diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index 403e4ee..137a9ea 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -571,6 +571,10 @@
         ### note: we shouldn't have any trailers!
         while True:
             line = self.fp.readline()
+            if not line:
+                # a vanishingly small number of sites EOF without
+                # sending the trailer
+                break
             if line == '\r\n':
                 break
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ffb1771..6ea4eea 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Patch #1966: Break infinite loop in httplib when the servers
+  implements the chunked encoding incorrectly.
+
 - tarfile.py: Fix reading of xstar archives.
 
 - #2021: Allow tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile to be used in with statements