diff --git a/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ReadMethodBinding.java b/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ReadMethodBinding.java
index dacce858677..621034055c9 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ReadMethodBinding.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ReadMethodBinding.java
@@ -23,25 +23,35 @@ package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.method;
 import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isNotBlank;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
-import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.*;
+import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;
+import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IIdType;
 
 import ca.uhn.fhir.context.ConfigurationException;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.context.FhirContext;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.model.api.IResource;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.model.api.ResourceMetadataKeyEnum;
-import ca.uhn.fhir.model.primitive.IdDt;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.model.primitive.InstantDt;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.model.valueset.BundleTypeEnum;
-import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation.*;
-import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.*;
-import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.server.*;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation.Elements;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation.IdParam;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation.Read;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.Constants;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.RequestTypeEnum;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.RestOperationTypeEnum;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.server.IBundleProvider;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.server.IRestfulServer;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.server.RequestDetails;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.param.ParameterUtil;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.ETagSupportEnum;
-import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.*;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.InternalErrorException;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.InvalidRequestException;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.NotModifiedException;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.util.DateUtils;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
@@ -125,8 +135,8 @@ public class ReadMethodBinding extends BaseResourceReturningMethodBinding {
 		if (isNotBlank(theRequest.getCompartmentName())) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		if (theRequest.getRequestType() != RequestTypeEnum.GET) {
-			ourLog.trace("Method {} doesn't match because request type is not GET: {}", theRequest.getId(), theRequest.getRequestType());
+		if (theRequest.getRequestType() != RequestTypeEnum.GET && theRequest.getRequestType() != RequestTypeEnum.HEAD ) {
+			ourLog.trace("Method {} doesn't match because request type is not GET or HEAD: {}", theRequest.getId(), theRequest.getRequestType());
 			return false;
 		}
 		if (Constants.PARAM_HISTORY.equals(theRequest.getOperation())) {
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/ServerFeaturesDstu2Test.java b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/ServerFeaturesDstu2Test.java
index fa3c5d8bd4d..a9cc0796324 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/ServerFeaturesDstu2Test.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/ServerFeaturesDstu2Test.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class ServerFeaturesDstu2Test {
 
 		ourLog.info(status.toString());
 		
-		assertEquals(400, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
 		assertThat(status.getFirstHeader("x-powered-by").getValue(), containsString("HAPI"));
 	}