diff --git a/src/pkg/net/http/serve_test.go b/src/pkg/net/http/serve_test.go
index c187b1cd078..5b394660a3c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/http/serve_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/http/serve_test.go
@@ -1757,6 +1757,64 @@ func TestWriteAfterHijack(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=5955
+// Note that this does not test the "request too large"
+// exit path from the http server. This is intentional;
+// not sending Connection: close is just a minor wire
+// optimization and is pointless if dealing with a
+// badly behaved client.
+func TestHTTP10ConnectionHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	defer afterTest(t)
+
+	mux := NewServeMux()
+	mux.Handle("/", HandlerFunc(func(resp ResponseWriter, req *Request) {}))
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(mux)
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	// net/http uses HTTP/1.1 for requests, so write requests manually
+	tests := []struct {
+		req    string   // raw http request
+		expect []string // expected Connection header(s)
+	}{
+		{
+			req:    "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n",
+			expect: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			req:    "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n",
+			expect: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			req:    "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\n\r\n",
+			expect: []string{"keep-alive"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", ts.Listener.Addr().String())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("dial err:", err)
+		}
+
+		_, err = fmt.Fprint(conn, tt.req)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("conn write err:", err)
+		}
+
+		resp, err := ReadResponse(bufio.NewReader(conn), &Request{Method: "GET"})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("ReadResponse err:", err)
+		}
+		conn.Close()
+		resp.Body.Close()
+
+		got := resp.Header["Connection"]
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.expect) {
+			t.Errorf("wrong Connection headers for request %q. Got %q expect %q", got, tt.expect)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkClientServer(b *testing.B) {
 	b.ReportAllocs()
 	b.StopTimer()
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/http/server.go b/src/pkg/net/http/server.go
index 5b93a61125c..92947052922 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/http/server.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/http/server.go
@@ -850,7 +850,9 @@ func (cw *chunkWriter) writeHeader(p []byte) {
 
 	if w.closeAfterReply && !hasToken(cw.header.get("Connection"), "close") {
 		delHeader("Connection")
-		setHeader.connection = "close"
+		if w.req.ProtoAtLeast(1, 1) {
+			setHeader.connection = "close"
+		}
 	}
 
 	w.conn.buf.WriteString(statusLine(w.req, code))
@@ -1458,7 +1460,9 @@ func (mux *ServeMux) handler(host, path string) (h Handler, pattern string) {
 // pattern most closely matches the request URL.
 func (mux *ServeMux) ServeHTTP(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
 	if r.RequestURI == "*" {
-		w.Header().Set("Connection", "close")
+		if r.ProtoAtLeast(1, 1) {
+			w.Header().Set("Connection", "close")
+		}
 		w.WriteHeader(StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}