diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpClientCodec.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpClientCodec.java
index 8b868c4f49..e7a7610a9d 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpClientCodec.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpClientCodec.java
@@ -76,9 +76,21 @@ public final class HttpClientCodec
         this(maxInitialLineLength, maxHeaderSize, maxChunkSize, false);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance with the specified decoder options.
+     */
     public HttpClientCodec(
             int maxInitialLineLength, int maxHeaderSize, int maxChunkSize, boolean failOnMissingResponse) {
-        init(new Decoder(maxInitialLineLength, maxHeaderSize, maxChunkSize), new Encoder());
+        this(maxInitialLineLength, maxHeaderSize, maxChunkSize, failOnMissingResponse, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance with the specified decoder options.
+     */
+    public HttpClientCodec(
+            int maxInitialLineLength, int maxHeaderSize, int maxChunkSize, boolean failOnMissingResponse,
+            boolean validateHeaders) {
+        init(new Decoder(maxInitialLineLength, maxHeaderSize, maxChunkSize, validateHeaders), new Encoder());
         this.failOnMissingResponse = failOnMissingResponse;
     }
 
@@ -104,8 +116,8 @@ public final class HttpClientCodec
     }
 
     private final class Decoder extends HttpResponseDecoder {
-        Decoder(int maxInitialLineLength, int maxHeaderSize, int maxChunkSize) {
-            super(maxInitialLineLength, maxHeaderSize, maxChunkSize);
+        Decoder(int maxInitialLineLength, int maxHeaderSize, int maxChunkSize, boolean validateHeaders) {
+            super(maxInitialLineLength, maxHeaderSize, maxChunkSize, validateHeaders);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpServerCodec.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpServerCodec.java
index eabe8a1e8b..c10185a51b 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpServerCodec.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpServerCodec.java
@@ -42,4 +42,12 @@ public final class HttpServerCodec
     public HttpServerCodec(int maxInitialLineLength, int maxHeaderSize, int maxChunkSize) {
         super(new HttpRequestDecoder(maxInitialLineLength, maxHeaderSize, maxChunkSize), new HttpResponseEncoder());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance with the specified decoder options.
+     */
+    public HttpServerCodec(int maxInitialLineLength, int maxHeaderSize, int maxChunkSize, boolean validateHeaders) {
+        super(new HttpRequestDecoder(maxInitialLineLength, maxHeaderSize, maxChunkSize, validateHeaders),
+                new HttpResponseEncoder());
+    }
 }