diff --git a/httprl.module b/httprl.module
index 5f0149b..fee8304 100644
--- a/httprl.module
+++ b/httprl.module
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ function httprl_set_default_options(&$options) {
     'chunk_size_read' => 32768,
     'chunk_size_write' => 1024,
     'async_connect' => TRUE,
+    'head_only' => FALSE,
   );
 
   // Merge the default headers.
@@ -785,6 +786,9 @@ function httprl_establish_stream_connection(&$result) {
  *   - version: HTTP Version 1.0 or 1.1. Default is 1.0 for a good reason.
  *   - referrer: TRUE - send current page; FALSE - do not send current
  *     page. Default is FALSE.
+ *   - head_only: FALSE (default) - Get the whole request. TRUE - Cut the
+ *     connection once we have the headers and discard any data that we might
+ *     have gotten.
  *   - domain_connections: Maximum number of simultaneous connections to a given
  *     domain name. Default is 8.
  *   - global_connections: Maximum number of simultaneous connections that can
@@ -1173,6 +1177,15 @@ function httprl_send_request($results = NULL) {
 
             // Now that we have the headers, increase the chunk size.
             $responses[$id]->chunk_size = $responses[$id]->options['chunk_size_read'];
+
+            // We only care about the headers. Close Connection.
+            if ($responses[$id]->options['head_only']) {
+              $responses[$id]->data = '';
+              $responses[$id]->status = 'Done.';
+
+              // Do post processing on the stream.
+              httprl_post_processing($id, $responses, $output);
+            }
           }
         }