diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c b/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
index 20ad89a..71fa3c7 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
@@ -246,6 +246,11 @@
                         r->method = NGX_HTTP_OPTIONS;
                     }
 
+                    if (ngx_str7_cmp(m, 'C', 'O', 'N', 'N', 'E', 'C', 'T', ' '))
+                    {
+                        r->method = NGX_HTTP_CONNECT;
+                    }
+
                     break;
 
                 case 8:
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
index b908e29..5b26138 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -2006,6 +2006,13 @@
         }
     }
 
+    if (r->method == NGX_HTTP_CONNECT) {
+        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, r->connection->log, 0,
+                      "client sent CONNECT method");
+        ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_NOT_ALLOWED);
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
     if (r->method == NGX_HTTP_TRACE) {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, r->connection->log, 0,
                       "client sent TRACE method");
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.h b/src/http/ngx_http_request.h
index 6dfb4a4..fa4d5f9 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.h
@@ -25,22 +25,23 @@
 #define NGX_HTTP_VERSION_11                1001
 #define NGX_HTTP_VERSION_20                2000
 
-#define NGX_HTTP_UNKNOWN                   0x0001
-#define NGX_HTTP_GET                       0x0002
-#define NGX_HTTP_HEAD                      0x0004
-#define NGX_HTTP_POST                      0x0008
-#define NGX_HTTP_PUT                       0x0010
-#define NGX_HTTP_DELETE                    0x0020
-#define NGX_HTTP_MKCOL                     0x0040
-#define NGX_HTTP_COPY                      0x0080
-#define NGX_HTTP_MOVE                      0x0100
-#define NGX_HTTP_OPTIONS                   0x0200
-#define NGX_HTTP_PROPFIND                  0x0400
-#define NGX_HTTP_PROPPATCH                 0x0800
-#define NGX_HTTP_LOCK                      0x1000
-#define NGX_HTTP_UNLOCK                    0x2000
-#define NGX_HTTP_PATCH                     0x4000
-#define NGX_HTTP_TRACE                     0x8000
+#define NGX_HTTP_UNKNOWN                   0x00000001
+#define NGX_HTTP_GET                       0x00000002
+#define NGX_HTTP_HEAD                      0x00000004
+#define NGX_HTTP_POST                      0x00000008
+#define NGX_HTTP_PUT                       0x00000010
+#define NGX_HTTP_DELETE                    0x00000020
+#define NGX_HTTP_MKCOL                     0x00000040
+#define NGX_HTTP_COPY                      0x00000080
+#define NGX_HTTP_MOVE                      0x00000100
+#define NGX_HTTP_OPTIONS                   0x00000200
+#define NGX_HTTP_PROPFIND                  0x00000400
+#define NGX_HTTP_PROPPATCH                 0x00000800
+#define NGX_HTTP_LOCK                      0x00001000
+#define NGX_HTTP_UNLOCK                    0x00002000
+#define NGX_HTTP_PATCH                     0x00004000
+#define NGX_HTTP_TRACE                     0x00008000
+#define NGX_HTTP_CONNECT                   0x00010000
 
 #define NGX_HTTP_CONNECTION_CLOSE          1
 #define NGX_HTTP_CONNECTION_KEEP_ALIVE     2
diff --git a/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.c b/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.c
index 3611a2e..423667d 100644
--- a/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.c
+++ b/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.c
@@ -3606,7 +3606,8 @@
         { 4, "LOCK",      NGX_HTTP_LOCK },
         { 6, "UNLOCK",    NGX_HTTP_UNLOCK },
         { 5, "PATCH",     NGX_HTTP_PATCH },
-        { 5, "TRACE",     NGX_HTTP_TRACE }
+        { 5, "TRACE",     NGX_HTTP_TRACE },
+        { 7, "CONNECT",   NGX_HTTP_CONNECT }
     }, *test;
 
     if (r->method_name.len) {