diff --git a/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/SimpleFetcher.java b/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/SimpleFetcher.java
index ca756403db..7679cd4570 100644
--- a/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/SimpleFetcher.java
+++ b/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/SimpleFetcher.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public class SimpleFetcher
 				HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
 				conn.setConnectTimeout(10000);
 				conn.setReadTimeout(10000);
+				conn.setRequestProperty("Connection", "close");
 				try
 				{
 					if (contentType != null)