diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 801bc38604..1dade4b8ca 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+5946.	[bug]		Fix statistics channel's handling of multiple HTTP
+			requests in a single connection which have non-empty
+			request bodies. [GL #3463]
+
 5945.	[bug]		If parsing /etc/bind.key failed, delv could assert
 			when trying to parse the built in trust anchors as
 			the parser hadn't been reset. [GL !6468]
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
index a247ef4882..1d0cff0589 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ if [ $PERL_JSON ]; then
     [ "$noerror_count" -eq "$json_noerror_count" ] || ret=1
 fi
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-status=`expr $status + $ret`
-n=`expr $n + 1`
+status=$((status + ret))
+n=$((n + 1))
 
 ret=0
 echo_i "checking malloced memory statistics xml/json ($n)"
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ if [ $PERL_JSON ]; then
     grep '"Malloced":[0-9][0-9]*,' json.mem > /dev/null || ret=1
 fi
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-status=`expr $status + $ret`
-n=`expr $n + 1`
+status=$((status + ret))
+n=$((n + 1))
 
 echo_i "checking consistency between regular and compressed output ($n)"
 for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do
 	fi
 done
 
-status=`expr $status + $ret`
-n=`expr $n + 1`
+status=$((status + ret))
+n=$((n + 1))
 
 ret=0
 echo_i "checking if compressed output is really compressed ($n)"
@@ -169,15 +169,15 @@ then
 	grep -i Content-Length | sed -e "s/.*: \([0-9]*\).*/\1/"`
     COMPSIZE=`cat compressed.headers | \
 	grep -i Content-Length | sed -e "s/.*: \([0-9]*\).*/\1/"`
-    if [ ! `expr $REGSIZE / $COMPSIZE` -gt 2 ]; then
+    if [ ! $((REGSIZE / COMPSIZE)) -gt 2 ]; then
 	ret=1
     fi
 else
     echo_i "skipped"
 fi
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-status=`expr $status + $ret`
-n=`expr $n + 1`
+status=$((status + ret))
+n=$((n + 1))
 
 # Test dnssec sign statistics.
 zone="dnssec"
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ if [ $PERL_JSON ]; then
     cmp zones.out.j$n zones.expect.$n || ret=1
 fi
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-status=`expr $status + $ret`
-n=`expr $n + 1`
+status=$((status + ret))
+n=$((n + 1))
 
 # Test sign operations after dynamic update.
 ret=0
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ if [ $PERL_JSON ]; then
     cmp zones.out.j$n zones.expect.$n || ret=1
 fi
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-status=`expr $status + $ret`
-n=`expr $n + 1`
+status=$((status + ret))
+n=$((n + 1))
 
 # Test sign operations of KSK.
 ret=0
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ if [ $PERL_JSON ]; then
     cmp zones.out.j$n zones.expect.$n || ret=1
 fi
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-status=`expr $status + $ret`
-n=`expr $n + 1`
+status=$((status + ret))
+n=$((n + 1))
 
 # Test sign operations for scheduled resigning (many keys).
 ret=0
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ if [ $PERL_JSON ]; then
     cmp zones.out.j$n zones.expect.$n || ret=1
 fi
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-status=`expr $status + $ret`
-n=`expr $n + 1`
+status=$((status + ret))
+n=$((n + 1))
 
 # Test sign operations after dynamic update (many keys).
 ret=0
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ if [ $PERL_JSON ]; then
     cmp zones.out.j$n zones.expect.$n || ret=1
 fi
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-status=`expr $status + $ret`
-n=`expr $n + 1`
+status=$((status + ret))
+n=$((n + 1))
 
 # Test sign operations after dnssec-policy change (removing keys).
 ret=0
@@ -373,11 +373,11 @@ if [ $PERL_JSON ]; then
     cmp zones.out.j$n zones.expect.$n || ret=1
 fi
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-status=`expr $status + $ret`
-n=`expr $n + 1`
+status=$((status + ret))
+n=$((n + 1))
 
 if [ -x "${NC}" ] ; then
-    echo_i "Check HTTP/1.1 pipelined requests are handled ($n)"
+    echo_i "Check HTTP/1.1 pipelined requests are handled (GET) ($n)"
     ret=0
     ${NC} 10.53.0.3 ${EXTRAPORT1} << EOF > nc.out$n || ret=1
 GET /xml/v3/status HTTP/1.1
@@ -391,8 +391,35 @@ EOF
     lines=$(grep "^HTTP/1.1" nc.out$n | wc -l)
     test $lines = 2 || ret=1
     if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-    status=`expr $status + $ret`
-    n=`expr $n + 1`
+    status=$((status + ret))
+    n=$((n + 1))
+else
+    echo_i "skipping test as nc not found"
+fi
+
+if [ -x "${NC}" ] ; then
+    echo_i "Check HTTP/1.1 pipelined requests are handled (POST) ($n)"
+    ret=0
+    ${NC} 10.53.0.3 ${EXTRAPORT1} << EOF > nc.out$n || ret=1
+POST /xml/v3/status HTTP/1.1
+Host: 10.53.0.3:${EXTRAPORT1}
+Content-Type: application/json
+Content-Length: 3
+
+{}
+POST /xml/v3/status HTTP/1.1
+Host: 10.53.0.3:${EXTRAPORT1}
+Content-Type: application/json
+Content-Length: 3
+Connection: close
+
+{}
+EOF
+    lines=$(grep "^HTTP/1.1" nc.out$n | wc -l)
+    test $lines = 2 || ret=1
+    if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
+    status=$((status + ret))
+    n=$((n + 1))
 else
     echo_i "skipping test as nc not found"
 fi
@@ -421,8 +448,8 @@ test $((time2 - time1)) -lt 5 || ret=1
 lines=$(grep "^HTTP/1.1" send.out$n | wc -l)
 test $lines = 91 || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-status=`expr $status + $ret`
-n=`expr $n + 1`
+status=$((status + ret))
+n=$((n + 1))
 
