diff --git a/Lib/cgi.py b/Lib/cgi.py
index d45ed266eed..3a4e2359919 100755
--- a/Lib/cgi.py
+++ b/Lib/cgi.py
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ def __init__(self, fp=None, headers=None, outerboundary="",
         self.strict_parsing = strict_parsing
         if environ.has_key('REQUEST_METHOD'):
             method = string.upper(environ['REQUEST_METHOD'])
-        if method == 'GET':
+        if method == 'GET' or method == 'HEAD':
             if environ.has_key('QUERY_STRING'):
                 qs = environ['QUERY_STRING']
             elif sys.argv[1:]: