diff --git a/src/http/conn.rs b/src/http/conn.rs
index 2136853c..09694917 100644
--- a/src/http/conn.rs
+++ b/src/http/conn.rs
@@ -745,7 +745,6 @@ mod tests {
         let mut conn = Conn::<_, http::Chunk, ServerTransaction>::new(io, Default::default());
         conn.state.idle();
 
-        assert!(conn.poll().unwrap().is_not_ready());
         match conn.poll().unwrap() {
             Async::Ready(Some(Frame::Error { .. })) => {},
             other => panic!("frame is not Error: {:?}", other)
diff --git a/src/http/io.rs b/src/http/io.rs
index f8d6033a..5c133f06 100644
--- a/src/http/io.rs
+++ b/src/http/io.rs
@@ -55,31 +55,33 @@ impl<T: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite> Buffered<T> {
     }
 
     pub fn parse<S: Http1Transaction>(&mut self) -> ::Result<Option<MessageHead<S::Incoming>>> {
-        self.reserve_read_buf();
-        match self.read_from_io() {
-            Ok(0) => {
-                trace!("parse eof");
-                return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "parse eof").into());
+        loop {
+            match try!(parse::<S, _>(&mut self.read_buf)) {
+                Some(head) => {
+                    //trace!("parsed {} bytes out of {}", len, self.read_buf.len());
+                    return Ok(Some(head.0))
+                },
+                None => {
+                    if self.read_buf.capacity() >= MAX_BUFFER_SIZE {
+                        debug!("MAX_BUFFER_SIZE reached, closing");
+                        return Err(::Error::TooLarge);
+                    }
+                },
             }
-            Ok(_) => {},
-            Err(e) => match e.kind() {
-                io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {},
-                _ => return Err(e.into())
-            }
-        }
-        match try!(parse::<S, _>(&mut self.read_buf)) {
-            Some(head) => {
-                //trace!("parsed {} bytes out of {}", len, self.read_buf.len());
-                Ok(Some(head.0))
-            },
-            None => {
-                if self.read_buf.capacity() >= MAX_BUFFER_SIZE {
-                    debug!("MAX_BUFFER_SIZE reached, closing");
-                    Err(::Error::TooLarge)
-                } else {
-                    Ok(None)
+            self.reserve_read_buf();
+            match self.read_from_io() {
+                Ok(0) => {
+                    trace!("parse eof");
+                    return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "parse eof").into());
                 }
-            },
+                Ok(_) => {},
+                Err(e) => match e.kind() {
+                    io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
+                        return Ok(None);
+                    },
+                    _ => return Err(e.into())
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -340,3 +342,15 @@ fn test_iobuf_write_empty_slice() {
     // when there is nothing to flush
     io_buf.flush().expect("should short-circuit flush");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_parse_reads_until_blocked() {
+    use mock::{AsyncIo, Buf as MockBuf};
+    // missing last line ending
+    let raw = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n";
+
+    let mock = AsyncIo::new(MockBuf::wrap(raw.into()), raw.len());
+    let mut buffered = Buffered::new(mock);
+    assert_eq!(buffered.parse::<super::ClientTransaction>().unwrap(), None);
+    assert!(buffered.io.blocked());
+}
diff --git a/src/mock.rs b/src/mock.rs
index 53388645..4e5f1163 100644
--- a/src/mock.rs
+++ b/src/mock.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ pub struct AsyncIo<T> {
     inner: T,
     bytes_until_block: usize,
     error: Option<io::Error>,
+    blocked: bool,
     flushed: bool,
 }
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ impl<T> AsyncIo<T> {
             bytes_until_block: bytes,
             error: None,
             flushed: false,
+            blocked: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -92,13 +94,19 @@ impl AsyncIo<Buf> {
     pub fn flushed(&self) -> bool {
         self.flushed
     }
+
+    pub fn blocked(&self) -> bool {
+        self.blocked
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T: Read> Read for AsyncIo<T> {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.blocked = false;
         if let Some(err) = self.error.take() {
             Err(err)
         } else if self.bytes_until_block == 0 {
+            self.blocked = true;
             Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock, "mock block"))
         } else {
             let n = cmp::min(self.bytes_until_block, buf.len());