diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
index b94d59dc7..9eac4da91 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ in your Node-RED user directory (${RED.settings.userDir}).
         if (n.paytoqs === true || n.paytoqs === "query") { paytoqs = true; }
         else if (n.paytoqs === "body") { paytobody = true; }
 
+        node.insecureHTTPParser = n.insecureHTTPParser
 
         var prox, noprox;
         if (process.env.http_proxy) { prox = process.env.http_proxy; }
diff --git a/test/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest_spec.js b/test/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest_spec.js
index 688776289..dff99f3b0 100644
--- a/test/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest_spec.js
+++ b/test/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest_spec.js
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ var multer = require("multer");
 var RED = require("nr-test-utils").require("node-red/lib/red");
 var fs = require('fs-extra');
 var auth = require('basic-auth');
+const { version } = require("os");
+const net = require('net')
 
 describe('HTTP Request Node', function() {
     var testApp;
@@ -2265,4 +2267,73 @@ describe('HTTP Request Node', function() {
             });
         });
     });
+
+    describe('should parse broken headers', function(done) {
+
+        const versions = process.versions.node.split('.')
+
+        if (( versions[0] == 14 && versions[1] >= 20 ) ||
+            ( versions[0] == 16 && versions[1] >= 16 ) ||
+            ( versions[0] == 18 && versions[1] >= 5 ) ||
+            ( versions[0] > 18)) {
+            // only test if on new enough NodeJS version
+
+            let port = testPort++
+
+            let server;
+        
+            before(function() {
+                server = net.createServer(function (socket) {
+                    socket.write("HTTP/1.0 200\nContent-Type: text/plain\n\nHelloWorld")
+                    socket.end()
+                })
+
+                server.listen(port,'127.0.0.1', function(err) {
+                })
+            });
+            
+            after(function() {
+                server.close()
+            });
+
+            it('should accept broken headers', function (done) {
+                var flow = [{id:'n1',type:'http request',wires:[['n2']],method:'GET',ret:'obj',url:`http://localhost:${port}/`, insecureHTTPParser: true},
+                {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+                helper.load(httpRequestNode, flow, function() {
+                    var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                    var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                    n2.on('input', function(msg) {
+                        try {
+                            msg.payload.should.equal('HelloWorld')
+                            done()
+                        } catch (err) {
+                            done(err)
+                        }
+                    })
+                    n1.receive({payload: 'foo'})
+                });
+            });
+
+            it('should reject broken headers', function (done) {
+                var flow = [{id:'n1',type:'http request',wires:[['n2']],method:'GET',ret:'obj',url:`http://localhost:${port}/`},
+                {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+                helper.load(httpRequestNode, flow, function() {
+                    var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                    var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                    n2.on('input', function(msg) {
+                        try{
+                            msg.payload.should.equal('RequestError: Parse Error: Missing expected CR after header value : http://localhost:10234/')
+                            done()
+                        } catch (err) {
+                            done(err)
+                        }
+                    })
+                    n1.receive({payload: 'foo'})
+                    
+                });
+            });
+        } else {
+            done()
+        }
+    });
 });