diff --git a/basis/http/parsers/parsers.factor b/basis/http/parsers/parsers.factor
index 99c346f2dec..4d8c8bd568d 100644
--- a/basis/http/parsers/parsers.factor
+++ b/basis/http/parsers/parsers.factor
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ IN: http.parsers
         { "0" "1" } one-of ,
     ] seq* [ "" concat-as ] action ;
 
-PEG: parse-request-line ( string -- triple )
-    #! Triple is { method url version }
+: 'full-request' ( -- parser )
     [ 
         'space' ,
         'http-method' ,
@@ -56,7 +55,20 @@ PEG: parse-request-line ( string -- triple )
         'space' ,
         'http-version' ,
         'space' ,
-    ] seq* just ;
+    ] seq* ;
+
+: 'simple-request' ( -- parser )
+    [
+        'space' ,
+        "GET" token ,
+        'space' ,
+        'url' ,
+        'space' ,
+    ] seq* [ "1.0" suffix! ] action ;
+
+PEG: parse-request-line ( string -- triple )
+    #! Triple is { method url version }
+    'full-request' 'simple-request' 2array choice ;
 
 : 'text' ( -- parser )
     [ control? ] except ;
diff --git a/basis/http/server/server-tests.factor b/basis/http/server/server-tests.factor
index cfadfeb217e..bdf6cf26fdd 100644
--- a/basis/http/server/server-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/http/server/server-tests.factor
@@ -63,6 +63,23 @@ IN: http.server.tests
     [ read-request ] with-string-reader
 ] unit-test
 
+! RFC 1945; Section 4.1
+! Implement a version of Simple-Request, although rather than
+! parse version 0.9, we parse 1.0 to return a Full-Response.
+[
+    T{ request
+        { method "GET" }
+        { url URL" /" }
+        { version "1.0" }
+        { header H{ } }
+        { cookies V{ } }
+        { redirects 10 }
+    }
+] [
+    "\r\n\r\n\r\nGET /\r\n\r\n"
+    [ read-request ] with-string-reader
+] unit-test
+
 ! Don't rethrow parse-errors with an empty request string. They are
 ! expected from certain browsers when the server serves a certificate
 ! that the browser can't verify.