diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b9b6724..1770c27f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Version 51
+
+* Fix operator<< for header
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Version 50
 
 * parser is constructible from other body types
diff --git a/include/beast/http/impl/write.ipp b/include/beast/http/impl/write.ipp
index 2c757634..5742eed2 100644
--- a/include/beast/http/impl/write.ipp
+++ b/include/beast/http/impl/write.ipp
@@ -813,15 +813,25 @@ public:
 
 } // detail
 
-#if 0
-template<bool isRequest, class Fields>
+template<class Fields>
 std::ostream&
 operator<<(std::ostream& os,
-    header<isRequest, Fields> const& msg)
+    header<true, Fields> const& h)
 {
-    // VFALCO TODO
+    typename Fields::reader fr{
+        h, h.version, h.method()};
+    return os << buffers(fr.get());
+}
+
+template<class Fields>
+std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream& os,
+    header<false, Fields> const& h)
+{
+    typename Fields::reader fr{
+        h, h.version, h.result_int()};
+    return os << buffers(fr.get());
 }
-#endif
 
 template<bool isRequest, class Body, class Fields>
 std::ostream&