diff --git a/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c b/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c
index d09b9ad778785..0c64746f8aa9e 100644
--- a/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c
+++ b/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c
@@ -487,6 +487,10 @@ php_stream *php_stream_url_wrap_http_ex(php_stream_wrapper *wrapper, char *path,
 			} else {
 				response_code = 0;
 			}
+			/* when we request only the header, don't fail even on error codes */
+			if (options & STREAM_ONLY_GET_HEADERS) {
+				reqok = 1;
+			}
 			switch(response_code) {
 				case 200:
 				case 302: