diff --git a/core/corehttp/proxy.go b/core/corehttp/proxy.go
index 47b26be17968..a3e2c735d06c 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/proxy.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/proxy.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func ProxyOption() ServeOption {
 
 			s := bufio.NewReader(stream)
 			proxyResponse, err := http.ReadResponse(s, proxyReq)
+
 			defer func() { proxyResponse.Body.Close() }()
 			if err != nil {
 				msg := fmt.Sprintf("Failed to send request to stream '%v' to peer '%v'", parsedRequest.name, parsedRequest.target)
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0184-http-proxy-over-p2p.sh b/test/sharness/t0184-http-proxy-over-p2p.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..cb1fecf7771e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sharness/t0184-http-proxy-over-p2p.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+test_description="Test http proxy over p2p"
+
+. lib/test-lib.sh
+WEB_SERVE_PORT=5099
+
+function serve_http_once() {
+    #
+    # one shot http server (via nc) with static body
+    #
+    local body=$1
+    local status_code=${2:-"200 OK"}
+    local length=$(expr 1 + ${#body})
+    echo -e "HTTP/1.1 $status_code\nContent-length: $length\n\n$body" | nc -l $WEB_SERVE_PORT & 
+    REMOTE_SERVER_PID=$!
+}
+
+
+function setup_receiver_ipfs() {
+    #
+    # setup RECEIVER IPFS daemon 
+    #
+    IPFS_PATH=$(mktemp -d)
+    RECEIVER_LOG=$IPFS_PATH/ipfs.log
+
+    ipfs init >> $RECEIVER_LOG 2>&1
+    ipfs config --json Experimental.Libp2pStreamMounting true >> $RECEIVER_LOG 2>&1
+    ipfs config --json Addresses.API "\"/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/6001\"" >> $RECEIVER_LOG 2>&1
+    ipfs config --json Addresses.Gateway "\"/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8081\"" >> $RECEIVER_LOG 2>&1
+    ipfs config --json Addresses.Swarm "[\"/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/7001\", \"/ip6/::/tcp/7001\"]" >> $RECEIVER_LOG 2>&1
+    ipfs daemon >> $RECEIVER_LOG 2>&1 &
+    RECEIVER_PID=$!
+    # wait for daemon to start.. maybe?
+    # ipfs id returns empty string if we don't wait here..
+    sleep 5 
+    RECEIVER_ID=$(ipfs id -f "<id>")
+    #
+    # start a p2p listener on RECIVER to the HTTP server with our content
+    #
+    ipfs p2p listen /x/test /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/$WEB_SERVE_PORT >> $RECEIVER_LOG 2>&1
+} 
+
+
+function setup_sender_ipfs() {
+    #
+    # setup SENDER IPFS daemon 
+    #
+    IPFS_PATH=$(mktemp -d)
+    SENDER_LOG=$IPFS_PATH/ipfs.log
+    ipfs init >> $SENDER_LOG 2>&1
+    ipfs config --json Experimental.Libp2pStreamMounting true >> $SENDER_LOG 2>&1 
+    ipfs daemon >> $SENDER_LOG 2>&1 &
+    SENDER_PID=$!
+    sleep 5 
+}
+
+
+function teardown_sender_and_receiver() {
+    kill -9 $SENDER_PID $RECEIVER_PID > /dev/null 2>&1
+    sleep 5
+}
+
+function curl_check_response_code() {
+    local expected_status_code=$1
+    local path_stub=${2:-http/$RECEIVER_ID/test/index.txt}
+    local status_code=$(curl -s --write-out %{http_code} --output /dev/null http://localhost:5001/proxy/$path_stub)
+
+    if [[ $status_code -ne $expected_status_code ]]; 
+    then
+        echo "Found status-code "$status_code", expected "$expected_status_code
+        return 1
+    fi
+    
+    return 0
+}
+
+function curl_send_proxy_request_and_check_response() {
+    local expected_status_code=$1
+    local expected_content=$2
+
+    #
+    # make a request to SENDER_IPFS via the proxy endpoint 
+    #
+    CONTENT_PATH=$(mktemp)
+    STATUS_CODE=$(curl -s -o $CONTENT_PATH --write-out %{http_code} http://localhost:5001/proxy/http/$RECEIVER_ID/test/index.txt)
+    
+    #
+    # check status code
+    #
+    if [[ $STATUS_CODE -ne $expected_status_code ]]; 
+    then
+        echo "Found status-code "$STATUS_CODE", expected "$expected_status_code
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    #
+    # check content
+    #
+    RESPONSE_CONTENT=$(tail -n 1 $CONTENT_PATH) 
+    if [[ "$RESPONSE_CONTENT" == "$expected_content" ]];
+    then
+        return 0
+    else
+        echo -e "Found response content:\n'"$RESPONSE_CONTENT"'\nthat differs from expected content:\n'"$expected_content"'"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+
+#test_expect_success 'handle proxy http request propogates error response from remote' '
+#serve_http_once "SORRY GUYS, I LOST IT" "404 Not Found" &&
+#setup_receiver_ipfs &&
+#setup_sender_ipfs &&
+#curl_send_proxy_request_and_check_response 404 "SORRY GUYS, I LOST IT"
+#'
+#kill -9 $REMOTE_SERVER_PID
+#teardown_sender_and_receiver
+
+test_expect_success 'handle proxy http request when remote server not available ' '
+setup_receiver_ipfs &&
+setup_sender_ipfs &&
+curl_check_response_code "000"
+'
+teardown_sender_and_receiver
+
+test_expect_success 'handle proxy http request ' '
+serve_http_once "THE WOODS ARE LOVELY DARK AND DEEP" &&
+setup_receiver_ipfs &&
+setup_sender_ipfs &&
+curl_send_proxy_request_and_check_response 200 "THE WOODS ARE LOVELY DARK AND DEEP"
+'
+kill -9 $REMOTE_SERVER_PID
+teardown_sender_and_receiver
+
+
+
+test_expect_success 'handle proxy http request invalid request' '
+setup_receiver_ipfs &&
+setup_sender_ipfs &&
+curl_check_response_code 400 DERPDERPDERP 
+'
+teardown_sender_and_receiver
+
+test_expect_success 'handle proxy http request unknown proxy peer ' '
+setup_receiver_ipfs &&
+setup_sender_ipfs &&
+curl_check_response_code 400 http/unknown_peer/test/index.txt
+'
+teardown_sender_and_receiver
+
+test_done