diff --git a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go
index 9ab7367eb2a9e..0bb54b5b515a4 100644
--- a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go
+++ b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"mime"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptrace"
 	"net/http/internal/ascii"
 	"net/textproto"
 	"net/url"
@@ -96,6 +97,9 @@ func (r *ProxyRequest) SetXForwarded() {
 // ReverseProxy is an HTTP Handler that takes an incoming request and
 // sends it to another server, proxying the response back to the
 // client.
+//
+// 1xx responses are forwarded to the client if the underlying
+// transport supports ClientTrace.Got1xxResponse.
 type ReverseProxy struct {
 	// Rewrite must be a function which modifies
 	// the request into a new request to be sent
@@ -449,6 +453,23 @@ func (p *ReverseProxy) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		outreq.Header.Set("User-Agent", "")
 	}
 
+	var headerSet bool
+	trace := &httptrace.ClientTrace{
+		Got1xxResponse: func(code int, header textproto.MIMEHeader) error {
+			h := rw.Header()
+			copyHeader(h, http.Header(header))
+			rw.WriteHeader(code)
+
+			// Clear headers, it's not automatically done by ResponseWriter.WriteHeader() for 1xx responses
+			for k, _ := range h {
+				h.Del(k)
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	outreq = outreq.WithContext(httptrace.WithClientTrace(outreq.Context(), trace))
+
 	res, err := transport.RoundTrip(outreq)
 	if err != nil {
 		p.getErrorHandler()(rw, outreq, err)
@@ -470,7 +491,14 @@ func (p *ReverseProxy) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	copyHeader(rw.Header(), res.Header)
+	h := rw.Header()
+	if headerSet {
+		for k, _ := range h {
+			h.Del(k)
+		}
+	}
+
+	copyHeader(h, res.Header)
 
 	// The "Trailer" header isn't included in the Transport's response,
 	// at least for *http.Transport. Build it up from Trailer.
diff --git a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go
index f8157e9435267..e0d96ef9cce58 100644
--- a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/http/httptrace"
 	"net/http/internal/ascii"
+	"net/textproto"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
@@ -1671,3 +1673,77 @@ func TestReverseProxyRewriteReplacesOut(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("got response %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}
 }
+
+func Test1xxResponses(t *testing.T) {
+	backend := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		h := w.Header()
+		h.Add("Link", "</style.css>; rel=preload; as=style")
+		h.Add("Link", "</script.js>; rel=preload; as=script")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusEarlyHints)
+
+		h.Add("Link", "</foo.js>; rel=preload; as=script")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusProcessing)
+
+		w.Write([]byte("Hello"))
+	}))
+	defer backend.Close()
+	backendURL, err := url.Parse(backend.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	proxyHandler := NewSingleHostReverseProxy(backendURL)
+	proxyHandler.ErrorLog = log.New(io.Discard, "", 0) // quiet for tests
+	frontend := httptest.NewServer(proxyHandler)
+	defer frontend.Close()
+	frontendClient := frontend.Client()
+
+	checkLinkHeaders := func(t *testing.T, expected, got []string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		if len(expected) != len(got) {
+			t.Errorf("Expected %d link headers; got %d", len(expected), len(got))
+		}
+
+		for i := range expected {
+			if expected[i] != got[i] {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %q link header; got %q", expected[i], got[i])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	var respCounter uint8
+	trace := &httptrace.ClientTrace{
+		Got1xxResponse: func(code int, header textproto.MIMEHeader) error {
+			switch code {
+			case http.StatusEarlyHints:
+				checkLinkHeaders(t, []string{"</style.css>; rel=preload; as=style", "</script.js>; rel=preload; as=script"}, header["Link"])
+			case http.StatusProcessing:
+				checkLinkHeaders(t, []string{"</style.css>; rel=preload; as=style", "</script.js>; rel=preload; as=script", "</foo.js>; rel=preload; as=script"}, header["Link"])
+			default:
+				t.Error("Unexpected 1xx response")
+			}
+
+			respCounter++
+
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	req, _ := http.NewRequestWithContext(httptrace.WithClientTrace(context.Background(), trace), "GET", frontend.URL, nil)
+
+	res, err := frontendClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Get: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+
+	if respCounter != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Excpected 2 1xx responses; got %d", respCounter)
+	}
+	checkLinkHeaders(t, []string{"</style.css>; rel=preload; as=style", "</script.js>; rel=preload; as=script", "</foo.js>; rel=preload; as=script"}, res.Header["Link"])
+
+	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if string(body) != "Hello" {
+		t.Errorf("Read body %q; want Hello", body)
+	}
+}