diff --git a/netlib/http.py b/netlib/http.py
index da43d0704..1f5f8901d 100644
--- a/netlib/http.py
+++ b/netlib/http.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import string, urlparse
+import odict
 
 class HttpError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, code, msg):
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ def read_headers(fp):
                 name = line[:i]
                 value = line[i+1:].strip()
                 ret.append([name, value])
-    return ret
+    return odict.ODictCaseless(ret)
 
 
 def read_chunked(code, fp, limit):
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ def has_chunked_encoding(headers):
 def read_http_body(code, rfile, headers, all, limit):
     """
         Read an HTTP body:
-            
+
             code: The HTTP error code to be used when raising HttpError
             rfile: A file descriptor to read from
             headers: An ODictCaseless object
diff --git a/test/test_http.py b/test/test_http.py
index bf525de58..3546fec6b 100644
--- a/test/test_http.py
+++ b/test/test_http.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class TestReadHeaders:
         data = data.strip()
         s = cStringIO.StringIO(data)
         h = http.read_headers(s)
-        assert h == [["Header", "one"], ["Header2", "two"]]
+        assert h.lst == [["Header", "one"], ["Header2", "two"]]
 
     def test_read_multi(self):
         data = """
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class TestReadHeaders:
         data = data.strip()
         s = cStringIO.StringIO(data)
         h = http.read_headers(s)
-        assert h == [["Header", "one"], ["Header", "two"]]
+        assert h.lst == [["Header", "one"], ["Header", "two"]]
 
     def test_read_continued(self):
         data = """
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class TestReadHeaders:
         data = data.strip()
         s = cStringIO.StringIO(data)
         h = http.read_headers(s)
-        assert h == [["Header", "one\r\n two"], ["Header2", "three"]]
+        assert h.lst == [["Header", "one\r\n two"], ["Header2", "three"]]
 
 
 def test_parse_url():