diff --git a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/7_6_0/6152-add-support-for-head-request.yaml b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/7_6_0/6152-add-support-for-head-request.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd591ba56c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/7_6_0/6152-add-support-for-head-request.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+type: add
+issue: 6152
+title: "Added the option to do HTTP HEAD requests against /metadata. Thanks to Jens Villadsen (@jkiddo) for the contribution!"
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ConformanceMethodBinding.java b/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ConformanceMethodBinding.java
index c45988fe4c8..f9bc3bacec2 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ConformanceMethodBinding.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ConformanceMethodBinding.java
@@ -220,11 +220,12 @@ public class ConformanceMethodBinding extends BaseResourceReturningMethodBinding
 		}
 
 		if ("metadata".equals(theRequest.getOperation())) {
-			if (theRequest.getRequestType() == RequestTypeEnum.GET) {
+			if (theRequest.getRequestType() == RequestTypeEnum.GET
+					|| theRequest.getRequestType() == RequestTypeEnum.HEAD) {
 				return MethodMatchEnum.EXACT;
 			}
 			throw new MethodNotAllowedException(
-					Msg.code(388) + "/metadata request must use HTTP GET", RequestTypeEnum.GET);
+					Msg.code(388) + "/metadata request must use HTTP GET or HTTP HEAD", RequestTypeEnum.GET);
 		}
 
 		return MethodMatchEnum.NONE;
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-server/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ConformanceMethodBindingTest.java b/hapi-fhir-server/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ConformanceMethodBindingTest.java
index 08d465a99cf..09239f5ad12 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-server/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ConformanceMethodBindingTest.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-server/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/ConformanceMethodBindingTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.method;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.context.FhirContext;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation.Metadata;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.Constants;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.RequestTypeEnum;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.server.IRestfulServer;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.server.RequestDetails;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.servlet.ServletRequestDetails;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -106,6 +108,18 @@ public class ConformanceMethodBindingTest {
 		verify(provider, times(2)).getServerConformance(any(), any());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void invokeServer_metadata() {
+
+		RequestDetails requestDetails = mySrd;
+		when(requestDetails.getOperation()).thenReturn("metadata");
+		when(requestDetails.getRequestType()).thenReturn(RequestTypeEnum.GET);
+		assertEquals(conformanceMethodBinding.incomingServerRequestMatchesMethod(requestDetails), MethodMatchEnum.EXACT);
+		when(requestDetails.getRequestType()).thenReturn(RequestTypeEnum.HEAD);
+		assertEquals(conformanceMethodBinding.incomingServerRequestMatchesMethod(requestDetails), MethodMatchEnum.EXACT);
+
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	static class TestResourceProvider {