diff --git a/src/net/http/serve_test.go b/src/net/http/serve_test.go
index d48ea686d9e..de40559ff19 100644
--- a/src/net/http/serve_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/serve_test.go
@@ -2963,6 +2963,30 @@ func TestNoContentLengthIfTransferEncoding(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// tolerate extra CRLF(s) before Request-Line on subsequent requests on a conn
+// Issue 10876.
+func TestTolerateCRLFBeforeRequestLine(t *testing.T) {
+	req := []byte("POST / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: golang.org\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n\r\nABC" +
+		"\r\n\r\n" + // <-- this stuff is bogus, but we'll ignore it
+		"GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: golang.org\r\n\r\n")
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	conn := &rwTestConn{
+		Reader: bytes.NewReader(req),
+		Writer: &buf,
+		closec: make(chan bool, 1),
+	}
+	ln := &oneConnListener{conn: conn}
+	numReq := 0
+	go Serve(ln, HandlerFunc(func(rw ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
+		numReq++
+	}))
+	<-conn.closec
+	if numReq != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("num requests = %d; want 2", numReq)
+		t.Logf("Res: %s", buf.Bytes())
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkClientServer(b *testing.B) {
 	b.ReportAllocs()
 	b.StopTimer()
diff --git a/src/net/http/server.go b/src/net/http/server.go
index e1a2825a6a2..71154ec2be5 100644
--- a/src/net/http/server.go
+++ b/src/net/http/server.go
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ type conn struct {
 	lr         *io.LimitedReader    // io.LimitReader(sr)
 	buf        *bufio.ReadWriter    // buffered(lr,rwc), reading from bufio->limitReader->sr->rwc
 	tlsState   *tls.ConnectionState // or nil when not using TLS
+	lastMethod string               // method of previous request, or ""
 
 	mu           sync.Mutex // guards the following
 	clientGone   bool       // if client has disconnected mid-request
@@ -618,6 +619,11 @@ func (c *conn) readRequest() (w *response, err error) {
 	}
 
 	c.lr.N = c.server.initialLimitedReaderSize()
+	if c.lastMethod == "POST" {
+		// RFC 2616 section 4.1 tolerance for old buggy clients.
+		peek, _ := c.buf.Reader.Peek(4) // ReadRequest will get err below
+		c.buf.Reader.Discard(numLeadingCRorLF(peek))
+	}
 	var req *Request
 	if req, err = ReadRequest(c.buf.Reader); err != nil {
 		if c.lr.N == 0 {
@@ -626,6 +632,7 @@ func (c *conn) readRequest() (w *response, err error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	c.lr.N = noLimit
+	c.lastMethod = req.Method
 
 	req.RemoteAddr = c.remoteAddr
 	req.TLS = c.tlsState
@@ -2181,3 +2188,15 @@ func (w checkConnErrorWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+func numLeadingCRorLF(v []byte) (n int) {
+	for _, b := range v {
+		if b == '\r' || b == '\n' {
+			n++
+			continue
+		}
+		break
+	}
+	return
+
+}