diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index efe63137533..87a0e57cfbf 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 jetty-7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
  + 286911 Clean out cache when recycling HTTP fields
  + JETTY-1081 Handle null content type in GzipFilter
+ + JETTY-1084 Disable GzipFilter for HEAD requests
  + JETTY-1086 Added UncheckedPrintWriter to avoid ignored EOFs
  + JETTY-1087 Chunked SSL non blocking input
  
diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
index 52019263036..f9c9602dc8d 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ public class GzipFilter extends UserAgentFilter
         HttpServletResponse response=(HttpServletResponse)res;
 
         String ae = request.getHeader("accept-encoding");
-        if (ae != null && ae.indexOf("gzip")>=0 && !response.containsHeader("Content-Encoding"))
+        if (ae != null && ae.indexOf("gzip")>=0 && !response.containsHeader("Content-Encoding")
+                && !"HEAD".equals(request.getMethod()))
         {
             if (_excluded!=null)
             {