diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/WebUtil.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/WebUtil.cs
index 2bbf785661..f927e6963b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/WebUtil.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/WebUtil.cs
@@ -1019,7 +1019,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         ///
         /// <exception cref="System.Net.WebException">Thrown if we encounter a network issue while posting
         /// the request.  You'll want to make sure you deal with this as they're not uncommon</exception>
-        public static string MakeRequest(string verb, string requestUrl, string obj, int timeoutsecs, IServiceAuth auth)
+        public static string MakeRequest(string verb, string requestUrl, string obj, int timeoutsecs = -1,
+                 IServiceAuth auth = null, bool keepalive = true)
         {
             int reqnum = WebUtil.RequestNumber++;
 
@@ -1034,6 +1035,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             request.Method = verb;
             if (timeoutsecs > 0)
                 request.Timeout = timeoutsecs * 1000;
+            if(!keepalive && request is HttpWebRequest)
+                ((HttpWebRequest)request).KeepAlive = false;
 
             if (auth != null)
                 auth.AddAuthorization(request.Headers);
@@ -1125,16 +1128,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             return respstring;
         }
 
-        public static string MakeRequest(string verb, string requestUrl, string obj, int timeoutsecs)
-        {
-            return MakeRequest(verb, requestUrl, obj, timeoutsecs, null);
-        }
-
-        public static string MakeRequest(string verb, string requestUrl, string obj)
-        {
-            return MakeRequest(verb, requestUrl, obj, -1);
-        }
-
         public static string MakeRequest(string verb, string requestUrl, string obj, IServiceAuth auth)
         {
             return MakeRequest(verb, requestUrl, obj, -1, auth);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Friends/FriendsSimConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Friends/FriendsSimConnector.cs
index 45f4514814..74cd703a35 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Friends/FriendsSimConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Friends/FriendsSimConnector.cs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Friends
 
                 try
                 {
-                    string reply = SynchronousRestFormsRequester.MakeRequest("POST", uri, reqString);
+                    string reply = SynchronousRestFormsRequester.MakeRequest("POST", uri, reqString, 15, null, false);
                     if (reply != string.Empty)
                     {
                         Dictionary<string, object> replyData = ServerUtils.ParseXmlResponse(reply);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/HGFriendsServicesConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/HGFriendsServicesConnector.cs
index 622d4e1712..8b31fa2d9d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/HGFriendsServicesConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/HGFriendsServicesConnector.cs
@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
             {
                 reply = SynchronousRestFormsRequester.MakeRequest("POST",
                         uri,
-                        ServerUtils.BuildQueryString(sendData), 15);
+                        ServerUtils.BuildQueryString(sendData),
+                        15,
+                        null,
+                        false);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {