diff --git a/lib/pure/httpclient.nim b/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
index 42735ad4ecb29..23d73e981cc70 100644
--- a/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
@@ -474,8 +474,15 @@ proc getNewLocation(lastURL: string, headers: HttpHeaders): string =
     parsed.anchor = r.anchor
     result = $parsed
 
+proc toTitleCase(s: string): string =
+  result = newString(len(s))
+  var upper = true
+  for i in 0..len(s) - 1:
+    result[i] = if upper: toUpperAscii(s[i]) else: toLowerAscii(s[i])
+    upper = s[i] == '-'
+
 proc generateHeaders(requestUrl: Uri, httpMethod: string, headers: HttpHeaders,
-                     proxy: Proxy): string =
+                     proxy: Proxy, titleCaseHeaders: bool): string =
   # GET
   let upperMethod = httpMethod.toUpperAscii()
   result = upperMethod
@@ -513,7 +520,10 @@ proc generateHeaders(requestUrl: Uri, httpMethod: string, headers: HttpHeaders,
     add(result, "Proxy-Authorization: basic " & auth & httpNewLine)
 
   for key, val in headers:
-    add(result, key & ": " & val & httpNewLine)
+    if titleCaseHeaders:
+      add(result, toTitleCase(key) & ": " & val & httpNewLine)
+    else:
+      add(result, key & ": " & val & httpNewLine)
 
   add(result, httpNewLine)
 
@@ -548,13 +558,14 @@ type
     else:
       bodyStream: Stream
     getBody: bool         ## When `false`, the body is never read in requestAux.
-
+    titleCaseHeaders: bool
 type
   HttpClient* = HttpClientBase[Socket]
 
 proc newHttpClient*(userAgent = defUserAgent, maxRedirects = 5,
                     sslContext = getDefaultSSL(), proxy: Proxy = nil,
-                    timeout = -1, headers = newHttpHeaders()): HttpClient =
+                    timeout = -1, headers = newHttpHeaders(),
+                    titleCaseHeaders = false): HttpClient =
   ## Creates a new HttpClient instance.
   ##
   ## ``userAgent`` specifies the user agent that will be used when making
@@ -573,6 +584,9 @@ proc newHttpClient*(userAgent = defUserAgent, maxRedirects = 5,
   ## ``TimeoutError`` is raised.
   ##
   ## ``headers`` specifies the HTTP Headers.
+  ##
+  ## ``titleCaseHeaders`` specifies if HTTP headers should be sent in title 
+  ## case e.g. ``Content-Length``
   runnableExamples:
     import asyncdispatch, httpclient, strutils
 
@@ -593,6 +607,7 @@ proc newHttpClient*(userAgent = defUserAgent, maxRedirects = 5,
   result.onProgressChanged = nil
   result.bodyStream = newStringStream()
   result.getBody = true
+  result.titleCaseHeaders = titleCaseHeaders
   when defined(ssl):
     result.sslContext = sslContext
 
@@ -601,7 +616,8 @@ type
 
 proc newAsyncHttpClient*(userAgent = defUserAgent, maxRedirects = 5,
                          sslContext = getDefaultSSL(), proxy: Proxy = nil,
-                         headers = newHttpHeaders()): AsyncHttpClient =
+                         headers = newHttpHeaders(),
+                         titleCaseHeaders = false): AsyncHttpClient =
   ## Creates a new AsyncHttpClient instance.
   ##
   ## ``userAgent`` specifies the user agent that will be used when making
@@ -616,6 +632,9 @@ proc newAsyncHttpClient*(userAgent = defUserAgent, maxRedirects = 5,
   ## connections.
   ##
   ## ``headers`` specifies the HTTP Headers.
+  ##
+  ## ``titleCaseHeaders`` specifies if HTTP headers should be sent in title 
+  ## case e.g. ``Content-Length``
   new result
   result.headers = headers
   result.userAgent = userAgent
@@ -625,6 +644,7 @@ proc newAsyncHttpClient*(userAgent = defUserAgent, maxRedirects = 5,
   result.onProgressChanged = nil
   result.bodyStream = newFutureStream[string]("newAsyncHttpClient")
   result.getBody = true
+  result.titleCaseHeaders = titleCaseHeaders
   when defined(ssl):
     result.sslContext = sslContext
 
@@ -898,7 +918,7 @@ proc newConnection(client: HttpClient | AsyncHttpClient,
         connectUrl.port = if url.port != "": url.port else: "443"
 
         let proxyHeaderString = generateHeaders(connectUrl, $HttpConnect,
-            newHttpHeaders(), client.proxy)
+            newHttpHeaders(), client.proxy, client.titleCaseHeaders)
         await client.socket.send(proxyHeaderString)
         let proxyResp = await parseResponse(client, false)
 
@@ -995,7 +1015,7 @@ proc requestAux(client: HttpClient | AsyncHttpClient, url, httpMethod: string,
     newHeaders["User-Agent"] = client.userAgent
 
   let headerString = generateHeaders(requestUrl, httpMethod, newHeaders,
-                                     client.proxy)
+                                     client.proxy, client.titleCaseHeaders)
   await client.socket.send(headerString)
 
   if data.len > 0:
@@ -1188,3 +1208,7 @@ proc downloadFile*(client: AsyncHttpClient, url: string,
     result.addCallback(
       proc () = client.getBody = true
     )
+
+when isMainModule:
+  block: # test title case
+    doAssert toTitleCase("content-length") == "Content-Length"
diff --git a/lib/pure/httpcore.nim b/lib/pure/httpcore.nim
index 78cb66ded9d09..8916aa17df086 100644
--- a/lib/pure/httpcore.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/httpcore.nim
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import tables, strutils, parseutils
 type
   HttpHeaders* = ref object
     table*: TableRef[string, seq[string]]
-    isTitleCase: bool
 
