diff --git a/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mcd-azure.c b/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mcd-azure.c
index b7cdb69270b..76d1b093811 100644
--- a/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mcd-azure.c
+++ b/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mcd-azure.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ mcd_azure_imds_request_init (mcd_azure_imds_request *req)
    _mongoc_http_request_init (&req->req);
    // The HTTP host of the IMDS server
    req->req.host = "169.254.169.254";
+   req->req.port = 80;
    // No body
    req->req.body = "";
    // We GET
diff --git a/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-http.c b/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-http.c
index 7c24c1c2566..39c4f7e01a8 100644
--- a/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-http.c
+++ b/src/libmongoc/src/mongoc/mongoc-http.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ _mongoc_http_render_request_head (const mongoc_http_request_t *req)
    bson_free (path);
 
    /* Always add Host header. */
-   bson_string_append_printf (string, "Host: %s\r\n", req->host);
+   bson_string_append_printf (string, "Host: %s:%d\r\n", req->host, req->port);
    /* Always add Connection: close header to ensure server closes connection. */
    bson_string_append_printf (string, "Connection: close\r\n");
    /* Add Content-Length if body is included. */
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ _mongoc_http_send (const mongoc_http_request_t *req,
       goto fail;
    }
 
-   if (req->body) {
+   if (req->body && req->body_len) {
       iovec.iov_base = (void *) req->body;
       iovec.iov_len = req->body_len;
       if (!_mongoc_stream_writev_full (stream, &iovec, 1, timeout_ms, error)) {
@@ -206,6 +206,42 @@ _mongoc_http_send (const mongoc_http_request_t *req,
    }
 
    http_response_str = (char *) http_response_buf.data;
+   const char *const resp_end_ptr =
+      http_response_str + http_response_buf.datalen;
+
+   const char *proto_leader = "HTTP/1.0 ";
+   ptr = strstr (http_response_str, proto_leader);
+   if (!ptr) {
+      bson_set_error (error,
+                      MONGOC_ERROR_STREAM,
+                      MONGOC_ERROR_STREAM_SOCKET,
+                      "No HTTP version leader in HTTP response");
+      goto fail;
+   }
+
+   ptr += strlen (proto_leader);
+   ssize_t remain = resp_end_ptr - ptr;
+   if (remain < 4) {
+      bson_set_error (error,
+                      MONGOC_ERROR_STREAM,
+                      MONGOC_ERROR_STREAM_SOCKET,
+                      "Short read in HTTP response");
+      goto fail;
+   }
+
+   char status_buf[4] = {0};
+   memcpy (status_buf, ptr, 3);
+   char *status_endptr;
+   res->status = strtol (status_buf, &status_endptr, 10);
+   if (status_endptr != status_buf + 3) {
+      bson_set_error (error,
+                      MONGOC_ERROR_STREAM,
+                      MONGOC_ERROR_STREAM_SOCKET,
+                      "Invalid HTTP response status string %*.s",
+                      4,
+                      status_buf);
+      goto fail;
+   }
 
    /* Find the end of the headers. */
    ptr = strstr (http_response_str, header_delimiter);
diff --git a/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mcd-azure-imds.c b/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mcd-azure-imds.c
index 9d1dee73cb7..52bc0f38352 100644
--- a/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mcd-azure-imds.c
+++ b/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mcd-azure-imds.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ _test_http_req (void)
                   "/metadata/identity/oauth2/"
                   "token?api-version=2018-02-01&resource=https%3A%2F%2Fvault."
                   "azure.net HTTP/1.0\r\n"
-                  "Host: 169.254.169.254\r\n"
+                  "Host: 169.254.169.254:80\r\n"
                   "Connection: close\r\n"
                   "Metadata: true\r\n"
                   "Accept: application/json\r\n"
diff --git a/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mongoc-http.c b/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mongoc-http.c
index 62cbbabb379..b827d3ff590 100644
--- a/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mongoc-http.c
+++ b/src/libmongoc/tests/test-mongoc-http.c
@@ -36,8 +36,13 @@ test_mongoc_http (void *unused)
    req.method = "GET";
    req.host = "example.com";
    req.port = 80;
+   // Empty body is okay
+   req.body = "";
+   req.body_len = 0;
    r = _mongoc_http_send (&req, 10000, false, NULL, &res, &error);
+   ASSERT_CMPINT (res.status, ==, 200);
    ASSERT_OR_PRINT (r, error);
+   ASSERT_CMPINT (res.body_len, >, 0);
    _mongoc_http_response_cleanup (&res);
 
    /* Basic POST request with a body. */
@@ -46,7 +51,9 @@ test_mongoc_http (void *unused)
    req.body_len = 4;
    req.port = 80;
    r = _mongoc_http_send (&req, 10000, false, NULL, &res, &error);
+   ASSERT_CMPINT (res.status, ==, 200);
    ASSERT_OR_PRINT (r, error);
+   ASSERT_CMPINT (res.body_len, >, 0);
    _mongoc_http_response_cleanup (&res);
 }