diff --git a/reg-tests/http-messaging/truncated.vtc b/reg-tests/http-messaging/truncated.vtc
index 7f262d75d..e674b8726 100644
--- a/reg-tests/http-messaging/truncated.vtc
+++ b/reg-tests/http-messaging/truncated.vtc
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ server s1 {
 	txresp \
 	  -status 200 \
 	  -nolen \
-	  -hdr "Transfer-encoding: chunked"
+	  -hdr "Transfer-encoding: chunked" \
+	  -hdr "Connection: close"
+
 	#  -bodylen 16300
 	#chunkedlen 16300
 	#delay 0.05