diff --git a/app/etc/di.xml b/app/etc/di.xml
index 19543375aad58..66843198a09e0 100755
--- a/app/etc/di.xml
+++ b/app/etc/di.xml
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@
             <argument name="map" xsi:type="array">
                 <item name="OPTIONS" xsi:type="string">\Magento\Framework\App\Action\HttpOptionsActionInterface</item>
                 <item name="GET" xsi:type="string">\Magento\Framework\App\Action\HttpGetActionInterface</item>
-                <item name="HEAD" xsi:type="string">\Magento\Framework\App\Action\HttpHeadActionInterface</item>
+                <item name="HEAD" xsi:type="string">\Magento\Framework\App\Action\HttpGetActionInterface</item>
                 <item name="POST" xsi:type="string">\Magento\Framework\App\Action\HttpPostActionInterface</item>
                 <item name="PUT" xsi:type="string">\Magento\Framework\App\Action\HttpPutActionInterface</item>
                 <item name="PATCH" xsi:type="string">\Magento\Framework\App\Action\HttpPatchActionInterface</item>
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Action/HttpHeadActionInterface.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Action/HttpHeadActionInterface.php
index d2f9b70913c1f..389bd8089967b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Action/HttpHeadActionInterface.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Action/HttpHeadActionInterface.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 /**
  * Marker for actions processing HEAD requests.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Both GET and HEAD requests map to HttpGetActionInterface
  */
 interface HttpHeadActionInterface extends ActionInterface
 {
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Http.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Http.php
index 3c6dee49f97b4..a2d7d136e12d7 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Http.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Http.php
@@ -142,12 +142,26 @@ public function launch()
         } else {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Invalid return type');
         }
+        if ($this->_request->isHead() && $this->_response->getHttpResponseCode() == 200) {
+            $this->handleHeadRequest();
+        }
         // This event gives possibility to launch something before sending output (allow cookie setting)
         $eventParams = ['request' => $this->_request, 'response' => $this->_response];
         $this->_eventManager->dispatch('controller_front_send_response_before', $eventParams);
         return $this->_response;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Handle HEAD requests by adding the Content-Length header and removing the body from the response.
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function handleHeadRequest()
+    {
+        $contentLength = strlen($this->_response->getContent());
+        $this->_response->clearBody();
+        $this->_response->setHeader('Content-Length', $contentLength);
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Test/Unit/HttpTest.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Test/Unit/HttpTest.php
index a299e04e152cc..6606dce5b2ab1 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Test/Unit/HttpTest.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Test/Unit/HttpTest.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ protected function setUp()
                 'pathInfoProcessor' => $pathInfoProcessorMock,
                 'objectManager' => $objectManagerMock
             ])
-            ->setMethods(['getFrontName'])
+            ->setMethods(['getFrontName', 'isHead'])
             ->getMock();
         $this->areaListMock = $this->getMockBuilder(\Magento\Framework\App\AreaList::class)
             ->disableOriginalConstructor()
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ private function setUpLaunch()
     public function testLaunchSuccess()
     {
         $this->setUpLaunch();
+        $this->requestMock->expects($this->once())->method('isHead')->will($this->returnValue(false));
         $this->eventManagerMock->expects($this->once())
             ->method('dispatch')
             ->with(
@@ -181,6 +182,34 @@ function () {
         $this->http->launch();
     }
 
