diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/BrowserTestBase.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/BrowserTestBase.php
index bd50c23b48..9c8bbcdb7c 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/BrowserTestBase.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/BrowserTestBase.php
@@ -1419,4 +1419,44 @@ protected function checkForMetaRefresh() {
     return FALSE;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Retrieves only the headers for a Drupal path or an absolute path.
+   *
+   * @param $path
+   *   Drupal path or URL to load into internal browser
+   * @param $options
+   *   Options to be forwarded to the url generator.
+   * @param $headers
+   *   An array containing additional HTTP request headers, each formatted as
+   *   "name: value".
+   *
+   * @return
+   *   The retrieved headers, also available as $this->getRawContent()
+   */
+  protected function drupalHead($path, array $options = [], array $headers = []) {
+    $options['absolute'] = TRUE;
+    $url = $this->buildUrl($path, $options);
+    $session = $this->getSession();
+    $this->prepareRequest();
+    foreach ($headers as $header_name => $header_value) {
+      $session->setRequestHeader($header_name, $header_value);
+    }
+    $session->visit($url);
+    $out = $session->getResponseHeaders();
+
+    // Ensure that any changes to variables in the other thread are picked up.
+    $this->refreshVariables();
+
+    // Log only for JavascriptTestBase tests because for Goutte we log with
+    // ::getResponseLogHandler.
+    if ($this->htmlOutputEnabled && !($this->getSession()->getDriver() instanceof GoutteDriver)) {
+      $html_output = 'GET request to: ' . $url .
+        '<hr />Ending URL: ' . $this->getSession()->getCurrentUrl();
+      $html_output .= '<hr />' . $out;
+      $html_output .= $this->getHtmlOutputHeaders();
+      $this->htmlOutput($html_output);
+    }
+    return $out;
+  }
+
 }