diff --git a/README b/README
index f57defb..6957ce7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 	If-Unmodified-Since, If-Modified-Since, Date, Accept-Encoding,
 	Accept-Language, Accept-Charset, Max-Forwards, If-Match,
 	If-None-Match, Last-Modified, Content-Length, Expires,
-	Content-Language, Content-Encoding, Allow, Host, Accept
+	Content-Language, Content-Encoding, Allow, Host, Accept,
+	Connection
 
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 	Create a ticket on the issue tracking interface of GitHub:
diff --git a/ngx_http_header_inspect.c b/ngx_http_header_inspect.c
index 4ce71ad..ab2ca30 100644
--- a/ngx_http_header_inspect.c
+++ b/ngx_http_header_inspect.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 static ngx_int_t ngx_header_inspect_allow_header(ngx_header_inspect_loc_conf_t *conf, ngx_log_t *log, ngx_str_t value);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_header_inspect_host_header(ngx_header_inspect_loc_conf_t *conf, ngx_log_t *log, ngx_str_t value);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_header_inspect_accept_header(ngx_header_inspect_loc_conf_t *conf, ngx_log_t *log, ngx_str_t value);
+static ngx_int_t ngx_header_inspect_connection_header(ngx_header_inspect_loc_conf_t *conf, ngx_log_t *log, ngx_str_t value);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_header_inspect_ifrange_header(ngx_header_inspect_loc_conf_t *conf, ngx_log_t *log, ngx_str_t value);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_header_inspect_date_header(ngx_header_inspect_loc_conf_t *conf, ngx_log_t *log, char *header, ngx_str_t value);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_header_inspect_process_request(ngx_http_request_t *r);
@@ -1360,6 +1361,20 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static ngx_int_t ngx_header_inspect_connection_header(ngx_header_inspect_loc_conf_t *conf, ngx_log_t *log, ngx_str_t value) {
+	/* TODO: check with RFC for allowed header values */
+	if ( (value.len == 5) && (ngx_strcmp("close", value.data) == 0) ) {
+		return NGX_OK;
+	} else if ( (value.len == 10) && (ngx_strcmp("keep-alive", value.data) == 0) ) {
+		return NGX_OK;
+	} else {
+		if ( conf->log ) {
+			ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, log, 0, "header_inspect: illegal value in Connection header \"%s\"", value.data);
+		}
+		return NGX_ERROR;
+	}
+}
+
 static ngx_int_t ngx_header_inspect_accept_header(ngx_header_inspect_loc_conf_t *conf, ngx_log_t *log, ngx_str_t value) {
 	ngx_int_t rc = NGX_AGAIN;
 	ngx_uint_t i = 0;
@@ -1726,6 +1741,11 @@
 					if ((rc != NGX_OK) && conf->block) {
 						return NGX_HTTP_BAD_REQUEST;
 					}
+				} else if ((h[i].key.len == 10) && (ngx_strcmp("Connection", h[i].key.data) == 0) ) {
+					rc = ngx_header_inspect_connection_header(conf, r->connection->log, h[i].value);
+					if ((rc != NGX_OK) && conf->block) {
+						return NGX_HTTP_BAD_REQUEST;
+					}
 				} else {
 					/* TODO: support for other headers */
 					if (conf->log_uninspected) {