diff --git a/src/ng/http.js b/src/ng/http.js
index 231e683e2b1e..1d0122206db1 100644
--- a/src/ng/http.js
+++ b/src/ng/http.js
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
       common: {
         'Accept': 'application/json, text/plain, */*'
       },
-      post:   CONTENT_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON,
-      put:    CONTENT_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON,
-      patch:  CONTENT_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON
+      post:   copy(CONTENT_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON),
+      put:    copy(CONTENT_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON),
+      patch:  copy(CONTENT_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON)
     },
 
     xsrfCookieName: 'XSRF-TOKEN',
diff --git a/test/ng/httpSpec.js b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
index d3653a67ee7d..0c1a1ac28868 100644
--- a/test/ng/httpSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
@@ -1428,9 +1428,13 @@ describe('$http', function() {
 
     describe('defaults', function() {
 
-      it('should expose the defaults object at runtime', function() {
-        expect($http.defaults).toBeDefined();
+      it('should ensure that default headers are different objects', function(){
+          expect($http.defaults.headers.post).not.toBe($http.defaults.headers.put);
+          expect($http.defaults.headers.put).not.toBe($http.defaults.headers.patch);
+          expect($http.defaults.headers.patch).not.toBe($http.defaults.headers.post);
+      });
 
+      it('should expose the defaults object at runtime', function() {
         $http.defaults.headers.common.foo = 'bar';
         $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/url', undefined, function(headers) {
           return headers['foo'] == 'bar';