diff --git a/mozilla/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHeaderArray.cpp b/mozilla/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHeaderArray.cpp
index fcfe82ae3cc..195b1b0ef39 100644
--- a/mozilla/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHeaderArray.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHeaderArray.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ PRBool
 nsHttpHeaderArray::CanAppendToHeader(nsHttpAtom header)
 {
     return header == nsHttp::Accept_Charset ||
+           header == nsHttp::Content_Type ||
            header == nsHttp::User_Agent ||
            header == nsHttp::Referer ||
            header == nsHttp::Host ||
diff --git a/mozilla/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpTransaction.cpp b/mozilla/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpTransaction.cpp
index 17b2c03d2bc..210a2a614a5 100644
--- a/mozilla/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpTransaction.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpTransaction.cpp
@@ -736,6 +736,13 @@ nsHttpTransaction::Read(char *buf, PRUint32 count, PRUint32 *bytesWritten)
             // return would block to prevent being called again.
             return NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK;
         }
+        if (!mHaveAllHeaders && !mLineBuf.IsEmpty()) {
+            // the server has not sent the final \r\n terminating the header section,
+            // and there is still a header line unparsed.  let's make sure we parse
+            // the remaining header line, and then hopefully, the response will be
+            // usable (see bug 88792).
+            ParseLineSegment("\n", 1);
+        }
         return rv;
     }