diff --git a/src/ibrowse_http_client.erl b/src/ibrowse_http_client.erl
index 81322fd..c01a12b 100644
--- a/src/ibrowse_http_client.erl
+++ b/src/ibrowse_http_client.erl
@@ -562,6 +562,10 @@ do_send_body(Body, State, _TE) ->
 
 do_send_body1(Source, Resp, State, TE) ->
     case Resp of
+		{ok, <<>>} ->
+			do_send_body({Source}, State, TE);
+		{ok, <<>>, New_source_state} ->
+			do_send_body({Source, New_source_state}, State, TE);
         {ok, Data} ->
             do_send(maybe_chunked_encode(Data, TE), State),
             do_send_body({Source}, State, TE);