 echo_i "exit status: $status"
 [ $status -eq 0 ] || exit 1
diff --git a/lib/isc/httpd.c b/lib/isc/httpd.c
index 7a1512b6f7..a701fb2a84 100644
--- a/lib/isc/httpd.c
+++ b/lib/isc/httpd.c
@@ -319,10 +319,12 @@ destroy_httpdmgr(isc_httpdmgr_t *httpdmgr) {
 /*
  * Look for the given header in headers.
  * If value is specified look for it terminated with a character in eov.
+ * If fvalue is specified and the header was found, then *fvalue will point to
+ * the found header's value.
  */
 static bool
 have_header(isc_httpd_t *httpd, const char *header, const char *value,
-	    const char *eov) {
+	    const char *eov, const char **fvalue) {
 	char *cr, *nl, *h;
 	size_t hlen, vlen = 0;
 
@@ -356,10 +358,6 @@ have_header(isc_httpd_t *httpd, const char *header, const char *value,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (value == NULL) {
-			return (true);
-		}
-
 		/*
 		 * Skip optional leading white space.
 		 */
@@ -367,6 +365,18 @@ have_header(isc_httpd_t *httpd, const char *header, const char *value,
 		while (*h == ' ' || *h == '\t') {
 			h++;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Set the found value.
+		 */
+		if (fvalue != NULL) {
+			*fvalue = h;
+		}
+
+		if (value == NULL) {
+			return (true);
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Terminate token search on NULL or EOL.
 		 */
@@ -398,8 +408,10 @@ have_header(isc_httpd_t *httpd, const char *header, const char *value,
 static isc_result_t
 process_request(isc_httpd_t *httpd, isc_region_t *region, size_t *buflen) {
 	char *s = NULL, *p = NULL, *urlend = NULL;
+	const char *content_length = NULL;
 	size_t limit = sizeof(httpd->recvbuf) - httpd->recvlen - 1;
 	size_t len = region->length;
+	size_t clen = 0;
 	int delim;
 	bool truncated = false;
 
@@ -556,17 +568,40 @@ process_request(isc_httpd_t *httpd, isc_region_t *region, size_t *buflen) {
 
 	httpd->headers = s;
 
-	if (have_header(httpd, "Connection:", "close", ", \t\r\n")) {
+	if (!have_header(httpd, "Content-Length:", NULL, NULL, &content_length))
+	{
+		/* Require a Content-Length header for POST requests. */
+		if (httpd->method == METHOD_POST) {
+			return (ISC_R_BADNUMBER);
+		}
+	} else {
+		INSIST(content_length != NULL);
+
+		clen = (size_t)strtoul(content_length, NULL, 10);
+		if (clen == ULONG_MAX) {
+			/* Invalid number in the header value. */
+			return (ISC_R_BADNUMBER);
+		}
+		if (httpd->recvlen < httpd->consume + clen) {
+			/* The request data isn't complete yet. */
+			return (ISC_R_NOTFOUND);
+		}
+
+		/* Consume the request's data, which we do not use. */
+		httpd->consume += clen;
+	}
+
+	if (have_header(httpd, "Connection:", "close", ", \t\r\n", NULL)) {
 		httpd->flags |= HTTPD_CLOSE;
 	}
 
-	if (have_header(httpd, "Host:", NULL, NULL)) {
+	if (have_header(httpd, "Host:", NULL, NULL, NULL)) {
 		httpd->flags |= HTTPD_FOUNDHOST;
 	}
 
 	if (strncmp(httpd->protocol, "HTTP/1.0", 8) == 0) {
-		if (have_header(httpd, "Connection:", "Keep-Alive", ", \t\r\n"))
-		{
+		if (have_header(httpd, "Connection:", "Keep-Alive", ", \t\r\n",
+				NULL)) {
 			httpd->flags |= HTTPD_KEEPALIVE;
 		} else {
 			httpd->flags |= HTTPD_CLOSE;
@@ -577,7 +612,8 @@ process_request(isc_httpd_t *httpd, isc_region_t *region, size_t *buflen) {
 	 * Check for Accept-Encoding:
 	 */
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
-	if (have_header(httpd, "Accept-Encoding:", "deflate", ";, \t\r\n")) {
+	if (have_header(httpd, "Accept-Encoding:", "deflate", ";, \t\r\n",
+			NULL)) {
 		httpd->flags |= HTTPD_ACCEPT_DEFLATE;
 	}
 #endif /* ifdef HAVE_ZLIB */