diff --git a/src/common/http.cpp b/src/common/http.cpp
index cc6ea854b9..6f4aacf052 100644
--- a/src/common/http.cpp
+++ b/src/common/http.cpp
@@ -335,6 +335,15 @@ size_t wxHTTPStream::OnSysRead(void *buffer, size_t bufsize)
     size_t ret = wxSocketInputStream::OnSysRead(buffer, bufsize);
     m_read_bytes += ret;
 
+    if (m_httpsize==(size_t)-1 && m_lasterror == wxSTREAM_READ_ERROR )
+    {
+        // if m_httpsize is (size_t) -1 this means read until connection closed
+        // which is equivalent to getting a READ_ERROR, for clients however this
+        // must be translated into EOF, as it is the expected way of signalling
+        // end end of the content
+        m_lasterror = wxSTREAM_EOF ;
+    }
+
     return ret;
 }