1212,8 @@ int h1_headers_to_hdr_list(char *start, const char *stop,
 				state = H1_MSG_RPREASON;
 				goto http_output_full;
 			}
-			http_set_hdr(&hdr[hdr_count++], ist(":status"), sl.st.c);
+			if (!(h1m->flags & H1_MF_NO_PHDR))
+				http_set_hdr(&hdr[hdr_count++], ist(":status"), sl.st.c);
 		}
 
 		sol = ptr - start;