diff --git a/src/wolfio.c b/src/wolfio.c
index 50a51de5a..205043142 100644
--- a/src/wolfio.c
+++ b/src/wolfio.c
@@ -1139,11 +1139,17 @@ int wolfIO_HttpProcessResponse(int sfd, const char** appStrList,
 
     return result;
 }
-
-int wolfIO_HttpBuildRequest(const char* reqType, const char* domainName,
-    const char* path, int pathLen, int reqSz, const char* contentType,
-    const char* exHdrs, byte* buf, int bufSize)
+int wolfIO_HttpBuildRequest(const char *reqType, const char *domainName,
+                               const char *path, int pathLen, int reqSz, const char *contentType,
+                               byte *buf, int bufSize)
 {
+    return wolfIO_HttpBuildRequest_ex(reqType, domainName, path, pathLen, reqSz, contentType, "", buf, bufSize);
+}
+
+    int wolfIO_HttpBuildRequest_ex(const char *reqType, const char *domainName,
+                                const char *path, int pathLen, int reqSz, const char *contentType,
+                                const char *exHdrs, byte *buf, int bufSize)
+    {
     word32 reqTypeLen, domainNameLen, reqSzStrLen, contentTypeLen, exHdrsLen, maxLen;
     char reqSzStr[6];
     char* req = (char*)buf;
@@ -1152,7 +1158,7 @@ int wolfIO_HttpBuildRequest(const char* reqType, const char* domainName,
     const char* hostStr = "\r\nHost: ";
     const char* contentLenStr = "\r\nContent-Length: ";
     const char* contentTypeStr = "\r\nContent-Type: ";
-    const char *singleCrLfStr = "\r\n";
+    const char* singleCrLfStr = "\r\n";
     const char* doubleCrLfStr = "\r\n\r\n";
     word32 blankStrLen, http11StrLen, hostStrLen, contentLenStrLen,
         contentTypeStrLen, singleCrLfStrLen, doubleCrLfStrLen;
@@ -1250,7 +1256,7 @@ int wolfIO_HttpBuildRequestOcsp(const char* domainName, const char* path,
                                     int ocspReqSz, byte* buf, int bufSize)
 {
     const char *cacheCtl = "Cache-Control: no-cache";
-    return wolfIO_HttpBuildRequest("POST", domainName, path, (int)XSTRLEN(path),
+    return wolfIO_HttpBuildRequest_ex("POST", domainName, path, (int)XSTRLEN(path),
         ocspReqSz, "application/ocsp-request", cacheCtl, buf, bufSize);
 }
 
@@ -1364,7 +1370,7 @@ int wolfIO_HttpBuildRequestCrl(const char* url, int urlSz,
     const char* domainName, byte* buf, int bufSize)
 {
     const char *cacheCtl = "Cache-Control: no-cache";
-    return wolfIO_HttpBuildRequest("GET", domainName, url, urlSz, 0, "",
+    return wolfIO_HttpBuildRequest_ex("GET", domainName, url, urlSz, 0, "",
                                    cacheCtl, buf, bufSize);
 }
 
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfio.h b/wolfssl/wolfio.h
index 28c944950..9cf8e18ab 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfio.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfio.h
@@ -392,7 +392,10 @@ WOLFSSL_API int BioReceive(WOLFSSL* ssl, char* buf, int sz, void* ctx);
 
     WOLFSSL_API  int wolfIO_HttpBuildRequest(const char* reqType,
         const char* domainName, const char* path, int pathLen, int reqSz,
-        const char* contentType, const char* exHdrs, unsigned char* buf, int bufSize);
+        const char* contentType, unsigned char* buf, int bufSize);
+    WOLFSSL_LOCAL int wolfIO_HttpBuildRequest_ex(const char* reqType,
+        const char* domainName, const char* path, int pathLen, int reqSz,
+        const char* contentType, const char *exHdrs, unsigned char* buf, int bufSize);
     WOLFSSL_API  int wolfIO_HttpProcessResponse(int sfd, const char** appStrList,
         unsigned char** respBuf, unsigned char* httpBuf, int httpBufSz,
         int dynType, void* heap);