diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/RoutingWebHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/RoutingWebHandler.java
index 2d02743b..c154f9aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/RoutingWebHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/RoutingWebHandler.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class RoutingWebHandler implements WebHandler {
 		return this.httpClient.request(method, url, req ->
 				req.options(NettyPipeline.SendOptions::flushOnEach)
 						.headers(httpHeaders)
-						//.sendHeaders()
+						.sendHeaders()
 						.send(request.getBody()
 								.map(DataBuffer::asByteBuffer)
 								.map(Unpooled::wrappedBuffer)))