diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 49c312f5387..f89a11276a6 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ David Gomez <irisindigo@gmail.com>
 Nikolaus Graf <nik@blossom.io>
 Alexandre Ardhuin <alexandre.ardhuin@gmail.com>
 Victor Berchet <victor.berchet@gmail.com>
+Roel Spilker <r.spilker@gmail.com>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/http/lib/src/base_request.dart b/pkg/http/lib/src/base_request.dart
index f54e757f0a6..dab055b4e09 100644
--- a/pkg/http/lib/src/base_request.dart
+++ b/pkg/http/lib/src/base_request.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 library base_request;
 
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:collection';
 
 import 'byte_stream.dart';
 import 'client.dart';
@@ -79,7 +80,9 @@ abstract class BaseRequest {
 
   /// Creates a new HTTP request.
   BaseRequest(this.method, this.url)
-    : headers = <String, String>{};
+    : headers = new LinkedHashMap(
+        equals: (key1, key2) => key1.toLowerCase() == key2.toLowerCase(),
+        hashCode: (key) => key.toLowerCase().hashCode);
 
   /// Finalizes the HTTP request in preparation for it being sent. This freezes
   /// all mutable fields and returns a single-subscription [ByteStream] that
diff --git a/pkg/http/pubspec.yaml b/pkg/http/pubspec.yaml
index 03288ec7428..3821bb0521b 100644
--- a/pkg/http/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkg/http/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: http
-version: 0.9.2+3
+version: 0.9.3-dev
 author: "Dart Team <misc@dartlang.org>"
 homepage: https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/http
 description: A composable, Future-based API for making HTTP requests.
diff --git a/pkg/http/test/request_test.dart b/pkg/http/test/request_test.dart
index 929cc636f02..08e2ef95165 100644
--- a/pkg/http/test/request_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/http/test/request_test.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ void main() {
       expect(request.headers[HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE], isNull);
     });
 
+    test('name is case insensitive', () {
+      var request = new http.Request('POST', dummyUrl);
+      request.headers['CoNtEnT-tYpE'] = 'application/json';
+      expect(request.headers,
+          containsPair('content-type', 'application/json'));
+    });
+
     test('is set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded with charset utf-8 if '
         'bodyFields is set', () {
       var request = new http.Request('POST', dummyUrl);