diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93a3b3d6c3..10e717b2f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, in reverse
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- Nothing.
+- [#107](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-http/pull/107) fixes the
+  `Expires` header to allow values of `0` or `'0'`; these now resolve
+  to the start of the unix epoch (1970-01-01).
 
 ## 2.5.5 - 2016-08-08
 
diff --git a/src/Header/Expires.php b/src/Header/Expires.php
index ff2de5c82d..dec223cad0 100644
--- a/src/Header/Expires.php
+++ b/src/Header/Expires.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Http\Header;
 
+use DateTime;
+use DateTimeZone;
+
 /**
  * Expires Header
  *
@@ -25,4 +28,13 @@ public function getFieldName()
     {
         return 'Expires';
     }
+
+
+    public function setDate($date)
+    {
+        if ($date === '0' || $date === 0) {
+            $date = date(DATE_W3C, 0); // Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
+        }
+        return parent::setDate($date);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/Header/ExpiresTest.php b/test/Header/ExpiresTest.php
index 359ee8f3fb..c46b7dca46 100644
--- a/test/Header/ExpiresTest.php
+++ b/test/Header/ExpiresTest.php
@@ -54,4 +54,18 @@ public function testPreventsCRLFAttackViaFromString()
     {
         $header = Expires::fromString("Expires: Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT\r\n\r\nevilContent");
     }
+
+    public function testExpiresSetToZero()
+    {
+        $expires = Expires::fromString("Expires: 0");
+        $this->assertEquals('Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT', $expires->toString());
+
+        $expires = new Expires();
+        $expires->setDate('0');
+        $this->assertEquals('Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT', $expires->toString());
+
+        $expires = new Expires();
+        $expires->setDate(0);
+        $this->assertEquals('Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT', $expires->toString());
+    }
 }