diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 3489c7b3500445..250207582762ca 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ ServerResponse.prototype.writeHead = function(statusCode, reason, obj) {
   if (statusCode < 100 || statusCode > 999)
     throw new RangeError('Invalid status code: ' + statusCode);
 
+  if (common._checkInvalidHeaderChar(this.statusMessage))
+    throw new Error('Invalid character in statusMessage.');
+
   var statusLine = 'HTTP/1.1 ' + statusCode.toString() + ' ' +
                    this.statusMessage + CRLF;
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-status-reason-invalid-chars.js b/test/parallel/test-http-status-reason-invalid-chars.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1792bbef716ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-status-reason-invalid-chars.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+var http = require('http');
+
+function explicit(req, res) {
+  assert.throws(function() {
+    res.writeHead(200, 'OK\r\nContent-Type: text/html\r\n');
+  }, /Invalid character in statusMessage/);
+
+  assert.throws(function() {
+    res.writeHead(200, 'OK\u010D\u010AContent-Type: gotcha\r\n');
+  }, /Invalid character in statusMessage/);
+
+  res.statusMessage = 'OK';
+  res.end();
+}
+
+function implicit(req, res) {
+  assert.throws(function() {
+    res.statusMessage = 'OK\r\nContent-Type: text/html\r\n';
+    res.writeHead(200);
+  }, /Invalid character in statusMessage/);
+  res.statusMessage = 'OK';
+  res.end();
+}
+
+var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+  if (req.url === '/explicit') {
+    explicit(req, res);
+  } else {
+    implicit(req, res);
+  }
+}).listen(common.PORT, common.mustCall(function() {
+  var url = 'http://localhost:' + common.PORT;
+  var left = 2;
+  var check = common.mustCall(function(res) {
+    left--;
+    assert.notEqual(res.headers['content-type'], 'text/html');
+    assert.notEqual(res.headers['content-type'], 'gotcha');
+    if (left === 0) server.close();
+  }, 2);
+  http.get(url + '/explicit', check).end();
+  http.get(url + '/implicit', check).end();
+}));