diff --git a/linkcheck/HttpUrlData.py b/linkcheck/HttpUrlData.py
index 55bf449b..81a0e97f 100644
--- a/linkcheck/HttpUrlData.py
+++ b/linkcheck/HttpUrlData.py
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ class HttpUrlData (ProxyUrlData):
                     server.startswith('Zope')):
                     self.setWarning(i18n._("Zope Server cannot determine"
                                 " MIME type with HEAD, falling back to GET"))
+                    self.method = "GET"
                     continue
             break
         # check url warnings