diff --git a/lib/request_overrider.js b/lib/request_overrider.js
index 528505466..797160d05 100644
--- a/lib/request_overrider.js
+++ b/lib/request_overrider.js
@@ -159,6 +159,16 @@ function RequestOverrider(req, options, interceptors, remove, cb) {
     }
   };
 
+  req.flushHeaders = function() {
+    debug('req.flushHeaders');
+    if (!aborted && !ended) {
+      end(cb);
+    }
+    if (aborted) {
+      emitError(new Error('Request aborted'));
+    }
+  };
+
   req.abort = function() {
     if (aborted) {
       return;
diff --git a/tests/test_common.js b/tests/test_common.js
index c5b2662f4..98931ba50 100644
--- a/tests/test_common.js
+++ b/tests/test_common.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ tap.test('deleteHeadersField deletes fields with case-insensitive field names',
 
 });
 
-tap.test('matchStringOrRegexp', {only: true}, function (t) {
+tap.test('matchStringOrRegexp', function (t) {
   t.true(common.matchStringOrRegexp('to match', 'to match'), 'true if pattern is string and target matches');
   t.false(common.matchStringOrRegexp('to match', 'not to match'), 'false if pattern is string and target doesn\'t match');
 
diff --git a/tests/test_intercept.js b/tests/test_intercept.js
index 5ffafe242..dbc83341b 100644
--- a/tests/test_intercept.js
+++ b/tests/test_intercept.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ test("allow unmocked works (2)", function(t) {
   });
 });
 
-test("allow unmocked works after one interceptor is removed", {only: true}, function(t) {
+test("allow unmocked works after one interceptor is removed", function(t) {
   nock("https://example.org",{allowUnmocked: true}).
     get("/").
     reply(200, "Mocked");
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ test("allow unmocked works after one interceptor is removed", {only: true}, func
 
     mikealRequest("https://example.org/unmocked", function(err, resp, body) {
       t.error(err);
-      console.log(`\nbody ==============================`)
-      console.log(body)
-
       t.assert(~body.indexOf('Example Domain'));
       t.end();
     });
@@ -5235,6 +5232,25 @@ test('correctly parse request without specified path (#1003)', function(t) {
   }).end();
 });
 
+test('data is sent with flushHeaders', function(t) {
+  nock.cleanAll();
+
+  var scope1 = nock('https://example.com')
+    .get('')
+    .reply(200, 'this is data');
+
+  https.request({hostname: 'example.com'}, function(res) {
+    t.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
+    res.on('data', function(data) {
+      t.equal(data.toString(), 'this is data');
+    });
+    res.on('end', function() {
+      scope1.done();
+      t.end();
+    });
+  }).flushHeaders();
+});
+
 test("teardown", function(t) {
   var leaks = Object.keys(global)
     .splice(globalCount, Number.MAX_VALUE);