diff --git a/gunicorn/http/parser.py b/gunicorn/http/parser.py
index dfc535ea..5858ab72 100644
--- a/gunicorn/http/parser.py
+++ b/gunicorn/http/parser.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Parser(object):
         _headers = {}
         hname = ""
         for line in lines:
-            if line.startswith("\t"):
+            if line.startswith("\t") or line.startswith(" "):
                 headers[hname] += line.strip()
             else:
                 try: