diff --git a/lib/_utils.js b/lib/_utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1efd336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/_utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Returns true if this is a host that closes *before* it ends?!?!
+module.exports.isAnEarlyCloseHost= function( hostName ) {
+  return hostName.match(".*google.com$")
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/oauth.js b/lib/oauth.js
index c7f3b82..d231b13 100644
--- a/lib/oauth.js
+++ b/lib/oauth.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ var crypto= require('crypto'),
     http= require('http'),
     https= require('https'),
     URL= require('url'),
-    querystring= require('querystring'); 
+    querystring= require('querystring'),
+    OAuthUtils= require('./_utils');
 
 exports.OAuth= function(requestUrl, accessUrl, consumerKey, consumerSecret, version, authorize_callback, signatureMethod, nonceSize, customHeaders) {
   this._isEcho = false;
@@ -344,12 +345,14 @@ exports.OAuth.prototype._performSecureRequest= function( oauth_token, oauth_toke
   if( callback ) {
     var data=""; 
     var self= this;
-    request.on('response', function (response) {
-      response.setEncoding('utf8');
-      response.on('data', function (chunk) {
-        data+=chunk;
-      });
-      response.on('end', function () {
+
+    // Some hosts *cough* google appear to close the connection early / send no content-length header
+    // allow this behaviour.
+    var allowEarlyClose= OAuthUtils.isAnEarlyCloseHost( parsedUrl.hostname );
+    var callbackCalled= false;
+    function passBackControl( response ) {
+      if(!callbackCalled) {
+        callbackCalled= true;
         if ( response.statusCode >= 200 && response.statusCode <= 299 ) {
           callback(null, data, response);
         } else {
@@ -361,10 +364,28 @@ exports.OAuth.prototype._performSecureRequest= function( oauth_token, oauth_toke
             callback({ statusCode: response.statusCode, data: data }, data, response);
           }
         }
+      }
+    }
+
+    request.on('response', function (response) {
+      response.setEncoding('utf8');
+      response.on('data', function (chunk) {
+        data+=chunk;
+      });
+      response.on('end', function () {
+        passBackControl( response );
+      });
+      response.on('close', function () {
+        if( allowEarlyClose ) {
+          passBackControl( response );
+        }
       });
     });
   
-    request.on("error", callback);
+    request.on("error", function(err) {
+      callbackCalled= true;
+      callback( err )
+    });
     
     if( (method == "POST" || method =="PUT") && post_body != null && post_body != "" ) {
       request.write(post_body);
diff --git a/lib/oauth2.js b/lib/oauth2.js
index 4713192..7b841fa 100644
--- a/lib/oauth2.js
+++ b/lib/oauth2.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 var querystring= require('querystring'),
     crypto= require('crypto'),
     https= require('https'),
-    URL= require('url');
+    URL= require('url'),
+    OAuthUtils= require('./_utils');
 
 exports.OAuth2= function(clientId, clientSecret, baseSite, authorizePath, accessTokenPath) {
   this._clientId= clientId;
@@ -61,20 +62,37 @@ exports.OAuth2.prototype._request= function(method, url, headers, access_token,
     headers: realHeaders
   };
 
-  request = https.request(options, function (response) { 
-    response.addListener("data", function (chunk) {
-      result+= chunk
-    });
-    response.addListener("end", function () {
+  // Some hosts *cough* google appear to close the connection early / send no content-length header
+  // allow this behaviour.
+  var allowEarlyClose= OAuthUtils.isAnEarlyCloseHost(options.host);
+  var callbackCalled= false;
+  function passBackControl( response, result ) {
+    if(!callbackCalled) {
+      callbackCalled=true;
       if( response.statusCode != 200 ) {
         callback({ statusCode: response.statusCode, data: result });
       } else {
         callback(null, result, response);
       }
+    }
+  }
+
+  request = https.request(options, function (response) {
+    response.on("data", function (chunk) {
+      result+= chunk
+    });
+    response.on("close", function (err) {
+      if( allowEarlyClose ) {
+        passBackControl( response, result );
+      }
+    });
+    response.addListener("end", function () {
+      passBackControl( response, result );
     });
   });
 
   request.on('error', function(e) {
+    callbackCalled= true;
     callback(e);
   });