diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestFormsRequester.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestFormsRequester.cs
index 41ece86047..e481b2b9f4 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestFormsRequester.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestFormsRequester.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
                 if ((verb == "POST") || (verb == "PUT"))
                 {
                     request.ContentType = "text/www-form-urlencoded";
+                    request.KeepAlive = true;
 
                     int length = 0;
                     using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(buffer))