diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpHeaders.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpHeaders.java
index 5fcd6599c2..170508d394 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpHeaders.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpHeaders.java
@@ -348,6 +348,32 @@ public class DefaultHttpHeaders extends HttpHeaders {
         return head == head.after;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean contains(String name, String value, boolean ignoreCaseValue) {
+        if (name == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException("name");
+        }
+
+        int h = hash(name);
+        int i = index(h);
+        HeaderEntry e = entries[i];
+        while (e != null) {
+            if (e.hash == h && eq(name, e.key)) {
+                if (ignoreCaseValue) {
+                    if (e.value.equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if (e.value.equals(value)) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            e = e.next;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Set<String> names() {
 
diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpHeaders.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpHeaders.java
index 09fe0538f2..6c9ad5b066 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpHeaders.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpHeaders.java
@@ -980,12 +980,7 @@ public abstract class HttpHeaders implements Iterable<Map.Entry<String, String>>
         }
 
         // Multiple 'Expect' headers.  Search through them.
-        for (String v: message.headers().getAll(Names.EXPECT)) {
-            if (Values.CONTINUE.equalsIgnoreCase(v)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
+        return message.headers().contains(Names.EXPECT, Values.CONTINUE, true);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1131,17 +1126,7 @@ public abstract class HttpHeaders implements Iterable<Map.Entry<String, String>>
      * @return True if transfer encoding is chunked, otherwise false
      */
     public static boolean isTransferEncodingChunked(HttpMessage message) {
-        List<String> transferEncodingHeaders = message.headers().getAll(Names.TRANSFER_ENCODING);
-        if (transferEncodingHeaders.isEmpty()) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        for (String value: transferEncodingHeaders) {
-            if (value.equalsIgnoreCase(Values.CHUNKED)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
+        return message.headers().contains(Names.TRANSFER_ENCODING, Values.CHUNKED, true);
     }
 
     public static void removeTransferEncodingChunked(HttpMessage m) {
@@ -1169,8 +1154,7 @@ public abstract class HttpHeaders implements Iterable<Map.Entry<String, String>>
     }
 
     public static boolean isContentLengthSet(HttpMessage m) {
-        List<String> contentLength = m.headers().getAll(Names.CONTENT_LENGTH);
-        return !contentLength.isEmpty();
+        return m.headers().contains(Names.CONTENT_LENGTH);
     }
 
     protected HttpHeaders() { }
@@ -1336,4 +1320,32 @@ public abstract class HttpHeaders implements Iterable<Map.Entry<String, String>>
      * @return {@code this}
      */
     public abstract HttpHeaders clear();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if a header with the name and value exists.
+     *
+     * @param name              the headername
+     * @param value             the value
+     * @param ignoreCaseValue   {@code true} if case should be ignored
+     * @return contains         {@code true} if it contains it {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    public boolean contains(String name, String value, boolean ignoreCaseValue) {
+        List<String> values = getAll(name);
+        if (values.isEmpty()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        for (String v: values) {
+            if (ignoreCaseValue) {
+                if (v.equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (v.equals(value)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }