diff --git a/pywb/utils/statusandheaders.py b/pywb/utils/statusandheaders.py
index 93725628..92e897fc 100644
--- a/pywb/utils/statusandheaders.py
+++ b/pywb/utils/statusandheaders.py
@@ -65,23 +65,36 @@ class StatusAndHeadersParser(object):
         """
         parse stream for status line and headers
         return a StatusAndHeaders object
+
+        support continuation headers starting with space or tab
         """
         statusline = stream.readline().rstrip()
 
         protocol_status = self.split_prefix(statusline, self.statuslist)
 
         if not protocol_status:
-            msg = 'Expected Status Line - Found: ' + statusline
+            msg = 'Expected Status Line starting with {0} - Found: {1}'
+            msg = msg.format(self.statuslist, statusline)
             raise StatusAndHeadersParserException(msg, statusline)
 
         headers = []
 
         line = stream.readline().rstrip()
-        while line and line != '\r\n':
+        while line:
             name, value = line.split(':', 1)
-            header = (name, value.strip())
+            name = name.rstrip(' \t')
+            value = value.lstrip()
+
+            next_line = stream.readline().rstrip()
+
+            # append continuation lines, if any
+            while next_line and next_line.startswith((' ', '\t')):
+                value += next_line
+                next_line = stream.readline().rstrip()
+
+            header = (name, value)
             headers.append(header)
-            line = stream.readline().rstrip()
+            line = next_line
 
         return StatusAndHeaders(statusline=protocol_status[1].strip(),
                                 headers=headers,
diff --git a/pywb/utils/test/statusandheaders_test.py b/pywb/utils/test/statusandheaders_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3473e71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pywb/utils/test/statusandheaders_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""
+>>> StatusAndHeadersParser(['HTTP/1.0']).parse(StringIO.StringIO(status_headers_1))
+StatusAndHeaders(protocol = 'HTTP/1.0', statusline = '200 OK', headers = [ ('Content-Type', 'ABC'),
+  ('Some', 'Value'),
+  ('Multi-Line', 'Value1    Also This')])
+
+>>> StatusAndHeadersParser(['Other']).parse(StringIO.StringIO(status_headers_1))
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+StatusAndHeadersParserException: Expected Status Line starting with ['Other'] - Found: HTTP/1.0 200 OK
+"""
+
+
+from pywb.utils.statusandheaders import StatusAndHeadersParser
+import StringIO
+
+
+status_headers_1 = "\
+HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\
+Content-Type: ABC\r\n\
+Some: Value\r\n\
+Multi-Line: Value1\r\n\
+    Also This\r\n\
+\r\n\
+Body"
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+    doctest.testmod()
diff --git a/pywb/warc/test/test_loading.py b/pywb/warc/test/test_loading.py
index 47176e3e..02ab54cb 100644
--- a/pywb/warc/test/test_loading.py
+++ b/pywb/warc/test/test_loading.py
@@ -213,3 +213,6 @@ def load_from_cdx_test(cdx):
     except Exception as e:
         print 'Exception: ' + e.__class__.__name__
 
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+    doctest.testmod()