diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 2c7c6c29b8646e..46b786b07c862c 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -501,7 +501,8 @@ function onParserExecute(server, socket, parser, state, ret) {
 }
 
 const badRequestResponse = Buffer.from(
-  `HTTP/1.1 400 ${STATUS_CODES[400]}${CRLF}${CRLF}`, 'ascii'
+  `HTTP/1.1 400 ${STATUS_CODES[400]}${CRLF}` +
+  `Connection: close${CRLF}${CRLF}`, 'ascii'
 );
 function socketOnError(e) {
   // Ignore further errors
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-blank-header.js b/test/parallel/test-http-blank-header.js
index 3f2b512fc85567..ca2b5005312b47 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-blank-header.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-blank-header.js
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
     received += data.toString();
   }));
   c.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
-    assert.strictEqual('HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request\r\n\r\n', received);
+    assert.strictEqual(received,
+                       'HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request\r\n' +
+                       'Connection: close\r\n\r\n');
     c.end();
   }));
   c.on('close', common.mustCall(() => server.close()));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-server-destroy-socket-on-client-error.js b/test/parallel/test-http-server-destroy-socket-on-client-error.js
index 9d51364183385b..7085401883933b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-server-destroy-socket-on-client-error.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-server-destroy-socket-on-client-error.js
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ server.listen(0, () => {
   });
 
   socket.on('end', mustCall(() => {
-    const expected = Buffer.from('HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request\r\n\r\n');
+    const expected = Buffer.from(
+      'HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n'
+    );
     assert(Buffer.concat(chunks).equals(expected));
 
     server.close();