diff --git a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpParser.java b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpParser.java
index 44ac651c1c4..5b598bcad23 100644
--- a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpParser.java
+++ b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpParser.java
@@ -352,6 +352,11 @@ public class HttpParser
         return _contentPosition;
     }
 
+    public int getHeaderLength()
+    {
+        return _headerBytes;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set if a HEAD response is expected
      *