diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 57234596..c5921393 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Changes in 1.4.8-stable:
  o Match the query in DNS replies to the query in the request; from Vsevolod Stakhov.
  o Fix a merge problem in which name_from_addr returned pointers to the stack; found by Jiang Hong.
+ o Do not remove Accept-Encoding header
 	
 Changes in 1.4.7-stable:
  o Fix a bug where headers arriving in multiple packets were not parsed; fix from Jiang Hong; test by me.
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index daa59c1e..1d60fc50 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ evhttp_connected(struct evhttp_connection *evcon)
 }
 
 /*
- * Create the headers need for an HTTP request
+ * Create the headers needed for an HTTP request
  */
 static void
 evhttp_make_header_request(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
@@ -377,7 +377,6 @@ evhttp_make_header_request(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
 	char line[1024];
 	const char *method;
 	
-	evhttp_remove_header(req->output_headers, "Accept-Encoding");
 	evhttp_remove_header(req->output_headers, "Proxy-Connection");
 
 	/* Generate request line */