diff --git a/cake/libs/http_response.php b/cake/libs/http_response.php
index ef54423ab72..f0cc637c8c1 100644
--- a/cake/libs/http_response.php
+++ b/cake/libs/http_response.php
@@ -125,9 +125,14 @@ public function offsetGet($offset) {
 		switch ($offset) {
 			case 'raw':
 				$firstLineLength = strpos($this->raw, "\r\n") + 2;
+				if ($this->raw[$firstLineLength] === "\r") {
+					$header = null;
+				} else {
+					$header = substr($this->raw, $firstLineLength, strpos($this->raw, "\r\n\r\n") - $firstLineLength) . "\r\n";
+				}
 				return array(
-					'status-line' => $this->httpVersion . ' ' . $this->code . ' ' . $this->reasonPhrase,
-					'header' => substr($this->raw, $firstLineLength, strpos($this->raw, "\r\n\r\n") - $firstLineLength),
+					'status-line' => $this->httpVersion . ' ' . $this->code . ' ' . $this->reasonPhrase . "\r\n",
+					'header' => $header,
 					'body' => $this->body,
 					'response' => $this->raw
 				);
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/http_response.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/http_response.test.php
index debac0735e5..6c3967a8953 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/http_response.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/http_response.test.php
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ public function testArrayAccess() {
 		$this->HttpResponse->body = 'This is a test!';
 		$this->HttpResponse->raw = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nServer: CakePHP\r\nContEnt-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\nThis is a test!";
 
-		$expected1 = 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK';
+		$expected1 = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n";
 		$this->assertEqual($this->HttpResponse['raw']['status-line'], $expected1);
-		$expected2 = "Server: CakePHP\r\nContEnt-Type: text/plain";
+		$expected2 = "Server: CakePHP\r\nContEnt-Type: text/plain\r\n";
 		$this->assertEqual($this->HttpResponse['raw']['header'], $expected2);
 		$expected3 = 'This is a test!';
 		$this->assertEqual($this->HttpResponse['raw']['body'], $expected3);
-		$expected = $expected1 . "\r\n" . $expected2 . "\r\n\r\n" . $expected3;
+		$expected = $expected1 . $expected2 . "\r\n" . $expected3;
 		$this->assertEqual($this->HttpResponse['raw']['response'], $expected);
 
 		$expected = 'HTTP/1.1';
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ public function testArrayAccess() {
 			'bar' => array('value' => 'foo')
 		);
 		$this->assertEqual($this->HttpResponse['cookies'], $expected);
+
+		$this->HttpResponse->raw = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\r\nThis is a test!";
+		$this->assertIdentical($this->HttpResponse['raw']['header'], null);
 	}
 
 }
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