diff --git a/lib/http_forward.js b/lib/http_forward.js
index deafa9514fdfb9b6bdfc1b737fc3fcc8e0a6c3b1..46b976815aa19b598db0e36cb61df23ef20d7835 100644
--- a/lib/http_forward.js
+++ b/lib/http_forward.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ module.exports = function(dest, req, res, cb) {
     host: u.hostname,
     port: u.port,
     path: u.pathname,
-    method: req.method
+    method: req.method,
+    agent: false
   }, function(pres) {
     res.statusCode = pres.statusCode;
     // forward along Content-Type and Content-Length, if available