diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index f8ca40b0a4..cf9177922d 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -3808,8 +3808,8 @@ static CURLcode http_size(struct Curl_easy *data)
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
-static CURLcode verify_header(struct Curl_easy *data,
-                              const char *hd, size_t hdlen)
+CURLcode Curl_verify_header(struct Curl_easy *data,
+                            const char *hd, size_t hdlen)
 {
   struct SingleRequest *k = &data->req;
   const char *ptr = memchr(hd, 0x00, hdlen);
@@ -4359,7 +4359,7 @@ static CURLcode http_rw_hd(struct Curl_easy *data,
     }
   }
 
-  result = verify_header(data, hd, hdlen);
+  result = Curl_verify_header(data, hd, hdlen);
   if(result)
     return result;
 
diff --git a/lib/http.h b/lib/http.h
index ed93d265e3..5050215743 100644
--- a/lib/http.h
+++ b/lib/http.h
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_write_resp_hd(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                  const char *hd, size_t hdlen,
                                  bool is_eos);
 
+/* check a received header line for forbidden bytes/format, the same checks
+   applied to regular response headers */
+CURLcode Curl_verify_header(struct Curl_easy *data,
+                            const char *hd, size_t hdlen);
+
 /* These functions are in http.c */
 CURLcode Curl_http_input_auth(struct Curl_easy *data, bool proxy,
                               const char *auth);
diff --git a/lib/http_chunks.c b/lib/http_chunks.c
index aa45c79e38..9e3e3bd1fe 100644
--- a/lib/http_chunks.c
+++ b/lib/http_chunks.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "urldata.h" /* it includes http_chunks.h */
 #include "curl_trc.h"
+#include "http.h"    /* for Curl_verify_header */
 #include "sendf.h"   /* for the client write stuff */
 #include "curlx/dynbuf.h"
 #include "multiif.h"
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ static CURLcode httpchunk_readwrite(struct Curl_easy *data,
            there was no trailer and we move on */
 
         if(tr) {
+          size_t trlen;
           result = curlx_dyn_addn(&ch->trailer, STRCONST("\x0d\x0a"));
           if(result) {
             ch->state = CHUNK_FAILED;
@@ -254,8 +256,18 @@ static CURLcode httpchunk_readwrite(struct Curl_easy *data,
             return result;
           }
           tr = curlx_dyn_ptr(&ch->trailer);
+          trlen = curlx_dyn_len(&ch->trailer);
+
+          /* a trailer is delivered to the client as a header, so it must pass
+             the same checks as a regular response header */
+          result = Curl_verify_header(data, tr, trlen);
+          if(result) {
+            ch->state = CHUNK_FAILED;
+            ch->last_code = CHUNKE_BAD_CHUNK;
+            return result;
+          }
+
           if(!data->set.http_te_skip) {
-            size_t trlen = curlx_dyn_len(&ch->trailer);
             if(cw_next)
               result = Curl_cwriter_write(data, cw_next,
                                           CLIENTWRITE_HEADER |
diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index 211c96f846..1fb219832e 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ test2064 test2065 test2066 test2067 test2068 test2069 test2070 test2071 \
 test2072 test2073 test2074 test2075 test2076 test2077 test2078 test2079 \
 test2080 test2081 test2082 test2083 test2084 test2085 test2086 test2087 \
 test2088 test2089 test2090 test2091 test2092 \
-test2100 test2101 test2102 test2103 test2104 test2105 \
+test2100 test2101 test2102 test2103 test2104 test2105 test2106 \
 \
 test2200 test2201 test2202 test2203 test2204 test2205 test2206 test2207 \
 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test2106 b/tests/data/test2106
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40d2dc8b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test2106
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP GET
+chunked Transfer-Encoding
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data nocheck="yes">
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK%CR
+Server: test%CR
+Transfer-Encoding: chunked%CR
+Trailer: chunky-trailer%CR
+%CR
+6%CR
+-foo-%CR
+0%CR
+chunky-trailer: he%hex[%00]hex%llo%CR
+%CR
+</data>
+</reply>
+
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+<name>
+HTTP chunked response with a nul byte in the trailer
+</name>
+<command>
+http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER
+</command>
+</client>
+
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<protocol crlf="headers">
+GET /%TESTNUMBER HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+User-Agent: curl/%VERSION
+Accept: */*
+
+</protocol>
+<errorcode>
+8
+</errorcode>
+</verify>
+</testcase>