diff --git a/http/server.lua b/http/server.lua
index 3cf6f22..8e3f255 100644
--- a/http/server.lua
+++ b/http/server.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ local codes = require('http.codes')
 
 local log = require('log')
 local socket = require('socket')
-local fiber = require('fiber')
 local json = require('json')
 local errno = require 'errno'
 
@@ -659,7 +658,7 @@ local function process_client(self, s, peer)
                 break
             end
         end
-        
+
         if is_eof then
             break
         end
@@ -822,6 +821,10 @@ local function process_client(self, s, peer)
             end
         end
 
+        if reason and reason.detach == true then
+            return reason
+        end
+
         if p.proto[1] ~= 1 then
             break
         end
@@ -1128,8 +1131,14 @@ local function httpd_start(self)
         error("httpd: usage: httpd:start()")
     end
 
-    local server = socket.tcp_server(self.host, self.port, { name = 'http',
-        handler = function(...) process_client(self, ...) end })
+    local server = socket.tcp_server(self.host, self.port,
+                     { name = 'http',
+                       handler = function(...)
+                           local res = process_client(self, ...)
+                           if res and res.detach == true then
+                               res.detach_handler(self, ...)
+                           end
+                     end})
     if server == nil then
         error(sprintf("Can't create tcp_server: %s", errno.strerror()))
     end
diff --git a/test/http.test.lua b/test/http.test.lua
index 4f57762..20e9cd1 100755
--- a/test/http.test.lua
+++ b/test/http.test.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ local yaml = require 'yaml'
 local urilib = require('uri')
 
 local test = tap.test("http")
-test:plan(7)
+test:plan(9)
 test:test("split_uri", function(test)
     test:plan(65)
     local function check(uri, rhs)
@@ -370,4 +370,39 @@ test:test("server requests", function(test)
     httpd:stop()
 end)
 
+local function cfgservtwo()
+    local detached = function(httpd, s, peer)
+        test:test('Detached hook is called', function(test)
+                      test:plan(1)
+                      test:ok(true, 'hook called')
+        end)
+    end
+    local path = os.getenv('LUA_SOURCE_DIR') or './'
+    path = fio.pathjoin(path, 'test')
+    local httpd = http_server.new('127.0.0.1', 12346, { app_dir = path,
+        log_requests = false, log_errors = false })
+        :route({path = '/ws', name = 'test'},
+            function()
+                return {status = 200,
+                        body = 'ok',
+                        detach = true,
+                        detach_handler = detached,
+                }
+              end)
+    return httpd
+end
+
+test:test("server requests", function(test)
+              test:plan(2)
+
+              local httpd = cfgservtwo()
+              httpd:start()
+
+              local r = http_client.get('http://127.0.0.1:12346/ws')
+
+              test:is(r.status, 200, 'detached 200')
+              test:is(r.reason, 'Ok', 'detached reason')
+         end
+)
+
 os.exit(test:check() == true and 0 or 1)