Index: Lib/test/test_httplib.py
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--- Lib/test/test_httplib.py	(revision 69418)
+++ Lib/test/test_httplib.py	(working copy)
@@ -198,6 +198,17 @@
         self.assertEquals(resp.read(), 'Hello\r\n')
         resp.close()
 
+    def test_fileno(self):
+        sock = FakeSocket('HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n'
+                          'Content-Length: -1\r\n\r\nHello\r\n')
+        resp = httplib.HTTPResponse(sock, method="GET")
+        resp.fp.fileno = None
+        try:
+            resp.fileno
+        except AttributeError:
+                self.fail('HTTPResponse should delegate "fileno" self.fp')
+        finally:
+            resp.close()
 
 class OfflineTest(TestCase):
     def test_responses(self):
Index: Lib/httplib.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/httplib.py	(revision 69418)
+++ Lib/httplib.py	(working copy)
@@ -642,7 +642,14 @@
             raise ResponseNotReady()
         return self.msg.items()
 
+    @property
+    def fileno(self):
+        return self.fp.fileno
 
+    @fileno.setter
+    def fileno(self, value):
+        self.fp.fileno = value
+
 class HTTPConnection:
 
     _http_vsn = 11