1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/net/http.rb b/lib/net/http.rb
index 5e64e38665..dc8ed051f0 100644
--- a/lib/net/http.rb
+++ b/lib/net/http.rb
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
       @max_retries = 1
       @debug_output = nil
       @response_body_encoding = false
+      @ignore_eof = true
 
       @proxy_from_env = false
       @proxy_uri      = nil
@@ -839,6 +840,10 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
     # The default value is 2 seconds.
     attr_accessor :keep_alive_timeout
 
+    # Whether to ignore EOF when reading response bodies with defined
+    # Content-Length headers. For backwards compatibility, the default is true.
+    attr_accessor :ignore_eof
+
     # Returns true if the HTTP session has been started.
     def started?
       @started
@@ -1606,6 +1611,7 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
             res = HTTPResponse.read_new(@socket)
             res.decode_content = req.decode_content
             res.body_encoding = @response_body_encoding
+            res.ignore_eof = @ignore_eof
           end while res.kind_of?(HTTPInformation)
 
           res.uri = req.uri