diff --git a/src/main/java/org/archive/format/http/HttpHeaderParser.java b/src/main/java/org/archive/format/http/HttpHeaderParser.java
index fdec62f2..d63ec405 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/archive/format/http/HttpHeaderParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/archive/format/http/HttpHeaderParser.java
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ public ParseState handleByte(byte b, HttpHeaderParser parser)
 			if(b == LF) {
 				// TODO: this is lax, is LFLF an OK terminator?
 				// that's all folks!
+				parser.headerFinished();
 				parser.parseFinished();
 				return parser.endState;
 			}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/archive/format/http/HttpResponseParserTest.java b/src/test/java/org/archive/format/http/HttpResponseParserTest.java
index 2850fe44..c0d13230 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/archive/format/http/HttpResponseParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/archive/format/http/HttpResponseParserTest.java
@@ -38,4 +38,23 @@ public void testParse() throws IOException {
 		
 	}
 
+	public void testParseWithLf() throws IOException {
+
+		HttpResponseParser parser = new HttpResponseParser();
+		String message = "200 OK\nContent-Type: text/plain\n\nHi there";
+		try {
+			HttpResponse response = 
+				parser.parse(new ByteArrayInputStream(message.getBytes(IAUtils.UTF8)));
+			assertNotNull(response);
+			HttpHeaders headers = response.getHeaders();
+			assertNotNull(headers);
+			assertEquals(1,headers.size());
+			
+		} catch (HttpParseException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			fail();
+		}
+		
+	}
+
 }