diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m b/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m
index 06dc076..cf15cfc 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m
@@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ static void AFNetworkReachabilityReleaseCallback(const void *info) {
 	NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:url] autorelease];
     [request setHTTPMethod:method];
     [request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:self.defaultHeaders];
+
+    if ([method isEqualToString:@"GET"] || [method isEqualToString:@"HEAD"]) {
+        [request setHTTPShouldUsePipelining:YES];
+    }
 	
     if (parameters) {        
         if ([method isEqualToString:@"GET"] || [method isEqualToString:@"HEAD"] || [method isEqualToString:@"DELETE"]) {