diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
index 41bf1c91f..78961babd 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ static ngx_keyval_t  ngx_http_proxy_headers[] = {
     { ngx_string("Host"), ngx_string("$proxy_host") },
     { ngx_string("Connection"), ngx_string("close") },
     { ngx_string("Content-Length"), ngx_string("$proxy_internal_body_length") },
+    { ngx_string("TE"), ngx_string("") },
     { ngx_string("Transfer-Encoding"), ngx_string("") },
     { ngx_string("Keep-Alive"), ngx_string("") },
     { ngx_string("Expect"), ngx_string("") },
@@ -742,6 +743,7 @@ static ngx_keyval_t  ngx_http_proxy_cache_headers[] = {
     { ngx_string("Host"), ngx_string("$proxy_host") },
     { ngx_string("Connection"), ngx_string("close") },
     { ngx_string("Content-Length"), ngx_string("$proxy_internal_body_length") },
+    { ngx_string("TE"), ngx_string("") },
     { ngx_string("Transfer-Encoding"), ngx_string("") },
     { ngx_string("Keep-Alive"), ngx_string("") },
     { ngx_string("Expect"), ngx_string("") },