diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3a4a17813f3f964f18ec655781442bf1a3caf4a5..361ceb4a49b5b002c93728edab90f24251b7c1d7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Changes in version 0.0.8 - UNRELEASED:
  - Bug 24793: Send the correct authorization HTTP header for basic auth.
+ - (meek_lite) Explicitly set Content-Length to zero when there is no data
+   to send.
 
 Changes in version 0.0.7 - 2016-11-15:
  - Support configuring the obfs4 IAT parameter as the sole
diff --git a/transports/meeklite/meek.go b/transports/meeklite/meek.go
index f0d29db3479bf36fc82c278206024ae60e835500..e068b687864956221ee44fbb11823e1cc55062ca 100644
--- a/transports/meeklite/meek.go
+++ b/transports/meeklite/meek.go
@@ -231,7 +231,11 @@ func (c *meekConn) roundTrip(sndBuf []byte) (recvBuf []byte, err error) {
 		if c.args.front != "" {
 			url.Host = c.args.front
 		}
-		req, err = http.NewRequest("POST", url.String(), bytes.NewReader(sndBuf))
+		var body io.Reader
+		if len(sndBuf) > 0 {
+			body = bytes.NewReader(sndBuf)
+		}
+		req, err = http.NewRequest("POST", url.String(), body)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}