   HttpHeaderValues* = distinct seq[string]
 
@@ -101,32 +100,16 @@ const
 const httpNewLine* = "\c\L"
 const headerLimit* = 10_000
 
-proc toTitleCase(s: string): string =
-  result = newString(len(s))
-  var upper = true
-  for i in 0..len(s) - 1:
-    result[i] = if upper: toUpperAscii(s[i]) else: toLowerAscii(s[i])
-    upper = s[i] == '-'
-
-proc toCaseInsensitive(headers: HttpHeaders, s: string): string {.inline.} =
-  return if headers.isTitleCase: toTitleCase(s) else: toLowerAscii(s)
-
-proc newHttpHeaders*(titleCase=false): HttpHeaders =
-  ## Returns a new ``HttpHeaders`` object. if ``titleCase`` is set to true, 
-  ## headers are passed to the server in title case (e.g. "Content-Length")
+proc newHttpHeaders*(): HttpHeaders =
   new result
   result.table = newTable[string, seq[string]]()
-  result.isTitleCase = titleCase
 
 proc newHttpHeaders*(keyValuePairs:
-    openArray[tuple[key: string, val: string]], titleCase=false): HttpHeaders =
-  ## Returns a new ``HttpHeaders`` object from an array. if ``titleCase`` is set to true, 
-  ## headers are passed to the server in title case (e.g. "Content-Length")
+    openArray[tuple[key: string, val: string]]): HttpHeaders =
   new result
   result.table = newTable[string, seq[string]]()
-  result.isTitleCase = titleCase
   for pair in keyValuePairs:
-    let key = result.toCaseInsensitive(pair.key)
+    let key = pair.key.toLowerAscii()
     if key in result.table:
       result.table[key].add(pair.val)
     else:
@@ -147,7 +130,7 @@ proc `[]`*(headers: HttpHeaders, key: string): HttpHeaderValues =
   ##
   ## To access multiple values of a key, use the overloaded ``[]`` below or
   ## to get all of them access the ``table`` field directly.
-  return headers.table[headers.toCaseInsensitive(key)].HttpHeaderValues
+  return headers.table[key.toLowerAscii].HttpHeaderValues
 
 converter toString*(values: HttpHeaderValues): string =
   return seq[string](values)[0]
@@ -156,30 +139,30 @@ proc `[]`*(headers: HttpHeaders, key: string, i: int): string =
   ## Returns the ``i``'th value associated with the given key. If there are
   ## no values associated with the key or the ``i``'th value doesn't exist,
   ## an exception is raised.
-  return headers.table[headers.toCaseInsensitive(key)][i]
+  return headers.table[key.toLowerAscii][i]
 
 proc `[]=`*(headers: HttpHeaders, key, value: string) =
   ## Sets the header entries associated with ``key`` to the specified value.
   ## Replaces any existing values.
-  headers.table[headers.toCaseInsensitive(key)] = @[value]
+  headers.table[key.toLowerAscii] = @[value]
 
 proc `[]=`*(headers: HttpHeaders, key: string, value: seq[string]) =
   ## Sets the header entries associated with ``key`` to the specified list of
   ## values.
   ## Replaces any existing values.
-  headers.table[headers.toCaseInsensitive(key)] = value
+  headers.table[key.toLowerAscii] = value
 
 proc add*(headers: HttpHeaders, key, value: string) =
   ## Adds the specified value to the specified key. Appends to any existing
   ## values associated with the key.
-  if not headers.table.hasKey(headers.toCaseInsensitive(key)):
-    headers.table[headers.toCaseInsensitive(key)] = @[value]
+  if not headers.table.hasKey(key.toLowerAscii):
+    headers.table[key.toLowerAscii] = @[value]
   else:
-    headers.table[headers.toCaseInsensitive(key)].add(value)
+    headers.table[key.toLowerAscii].add(value)
 
 proc del*(headers: HttpHeaders, key: string) =
   ## Delete the header entries associated with ``key``
-  headers.table.del(headers.toCaseInsensitive(key))
+  headers.table.del(key.toLowerAscii)
 
 iterator pairs*(headers: HttpHeaders): tuple[key, value: string] =
   ## Yields each key, value pair.
@@ -194,7 +177,7 @@ proc contains*(values: HttpHeaderValues, value: string): bool =
     if val.toLowerAscii == value.toLowerAscii: return true
 
 proc hasKey*(headers: HttpHeaders, key: string): bool =
-  return headers.table.hasKey(headers.toCaseInsensitive(key))
+  return headers.table.hasKey(key.toLowerAscii())
 
 proc getOrDefault*(headers: HttpHeaders, key: string,
     default = @[""].HttpHeaderValues): HttpHeaderValues =
@@ -353,12 +336,3 @@ when isMainModule:
   doAssert test["foobar"] == ""
 
   doAssert parseHeader("foobar:") == ("foobar", @[""])
-
-  block: # test title case
-    var testTitleCase = newHttpHeaders(titleCase=true)
-    testTitleCase.add("content-length", "1")
-    doAssert testTitleCase.hasKey("Content-Length")
-    for key, val in testTitleCase:
-        doAssert key == "Content-Length"
-
-