diff --git a/header.go b/header.go
index 76b7d35eb0..5665e79e59 100644
--- a/header.go
+++ b/header.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ type RequestHeader struct {
 	noHTTP11             bool
 	connectionClose      bool
 	noDefaultContentType bool
+	disableSpecialHeader bool
 
 	// These two fields have been moved close to other bool fields
 	// for reducing RequestHeader object size.
@@ -360,6 +361,9 @@ func (h *ResponseHeader) SetServerBytes(server []byte) {
 
 // ContentType returns Content-Type header value.
 func (h *RequestHeader) ContentType() []byte {
+	if h.disableSpecialHeader {
+		return peekArgBytes(h.h, []byte(HeaderContentType))
+	}
 	return h.contentType
 }
 
@@ -573,6 +577,9 @@ func (h *RequestHeader) MultipartFormBoundary() []byte {
 
 // Host returns Host header value.
 func (h *RequestHeader) Host() []byte {
+	if h.disableSpecialHeader {
+		return peekArgBytes(h.h, []byte(HeaderHost))
+	}
 	return h.host
 }
 
@@ -588,6 +595,9 @@ func (h *RequestHeader) SetHostBytes(host []byte) {
 
 // UserAgent returns User-Agent header value.
 func (h *RequestHeader) UserAgent() []byte {
+	if h.disableSpecialHeader {
+		return peekArgBytes(h.h, []byte(HeaderUserAgent))
+	}
 	return h.userAgent
 }
 
@@ -882,6 +892,23 @@ func (h *RequestHeader) Len() int {
 	return n
 }
 
+// DisableSpecialHeader disables special header processing.
+// fasthttp will not set any special headers for you, such as Host, Content-Type, User-Agent, etc.
+// You must set everything yourself.
+// If RequestHeader.Read() is called, special headers will be ignored.
+// This can be used to control case and order of special headers.
+// This is generally not recommended.
+func (h *RequestHeader) DisableSpecialHeader() {
+	h.disableSpecialHeader = true
+}
+
+// EnableSpecialHeader enables special header processing.
+// fasthttp will send Host, Content-Type, User-Agent, etc headers for you.
+// This is suggested and enabled by default.
+func (h *RequestHeader) EnableSpecialHeader() {
+	h.disableSpecialHeader = false
+}
+
 // DisableNormalizing disables header names' normalization.
 //
 // By default all the header names are normalized by uppercasing
@@ -1316,7 +1343,7 @@ func (h *ResponseHeader) setNonSpecial(key []byte, value []byte) {
 
 // setSpecialHeader handles special headers and return true when a header is processed.
 func (h *RequestHeader) setSpecialHeader(key, value []byte) bool {
-	if len(key) == 0 {
+	if len(key) == 0 || h.disableSpecialHeader {
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -2471,12 +2498,12 @@ func (h *RequestHeader) AppendBytes(dst []byte) []byte {
 	dst = append(dst, strCRLF...)
 
 	userAgent := h.UserAgent()
-	if len(userAgent) > 0 {
+	if len(userAgent) > 0 && !h.disableSpecialHeader {
 		dst = appendHeaderLine(dst, strUserAgent, userAgent)
 	}
 
 	host := h.Host()
-	if len(host) > 0 {
+	if len(host) > 0 && !h.disableSpecialHeader {
 		dst = appendHeaderLine(dst, strHost, host)
 	}
 
@@ -2484,10 +2511,10 @@ func (h *RequestHeader) AppendBytes(dst []byte) []byte {
 	if !h.noDefaultContentType && len(contentType) == 0 && !h.ignoreBody() {
 		contentType = strDefaultContentType
 	}
-	if len(contentType) > 0 {
+	if len(contentType) > 0 && !h.disableSpecialHeader {
 		dst = appendHeaderLine(dst, strContentType, contentType)
 	}
-	if len(h.contentLengthBytes) > 0 {
+	if len(h.contentLengthBytes) > 0 && !h.disableSpecialHeader {
 		dst = appendHeaderLine(dst, strContentLength, h.contentLengthBytes)
 	}
 
@@ -2513,14 +2540,14 @@ func (h *RequestHeader) AppendBytes(dst []byte) []byte {
 	// there is no need in h.collectCookies() here, since if cookies aren't collected yet,
 	// they all are located in h.h.
 	n := len(h.cookies)
-	if n > 0 {
+	if n > 0 && !h.disableSpecialHeader {
 		dst = append(dst, strCookie...)
 		dst = append(dst, strColonSpace...)
 		dst = appendRequestCookieBytes(dst, h.cookies)
 		dst = append(dst, strCRLF...)
 	}
 
-	if h.ConnectionClose() {
+	if h.ConnectionClose() && !h.disableSpecialHeader {
 		dst = appendHeaderLine(dst, strConnection, strClose)
 	}
 
@@ -2904,6 +2931,11 @@ func (h *RequestHeader) parseHeaders(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 				continue
 			}
 
+			if h.disableSpecialHeader {
+				h.h = appendArgBytes(h.h, s.key, s.value, argsHasValue)
+				continue
+			}
+
 			switch s.key[0] | 0x20 {
 			case 'h':
 				if caseInsensitiveCompare(s.key, strHost) {
diff --git a/header_test.go b/header_test.go
index 94eee8b244..f53959e193 100644
--- a/header_test.go
+++ b/header_test.go
@@ -348,6 +348,35 @@ func TestRequestRawHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestRequestDisableSpecialHeaders(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	kvs := "Host: foobar\r\n" +
+		"User-Agent: ua\r\n" +
+		"Non-Special: val\r\n" +
+		"\r\n"
+
+	var h RequestHeader
+	h.DisableSpecialHeader()
+
+	s := "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n" + kvs
+	br := bufio.NewReader(bytes.NewBufferString(s))
+	if err := h.Read(br); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	// assert order of all headers preserved
+	if h.String() != s {
+		t.Fatalf("Headers not equal: %q. Expecting %q", h.String(), s)
+	}
+	h.SetCanonical([]byte("host"), []byte("notfoobar"))
+	if string(h.Host()) != "foobar" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected: %q. Expecting %q", h.Host(), "foobar")
+	}
+	if h.String() != "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: foobar\r\nUser-Agent: ua\r\nNon-Special: val\r\nhost: notfoobar\r\n\r\n" {
+		t.Fatalf("custom special header ordering failed: %q", h.String())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRequestHeaderSetCookieWithSpecialChars(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()