diff --git a/src/Network/CurlResult.php b/src/Network/CurlResult.php
index 1a475c7cec..c12bb28266 100644
--- a/src/Network/CurlResult.php
+++ b/src/Network/CurlResult.php
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ class CurlResult
 	 */
 	private $header;
 
+	/**
+	 * @var array the HTTP headers of the Curl call
+	 */
+	private $header_fields;
+
 	/**
 	 * @var boolean true (if HTTP 2xx result) or false
 	 */
@@ -129,6 +134,7 @@ class CurlResult
 
 		$this->body = substr($result, strlen($header));
 		$this->header = $header;
+		$this->header_fields = []; // Is filled on demand
 	}
 
 	private function checkSuccess()
@@ -226,11 +232,65 @@ class CurlResult
 	/**
 	 * Returns the Curl headers
 	 *
-	 * @return string the Curl headers
+	 * @param string $field optional header field. Return all fields if empty
+	 *
+	 * @return string the Curl headers or the specified content of the header variable
 	 */
-	public function getHeader()
+	public function getHeader(string $field = '')
 	{
-		return $this->header;
+		if (empty($field)) {
+			return $this->header;
+		}
+
+		$field = strtolower(trim($field));
+
+		$headers = $this->getHeaderArray();
+
+		if (isset($headers[$field])) {
+			return $headers[$field];
+		}
+
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if a specified header exists
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field header field
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean "true" if header exists
+	 */
+	public function inHeader(string $field)
+	{
+		$field = strtolower(trim($field));
+
+		$headers = $this->getHeaderArray();
+
+		return array_key_exists($field, $headers);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the Curl headers as an associated array
+	 *
+	 * @return array associated header array
+	 */
+	public function getHeaderArray()
+	{
+		if (!empty($this->header_fields)) {
+			return $this->header_fields;
+		}
+
+		$this->header_fields = [];
+
+		$lines = explode("\n", trim($this->header));
+		foreach ($lines as $line) {
+			$parts = explode(':', $line);
+			$headerfield = strtolower(trim(array_shift($parts)));
+			$headerdata = trim(implode(':', $parts));
+			$this->header_fields[$headerfield] = $headerdata;
+		}
+
+		return $this->header_fields;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/src/Network/CurlResultTest.php b/tests/src/Network/CurlResultTest.php
index 72991c6d0f..03e415a99b 100644
--- a/tests/src/Network/CurlResultTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Network/CurlResultTest.php
@@ -134,4 +134,59 @@ class CurlResultTest extends TestCase
 		$this->assertSame('https://test.local/test/it?key=value', $curlResult->getUrl());
 		$this->assertSame('https://test.other/some/?key=value', $curlResult->getRedirectUrl());
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @small
+	 */
+	public function testInHeader()
+	{
+		$header = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../../datasets/curl/about.head');
+		$body = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../../datasets/curl/about.body');
+
+		$curlResult = new CurlResult('https://test.local', $header . $body, [
+			'http_code' => 200,
+			'content_type' => 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
+			'url' => 'https://test.local'
+		]);
+		$this->assertTrue($curlResult->inHeader('vary'));
+		$this->assertFalse($curlResult->inHeader('wrongHeader'));
+	}
+
+	 /**
+	 * @small
+	 */
+	public function testGetHeaderArray()
+	{
+		$header = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../../datasets/curl/about.head');
+		$body = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../../datasets/curl/about.body');
+
+		$curlResult = new CurlResult('https://test.local', $header . $body, [
+			'http_code' => 200,
+			'content_type' => 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
+			'url' => 'https://test.local'
+		]);
+
+		$headers = $curlResult->getHeaderArray();
+
+		$this->assertNotEmpty($headers);
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('vary', $headers);
+	}
+
+	 /**
+	 * @small
+	 */
+	public function testGetHeaderWithParam()
+	{
+		$header = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../../datasets/curl/about.head');
+		$body = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../../datasets/curl/about.body');
+
+		$curlResult = new CurlResult('https://test.local', $header . $body, [
+			'http_code' => 200,
+			'content_type' => 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
+			'url' => 'https://test.local'
+		]);
+
+		$this->assertNotEmpty($curlResult->getHeader());
+		$this->assertEmpty($curlResult->getHeader('wrongHeader'));
+	}
 }