diff --git a/glanceclient/common/http.py b/glanceclient/common/http.py
index e867ac2d..40a39cb2 100644
--- a/glanceclient/common/http.py
+++ b/glanceclient/common/http.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
                   names and values
         """
         return dict((encodeutils.safe_encode(h), encodeutils.safe_encode(v))
-                    for h, v in six.iteritems(headers))
+                    for h, v in six.iteritems(headers) if v is not None)
 
     def _request(self, method, url, **kwargs):
         """Send an http request with the specified characteristics.
diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
index 7356ca46..daab8057 100644
--- a/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ class TestClient(testtools.TestCase):
 
     def test_headers_encoding(self):
         value = u'ni\xf1o'
-        headers = {"test": value}
+        headers = {"test": value, "none-val": None}
         encoded = self.client.encode_headers(headers)
         self.assertEqual(b"ni\xc3\xb1o", encoded[b"test"])
+        self.assertNotIn("none-val", encoded)
 
     def test_raw_request(self):
         " Verify the path being used for HTTP requests reflects accurately. "