diff --git a/src/RestfulServer.php b/src/RestfulServer.php
index 69a60e0..0f93e33 100644
--- a/src/RestfulServer.php
+++ b/src/RestfulServer.php
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
  */
 class RestfulServer extends Controller
 {
+    /**
+     * @config
+     * @var array
+     */
     private static $url_handlers = array(
         '$ClassName!/$ID/$Relation' => 'handleAction',
         '' => 'notFound'
@@ -62,10 +66,24 @@ class RestfulServer extends Controller
      * If no extension is given in the request, resolve to this extension
      * (and subsequently the {@link self::$default_mimetype}.
      *
+     * @config
      * @var string
      */
     private static $default_extension = "xml";
 
+    /**
+     * Whether or not to send an additional "Location" header for POST requests
+     * to satisfy HTTP 1.1: https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html
+     *
+     * Note: With this enabled (the default), no POST request for resource creation
+     * will return an HTTP 201. Because of the addition of the "Location" header,
+     * all responses become a straight HTTP 200.
+     *
+     * @config
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    private static $location_header_on_create = true;
+
     /**
      * If no extension is given, resolve the request to this mimetype.
      *
@@ -584,10 +602,15 @@ protected function postHandler($className, $id, $relation)
             $type = ".{$types[0]}";
         }
 
-        $urlSafeClassName = $this->sanitiseClassName(get_class($obj));
-        $apiBase = $this->config()->api_base;
-        $objHref = Director::absoluteURL($apiBase . "$urlSafeClassName/$obj->ID" . $type);
-        $this->getResponse()->addHeader('Location', $objHref);
+        // Deviate slightly from the spec: Helps datamodel API access restrict
+        // to consulting just canCreate(), not canView() as a result of the additional
+        // "Location" header.
+        if ($this->config()->get('location_header_on_create')) {
+            $urlSafeClassName = $this->sanitiseClassName(get_class($obj));
+            $apiBase = $this->config()->api_base;
+            $objHref = Director::absoluteURL($apiBase . "$urlSafeClassName/$obj->ID" . $type);
+            $this->getResponse()->addHeader('Location', $objHref);
+        }
 
         return $responseFormatter->convertDataObject($obj);
     }