diff --git a/pkg/middlewares/headers/responsewriter.go b/pkg/middlewares/headers/responsewriter.go
index a50643eae..39a171dc2 100644
--- a/pkg/middlewares/headers/responsewriter.go
+++ b/pkg/middlewares/headers/responsewriter.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type responseModifier struct {
-	r *http.Request
-	w http.ResponseWriter
+	req *http.Request
+	rw  http.ResponseWriter
 
 	headersSent bool // whether headers have already been sent
 	code        int  // status code, must default to 200
@@ -24,71 +24,76 @@ type responseModifier struct {
 // modifier can be nil.
 func newResponseModifier(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, modifier func(*http.Response) error) *responseModifier {
 	return &responseModifier{
-		r:        r,
-		w:        w,
+		req:      r,
+		rw:       w,
 		modifier: modifier,
 		code:     http.StatusOK,
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *responseModifier) WriteHeader(code int) {
-	if w.headersSent {
+func (r *responseModifier) WriteHeader(code int) {
+	if r.headersSent {
 		return
 	}
 	defer func() {
-		w.code = code
-		w.headersSent = true
+		r.code = code
+		r.headersSent = true
 	}()
 
-	if w.modifier == nil || w.modified {
-		w.w.WriteHeader(code)
+	if r.modifier == nil || r.modified {
+		r.rw.WriteHeader(code)
 		return
 	}
 
 	resp := http.Response{
-		Header:  w.w.Header(),
-		Request: w.r,
+		Header:  r.rw.Header(),
+		Request: r.req,
 	}
 
-	if err := w.modifier(&resp); err != nil {
-		w.modifierErr = err
+	if err := r.modifier(&resp); err != nil {
+		r.modifierErr = err
 		// we are propagating when we are called in Write, but we're logging anyway,
 		// because we could be called from another place which does not take care of
 		// checking w.modifierErr.
 		log.WithoutContext().Errorf("Error when applying response modifier: %v", err)
-		w.w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		r.rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
 	}
 
-	w.modified = true
-	w.w.WriteHeader(code)
+	r.modified = true
+	r.rw.WriteHeader(code)
 }
 
-func (w *responseModifier) Header() http.Header {
-	return w.w.Header()
+func (r *responseModifier) Header() http.Header {
+	return r.rw.Header()
 }
 
-func (w *responseModifier) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
-	w.WriteHeader(w.code)
-	if w.modifierErr != nil {
-		return 0, w.modifierErr
+func (r *responseModifier) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	r.WriteHeader(r.code)
+	if r.modifierErr != nil {
+		return 0, r.modifierErr
 	}
 
-	return w.w.Write(b)
+	return r.rw.Write(b)
 }
 
 // Hijack hijacks the connection.
-func (w *responseModifier) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
-	if h, ok := w.w.(http.Hijacker); ok {
+func (r *responseModifier) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
+	if h, ok := r.rw.(http.Hijacker); ok {
 		return h.Hijack()
 	}
 
-	return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("not a hijacker: %T", w.w)
+	return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("not a hijacker: %T", r.rw)
 }
 
 // Flush sends any buffered data to the client.
-func (w *responseModifier) Flush() {
-	if flusher, ok := w.w.(http.Flusher); ok {
+func (r *responseModifier) Flush() {
+	if flusher, ok := r.rw.(http.Flusher); ok {
 		flusher.Flush()
 	}
 }
+
+// CloseNotify implements http.CloseNotifier.
+func (r *responseModifier) CloseNotify() <-chan bool {
+	return r.rw.(http.CloseNotifier).CloseNotify()
+}