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 e6da0a2d7364..c8e10b105dbd 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
@@ -365,6 +365,11 @@ public long getContentRead()
         return _contentPosition;
     }
 
+    public long getHeaderLength()
+    {
+        return _headerBytes;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set if a HEAD response is expected
      *