diff --git a/internal/martian/head.go b/internal/martian/head.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7186f01e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/martian/head.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Sauce Labs Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package martian
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
+)
+
+// writeHeadResponse writes the status line and header of r to w.
+func writeHeadResponse(w io.Writer, res *http.Response) error {
+	// Status line
+	text := res.Status
+	if text == "" {
+		text = http.StatusText(res.StatusCode)
+		if text == "" {
+			text = "status code " + strconv.Itoa(res.StatusCode)
+		}
+	} else {
+		// Just to reduce stutter, if user set res.Status to "200 OK" and StatusCode to 200.
+		// Not important.
+		text = strings.TrimPrefix(text, strconv.Itoa(res.StatusCode)+" ")
+	}
+
+	if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "HTTP/%d.%d %03d %s\r\n", res.ProtoMajor, res.ProtoMinor, res.StatusCode, text); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Header
+	if err := res.Header.Write(w); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Add Trailer header if needed
+	if len(res.Trailer) > 0 {
+		if _, err := io.WriteString(w, "Trailer: "); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for i, k := range maps.Keys(res.Trailer) {
+			if i > 0 {
+				if _, err := io.WriteString(w, ", "); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+			if _, err := io.WriteString(w, k); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// End-of-header
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(w, "\r\n"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/martian/proxy.go b/internal/martian/proxy.go
index 2ac1ed3b..bfca80b9 100644
--- a/internal/martian/proxy.go
+++ b/internal/martian/proxy.go
@@ -699,13 +699,20 @@ func (p *Proxy) handle(ctx *Context, conn net.Conn, brw *bufio.ReadWriter) error
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Add support for Server Sent Events - relay HTTP chunks and flush after each chunk.
-	// This is safe for events that are smaller than the buffer io.Copy uses (32KB).
-	// If the event is larger than the buffer, the event will be split into multiple chunks.
-	if shouldFlush(res) {
-		err = res.Write(flushAfterChunkWriter{brw.Writer})
+	if req.Method == "HEAD" && res.Body == http.NoBody {
+		// The http package is misbehaving when writing a HEAD response.
+		// See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/62015 for details.
+		// This works around the issue by writing the response manually.
+		err = writeHeadResponse(brw.Writer, res)
 	} else {
-		err = res.Write(brw)
+		// Add support for Server Sent Events - relay HTTP chunks and flush after each chunk.
+		// This is safe for events that are smaller than the buffer io.Copy uses (32KB).
+		// If the event is larger than the buffer, the event will be split into multiple chunks.
+		if shouldFlush(res) {
+			err = res.Write(flushAfterChunkWriter{brw.Writer})
+		} else {
+			err = res.Write(brw)
+		}
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("martian: got error while writing response back to client: %v", err)