diff --git a/src/Client/Adapter/Curl.php b/src/Client/Adapter/Curl.php
index c5a0c953..510590c9 100644
--- a/src/Client/Adapter/Curl.php
+++ b/src/Client/Adapter/Curl.php
@@ -387,6 +387,9 @@ public function write($method, $uri, $httpVersion = 1.1, $headers = [], $body =
         curl_setopt($this->curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, $curlHttp);
         curl_setopt($this->curl, $curlMethod, $curlValue);
 
+        // Set the CURLOPT_NOBODY flag for HEAD HTTP method
+        curl_setopt($this->curl,CURLOPT_NOBODY,$curlMethod === CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST && $curlValue === 'HEAD');
+
         // Set the CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT flag so that we can retrieve the full request string later
         curl_setopt($this->curl, CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT, true);
 
diff --git a/test/Client/CurlTest.php b/test/Client/CurlTest.php
index 22abe27b..d6e5205e 100644
--- a/test/Client/CurlTest.php
+++ b/test/Client/CurlTest.php
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public function testGetCurlHandle()
      */
     public function testHeadRequest()
     {
-        $this->client->setUri($this->baseuri . 'testRawPostData.php');
+        $this->client->setUri($this->baseuri . 'testHeadMethod.php');
         $adapter = new Adapter\Curl();
         $this->client->setAdapter($adapter);
         $this->client->setMethod('HEAD');
diff --git a/test/Client/_files/testHeadMethod.php b/test/Client/_files/testHeadMethod.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7a5155c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Client/_files/testHeadMethod.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @see       https://github.com/laminas/laminas-http for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright https://github.com/laminas/laminas-http/blob/master/COPYRIGHT.md
+ * @license   https://github.com/laminas/laminas-http/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
+ */
+
+
+$clength = filesize(__FILE__);
+
+header(sprintf('Content-length: %s', $clength));
\ No newline at end of file