diff --git a/adafruit_requests.py b/adafruit_requests.py
index 483bb80..7d7e86d 100644
--- a/adafruit_requests.py
+++ b/adafruit_requests.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def _readinto(self, buf):
                 # Consume trailing \r\n for chunks 2+
                 if self._remaining == 0:
                     self._throw_away(2)
-                chunk_header = self._readto(b";", b"\r\n")
+                chunk_header = self._readto(b"\r\n").split(b";", 1)[0]
                 http_chunk_size = int(bytes(chunk_header), 16)
                 if http_chunk_size == 0:
                     self._chunked = False
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def close(self):
                 self._throw_away(self._remaining)
             elif self._chunked:
                 while True:
-                    chunk_header = self._readto(b";", b"\r\n")
+                    chunk_header = self._readto(b"\r\n").split(b";", 1)[0]
                     chunk_size = int(bytes(chunk_header), 16)
                     if chunk_size == 0:
                         break
diff --git a/tests/chunk_test.py b/tests/chunk_test.py
index ddbd048..0982652 100644
--- a/tests/chunk_test.py
+++ b/tests/chunk_test.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 headers = b"HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\nTransfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n"
 
 
-def _chunk(response, split):
+def _chunk(response, split, extra=b""):
     i = 0
     chunked = b""
     while i < len(response):
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ def _chunk(response, split):
             chunk_size = remaining
         new_i = i + chunk_size
         chunked += (
-            hex(chunk_size)[2:].encode("ascii") + b"\r\n" + response[i:new_i] + b"\r\n"
+            hex(chunk_size)[2:].encode("ascii")
+            + extra
+            + b"\r\n"
+            + response[i:new_i]
+            + b"\r\n"
         )
         i = new_i
     # The final chunk is zero length.
@@ -27,10 +31,10 @@ def _chunk(response, split):
     return chunked
 
 
-def test_get_text():
+def do_test_get_text(extra=b""):
     pool = mocket.MocketPool()
     pool.getaddrinfo.return_value = ((None, None, None, None, (ip, 80)),)
-    c = _chunk(text, 33)
+    c = _chunk(text, 33, extra)
     print(c)
     sock = mocket.Mocket(headers + c)
     pool.socket.return_value = sock
@@ -54,11 +58,19 @@ def test_get_text():
     assert r.text == str(text, "utf-8")
 
 
-def test_close_flush():
+def test_get_text():
+    do_test_get_text()
+
+
+def test_get_text_extra():
+    do_test_get_text(b";blahblah; blah")
+
+
+def do_test_close_flush(extra=b""):
     """Test that a chunked response can be closed even when the request contents were not accessed."""
     pool = mocket.MocketPool()
     pool.getaddrinfo.return_value = ((None, None, None, None, (ip, 80)),)
-    c = _chunk(text, 33)
+    c = _chunk(text, 33, extra)
     print(c)
     sock = mocket.Mocket(headers + c)
     pool.socket.return_value = sock
@@ -81,3 +93,11 @@ def test_close_flush():
     )
 
     r.close()
+
+
+def test_close_flush():
+    do_test_close_flush()
+
+
+def test_close_flush_extra():
+    do_test_close_flush(b";blahblah; blah")