diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index 8af25b4e02ef..5326ca180bb3 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -1721,11 +1721,30 @@ A collection of all the standard HTTP response status codes, and the
 short description of each. For example, `http.STATUS_CODES[404] === 'Not
 Found'`.
 
-## http.createServer([requestListener])
+## http.createServer([options][, requestListener])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.13
--->
-- `requestListener` {Function}
+changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/31448
+    description: The `insecureHTTPParser` option is supported now.
+  - version: v9.6.0, v8.12.0
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15752
+    description: The `options` argument is supported now.
+-->
+
+* `options` {Object}
+  * `IncomingMessage` {http.IncomingMessage} Specifies the `IncomingMessage`
+    class to be used. Useful for extending the original `IncomingMessage`.
+    **Default:** `IncomingMessage`.
+  * `ServerResponse` {http.ServerResponse} Specifies the `ServerResponse` class
+    to be used. Useful for extending the original `ServerResponse`. **Default:**
+    `ServerResponse`.
+  * `insecureHTTPParser` {boolean} Use an insecure HTTP parser that accepts
+    invalid HTTP headers when `true`. Using the insecure parser should be
+    avoided. See [`--insecure-http-parser`][] for more information.
+    **Default:** `false`
+* `requestListener` {Function}
 
 * Returns: {http.Server}
 
@@ -1820,6 +1839,9 @@ Defaults to 8KB. Configurable using the [`--max-http-header-size`][] CLI option.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.3.6
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/31448
+    description: The `insecureHTTPParser` option is supported now.
   - version: v7.5.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10638
     description: The `options` parameter can be a WHATWG `URL` object.
@@ -1835,6 +1857,10 @@ changes:
     `hostname`. Valid values are `4` or `6`. When unspecified, both IP v4 and
     v6 will be used.
   * `port` {number} Port of remote server. **Default:** `80`.
+  * `insecureHTTPParser` {boolean} Use an insecure HTTP parser that accepts
+    invalid HTTP headers when `true`. Using the insecure parser should be
+    avoided. See [`--insecure-http-parser`][] for more information.
+    **Default:** `false`
   * `localAddress` {string} Local interface to bind for network connections.
   * `socketPath` {string} Unix Domain Socket (use one of host:port or
     socketPath).
@@ -1993,6 +2019,7 @@ will be emitted in the following order:
 Note that setting the `timeout` option or using the `setTimeout` function will
 not abort the request or do anything besides add a `timeout` event.
 
+[`--insecure-http-parser`]: cli.html#cli_insecure_http_parser
 [`--max-http-header-size`]: cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size
 [`'checkContinue'`]: #http_event_checkcontinue
 [`'request'`]: #http_event_request
diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index d0d6e8e3c3b7..50724f2edcbb 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ function ClientRequest(options, cb) {
     method = this.method = 'GET';
   }
 
+  const insecureHTTPParser = options.insecureHTTPParser;
+  if (insecureHTTPParser !== undefined &&
+      typeof insecureHTTPParser !== 'boolean') {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
+      'insecureHTTPParser', 'boolean', insecureHTTPParser);
+  }
+  this.insecureHTTPParser = insecureHTTPParser;
+
   this.path = options.path || '/';
   if (cb) {
     this.once('response', cb);
@@ -625,7 +633,8 @@ function tickOnSocket(req, socket) {
   req.connection = socket;
   parser.reinitialize(HTTPParser.RESPONSE,
                       parser[is_reused_symbol],
-                      isLenient());
+                      req.insecureHTTPParser === undefined ?
+                      isLenient() : req.insecureHTTPParser);
   if (process.domain) {
     process.domain.add(parser);
   }
diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 5099070dfb03..9277ec381706 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -275,11 +275,21 @@ function Server(options, requestListener) {
     options = {};
   } else if (options == null || typeof options === 'object') {
     options = util._extend({}, options);
+  } else {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('options', 'object', options);
   }
 
   this[kIncomingMessage] = options.IncomingMessage || IncomingMessage;
   this[kServerResponse] = options.ServerResponse || ServerResponse;
 
