diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httpin.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httpin.js
index 1986970a1..09f13d844 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httpin.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httpin.js
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
 
             if (this.method == "get") {
                 RED.httpNode.get(this.url,cookieParser(),httpMiddleware,corsHandler,metricsHandler,this.callback,this.errorHandler);
+            } else if (this.method == "head") { //  https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc7231.html#rfc.section.4.3.2
+                RED.httpNode.head(this.url,cookieParser(),httpMiddleware,corsHandler,metricsHandler,this.callback,this.errorHandler);
             } else if (this.method == "post") {
                 RED.httpNode.post(this.url,cookieParser(),httpMiddleware,corsHandler,metricsHandler,jsonParser,urlencParser,multipartParser,rawBodyParser,this.callback,this.errorHandler);
             } else if (this.method == "put") {