diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e887bea0..f3e16d1a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changes in 1.4.9-stable:
  o Clear the timer cache when leaving the event loop; reported by Robin Haberkorn
  o Fix a typo in setting the global event base; reported by lance.
  o Fix a memory leak when reading multi-line headers
+ o Fix a memory leak with http connections owned by the server.
 
 Changes in 1.4.8-stable:
  o Match the query in DNS replies to the query in the request; from Vsevolod Stakhov.
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 0dfed985..f0d0d365 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -1092,6 +1092,8 @@ evhttp_detect_close_cb(int fd, short what, void *arg)
 {
 	struct evhttp_connection *evcon = arg;
 	evhttp_connection_reset(evcon);
+	if (evcon->http_server && evcon->state == EVCON_READING_FIRSTLINE)
+		evhttp_connection_free(evcon);
 }
 
 static void