diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index 108b38891aabb1..04740d5dcb1348 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ function tickOnSocket(req, socket) {
   parser.reinitialize(HTTPParser.RESPONSE);
   parser.socket = socket;
   parser.incoming = null;
+  parser.outgoing = req;
   req.parser = parser;
 
   socket.parser = parser;
diff --git a/lib/_http_common.js b/lib/_http_common.js
index 5c24180371e4fb..66d4d1fb6942b9 100644
--- a/lib/_http_common.js
+++ b/lib/_http_common.js
@@ -77,6 +77,20 @@ function parserOnHeadersComplete(versionMajor, versionMinor, headers, method,
     parser.incoming.statusMessage = statusMessage;
   }
 
+  // The client made non-upgrade request, and server is just advertising
+  // supported protocols.
+  //
+  // See RFC7230 Section 6.7
+  //
+  // NOTE: RegExp below matches `upgrade` in `Connection: abc, upgrade, def`
+  // header.
+  if (upgrade &&
+      parser.outgoing !== null &&
+      (parser.outgoing._headers.upgrade === undefined ||
+       !/(^|\W)upgrade(\W|$)/i.test(parser.outgoing._headers.connection))) {
+    upgrade = false;
+  }
+
   parser.incoming.upgrade = upgrade;
 
   var skipBody = false; // response to HEAD or CONNECT
@@ -142,6 +156,10 @@ var parsers = new FreeList('parsers', 1000, function() {
   parser._url = '';
   parser._consumed = false;
 
+  parser.socket = null;
+  parser.incoming = null;
+  parser.outgoing = null;
+
   // Only called in the slow case where slow means
   // that the request headers were either fragmented
   // across multiple TCP packets or too large to be
@@ -175,6 +193,7 @@ function freeParser(parser, req, socket) {
       parser.socket.parser = null;
     parser.socket = null;
     parser.incoming = null;
+    parser.outgoing = null;
     if (parsers.free(parser) === false)
       parser.close();
     parser = null;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-upgrade-advertise.js b/test/parallel/test-http-upgrade-advertise.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fbc183f84b2ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-upgrade-advertise.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http = require('http');
+
+const tests = [
+  { headers: {}, expected: 'regular' },
+  { headers: { upgrade: 'h2c' }, expected: 'regular' },
+  { headers: { connection: 'upgrade' }, expected: 'regular' },
+  { headers: { connection: 'upgrade', upgrade: 'h2c' }, expected: 'upgrade' }
+];
+
+function fire() {
+  if (tests.length === 0)
+    return server.close();
+
+  const test = tests.shift();
+
+  const done = common.mustCall(function done(result) {
+    assert.equal(result, test.expected);
+
+    fire();
+  });
+
+  const req = http.request({
+    port: common.PORT,
+    path: '/',
+    headers: test.headers
+  }, function onResponse(res) {
+    res.resume();
+    done('regular');
+  });
+
+  req.on('upgrade', function onUpgrade(res, socket) {
+    socket.destroy();
+    done('upgrade');
+  });
+
+  req.end();
+}
+
+const server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+  res.writeHead(200, {
+    Connection: 'upgrade, keep-alive',
+    Upgrade: 'h2c'
+  });
+  res.end('hello world');
+}).on('upgrade', function(req, socket) {
+  socket.end('HTTP/1.1 101 Switching protocols\r\n' +
+             'Connection: upgrade\r\n' +
+             'Upgrade: h2c\r\n\r\n' +
+             'ohai');
+}).listen(common.PORT, fire);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-upgrade-agent.js b/test/parallel/test-http-upgrade-agent.js
index 83f783a0e34925..7590354f50b393 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-upgrade-agent.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-upgrade-agent.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ srv.listen(common.PORT, '127.0.0.1', function() {
     port: common.PORT,
     host: '127.0.0.1',
     headers: {
+      'connection': 'upgrade',
       'upgrade': 'websocket'
     }
   };
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-upgrade-client.js b/test/parallel/test-http-upgrade-client.js
index a86b0e317f706b..a45c06b44e04f0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-upgrade-client.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-upgrade-client.js
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ var gotUpgrade = false;
 
 srv.listen(common.PORT, '127.0.0.1', function() {
 
-  var req = http.get({ port: common.PORT });
+  var req = http.get({
+    port: common.PORT,
+    headers: {
+      connection: 'upgrade',
+      upgrade: 'websocket'
+    }
+  });
   req.on('upgrade', function(res, socket, upgradeHead) {
     var recvData = upgradeHead;
     socket.on('data', function(d) {