+  const insecureHTTPParser = options.insecureHTTPParser;
+  if (insecureHTTPParser !== undefined &&
+      typeof insecureHTTPParser !== 'boolean') {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
+      'insecureHTTPParser', 'boolean', insecureHTTPParser);
+  }
+  this.insecureHTTPParser = insecureHTTPParser;
+
   net.Server.call(this, { allowHalfOpen: true });
 
   if (requestListener) {
@@ -337,7 +347,8 @@ function connectionListenerInternal(server, socket) {
   parser.reinitialize(
     HTTPParser.REQUEST,
     parser[is_reused_symbol],
-    isLenient()
+    server.insecureHTTPParser === undefined ?
+      isLenient() : server.insecureHTTPParser
   );
   parser.socket = socket;
 
diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 8f68d04e54e5..1e78221edeec 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ let maxHeaderSize;
 
 const { Server } = server;
 
-function createServer(requestListener) {
-  return new Server(requestListener);
+function createServer(opts, requestListener) {
+  return new Server(opts, requestListener);
 }
 
 function request(options, cb) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-insecure-parser-per-stream.js b/test/parallel/test-http-insecure-parser-per-stream.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2b8ffe70877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-insecure-parser-per-stream.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http = require('http');
+const MakeDuplexPair = require('../common/duplexpair');
+
+// Test that setting the `maxHeaderSize` option works on a per-stream-basis.
+
+// Test 1: The server sends an invalid header.
+{
+  const { clientSide, serverSide } = MakeDuplexPair();
+
+  const req = http.request({
+    createConnection: common.mustCall(() => clientSide),
+    insecureHTTPParser: true
+  }, common.mustCall((res) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(res.headers.hello, 'foo\x08foo');
+    res.resume();  // We don’t actually care about contents.
+    res.on('end', common.mustCall());
+  }));
+  req.end();
+
+  serverSide.resume();  // Dump the request
+  serverSide.end('HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n' +
+                 'Hello: foo\x08foo\r\n' +
+                 'Content-Length: 0\r\n' +
+                 '\r\n\r\n');
+}
+
+// Test 2: The same as Test 1 except without the option, to make sure it fails.
+{
+  const { clientSide, serverSide } = MakeDuplexPair();
+
+  const req = http.request({
+    createConnection: common.mustCall(() => clientSide)
+  }, common.mustNotCall());
+  req.end();
+  req.on('error', common.mustCall());
+
+  serverSide.resume();  // Dump the request
+  serverSide.end('HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n' +
+                 'Hello: foo\x08foo\r\n' +
+                 'Content-Length: 0\r\n' +
+                 '\r\n\r\n');
+}
+
+// Test 3: The client sends an invalid header.
+{
+  const testData = 'Hello, World!\n';
+  const server = http.createServer(
+    { insecureHTTPParser: true },
+    common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+      res.statusCode = 200;
+      res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
+      res.end(testData);
+    }));
+
+  server.on('clientError', common.mustNotCall());
+
+  const { clientSide, serverSide } = MakeDuplexPair();
+  serverSide.server = server;
+  server.emit('connection', serverSide);
+
+  clientSide.write('GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n' +
+                   'Hello: foo\x08foo\r\n' +
+                   '\r\n\r\n');
+}
+
+// Test 4: The same as Test 3 except without the option, to make sure it fails.
+{
+  const server = http.createServer(common.mustNotCall());
+
+  server.on('clientError', common.mustCall());
+
+  const { clientSide, serverSide } = MakeDuplexPair();
+  serverSide.server = server;
+  server.emit('connection', serverSide);
+
+  clientSide.write('GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n' +
+                   'Hello: foo\x08foo\r\n' +
+                   '\r\n\r\n');
+}