diff --git a/lib/parsers.c b/lib/parsers.c
index 287b5325..7dd24fed 100644
--- a/lib/parsers.c
+++ b/lib/parsers.c
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ int lws_allocate_header_table(struct libwebsocket *wsi)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int lws_free_header_table(struct libwebsocket *wsi)
+{
+    if (wsi->u.hdr.ah) {
+        free(wsi->u.hdr.ah);
+        wsi->u.hdr.ah = NULL;
+    }
+    return 0;
+};
+
 LWS_VISIBLE int lws_hdr_total_length(struct libwebsocket *wsi, enum lws_token_indexes h)
 {
 	int n;
diff --git a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
index da9c7a1c..a843501d 100755
--- a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
+++ b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
@@ -1013,6 +1013,9 @@ lws_plat_set_socket_options(struct libwebsocket_context *context, int fd);
 LWS_EXTERN int
 lws_allocate_header_table(struct libwebsocket *wsi);
 
+LWS_EXTERN int
+lws_free_header_table(struct libwebsocket *wsi);
+
 LWS_EXTERN char *
 lws_hdr_simple_ptr(struct libwebsocket *wsi, enum lws_token_indexes h);