diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index e490dce5d821d6..80865727e0c058 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ function ClientRequest(options, cb) {
       method === 'HEAD' ||
       method === 'DELETE' ||
       method === 'OPTIONS' ||
+      method === 'PUT' ||
+      method === 'TRACE' ||
       method === 'CONNECT') {
     self.useChunkedEncodingByDefault = false;
   } else {