+    public function testLaunchHeadRequest()
+    {
+        $body = "<html><head></head><body>Test</body></html>";
+        $contentLength = strlen($body);
+        $this->setUpLaunch();
+        $this->requestMock->expects($this->once())->method('isHead')->will($this->returnValue(true));
+        $this->responseMock->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getHttpResponseCode')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(200));
+        $this->responseMock->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getContent')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($body));
+        $this->responseMock->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('clearBody')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($this->responseMock));
+        $this->responseMock->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('setHeader')
+            ->with('Content-Length', $contentLength)
+            ->will($this->returnValue($this->responseMock));
+        $this->eventManagerMock->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('dispatch')
+            ->with(
+                'controller_front_send_response_before',
+                ['request' => $this->requestMock, 'response' => $this->responseMock]
+            );
+        $this->assertSame($this->responseMock, $this->http->launch());
+    }
+
     public function testHandleDeveloperModeNotInstalled()
     {
         $dir = $this->getMockForAbstractClass(\Magento\Framework\Filesystem\Directory\ReadInterface::class);
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/File/Test/Unit/Transfer/Adapter/HttpTest.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/File/Test/Unit/Transfer/Adapter/HttpTest.php
index d945791282a2d..1ea47991d6df6 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/File/Test/Unit/Transfer/Adapter/HttpTest.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/File/Test/Unit/Transfer/Adapter/HttpTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 
 class HttpTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var \Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+     */
+    private $request;
+
     /**
      * @var \Magento\Framework\HTTP\PhpEnvironment\Response|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
      */
@@ -29,12 +34,16 @@ class HttpTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
      */
     protected function setUp()
     {
+        $this->request = $this->createPartialMock(
+            \Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http::class,
+            ['isHead']
+        );
         $this->response = $this->createPartialMock(
             \Magento\Framework\HTTP\PhpEnvironment\Response::class,
             ['setHeader', 'sendHeaders', 'setHeaders']
         );
         $this->mime = $this->createMock(\Magento\Framework\File\Mime::class);
-        $this->object = new Http($this->response, $this->mime);
+        $this->object = new Http($this->request, $this->response, $this->mime);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -57,6 +66,9 @@ public function testSend(): void
             ->method('getMimeType')
             ->with($file)
             ->will($this->returnValue($contentType));
+        $this->request->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('isHead')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(false));
         $this->expectOutputString(file_get_contents($file));
 
         $this->object->send($file);
@@ -83,6 +95,9 @@ public function testSendWithOptions(): void
             ->method('getMimeType')
             ->with($file)
             ->will($this->returnValue($contentType));
+        $this->request->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('isHead')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(false));
         $this->expectOutputString(file_get_contents($file));
 
         $this->object->send(['filepath' => $file, 'headers' => $headers]);
@@ -106,4 +121,32 @@ public function testSendNoFileExistException(): void
     {
         $this->object->send('nonexistent.file');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testSendHeadRequest(): void
+    {
+        $file = __DIR__ . '/../../_files/javascript.js';
+        $contentType = 'content/type';
+
+        $this->response->expects($this->at(0))
+            ->method('setHeader')
+            ->with('Content-length', filesize($file));
+        $this->response->expects($this->at(1))
+            ->method('setHeader')
+            ->with('Content-Type', $contentType);
+        $this->response->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('sendHeaders');
+        $this->mime->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getMimeType')
+            ->with($file)
+            ->will($this->returnValue($contentType));
+        $this->request->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('isHead')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(true));
+
+        $this->object->send($file);
+        $this->assertEquals(false, $this->hasOutput());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/File/Transfer/Adapter/Http.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/File/Transfer/Adapter/Http.php
index aa527866eff55..74cc347fd2fa2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/File/Transfer/Adapter/Http.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/File/Transfer/Adapter/Http.php
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 
 class Http
 {
+    /**
+     * @var \Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http
+     */
+    private $request;
+
     /**
      * @var \Magento\Framework\HTTP\PhpEnvironment\Response
      */
@@ -19,13 +24,16 @@ class Http
     private $mime;
 
     /**
+     * @param \Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http $request
      * @param \Magento\Framework\App\Response\Http $response
      * @param \Magento\Framework\File\Mime $mime
      */
     public function __construct(
+        \Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http $request,
         \Magento\Framework\HTTP\PhpEnvironment\Response $response,
         \Magento\Framework\File\Mime $mime
     ) {
+        $this->request = $request;
         $this->response = $response;
         $this->mime = $mime;
     }
@@ -55,6 +63,11 @@ public function send($options = null)
 
         $this->response->sendHeaders();
 
+        if ($this->request->isHead()) {
+            // Do not send the body on HEAD requests.
+            return;
+        }
+
         $handle = fopen($filepath, 'r');
         if ($handle) {
             while (($buffer = fgets($handle, 4096)) !== false) {