diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index 97631cf5bf6d44..e84b0bb67f18aa 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -1786,6 +1786,9 @@ the request body should be sent. See the [`'checkContinue'`][] event on
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.30
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35274
+    description: Allow passing headers as an array.
   - version:
      - v11.10.0
      - v10.17.0
@@ -1802,7 +1805,7 @@ changes:
 
 * `statusCode` {number}
 * `statusMessage` {string}
-* `headers` {Object}
+* `headers` {Object|Array}
 * Returns: {http.ServerResponse}
 
 Sends a response header to the request. The status code is a 3-digit HTTP
@@ -1810,6 +1813,11 @@ status code, like `404`. The last argument, `headers`, are the response headers.
 Optionally one can give a human-readable `statusMessage` as the second
 argument.
 
+`headers` may be an `Array` where the keys and values are in the same list.
+It is *not* a list of tuples. So, the even-numbered offsets are key values,
+and the odd-numbered offsets are the associated values. The array is in the same
+format as `request.rawHeaders`.
+
 Returns a reference to the `ServerResponse`, so that calls can be chained.
 
 ```js
diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
index d385109eed66c8..e3a032ad21273b 100644
--- a/lib/_http_outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const {
     ERR_HTTP_TRAILER_INVALID,
     ERR_INVALID_HTTP_TOKEN,
     ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
+    ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE,
     ERR_INVALID_CHAR,
     ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
     ERR_STREAM_CANNOT_PIPE,
@@ -376,8 +377,18 @@ function _storeHeader(firstLine, headers) {
         processHeader(this, state, entry[0], entry[1], false);
       }
     } else if (ArrayIsArray(headers)) {
-      for (const entry of headers) {
-        processHeader(this, state, entry[0], entry[1], true);
+      if (headers.length && ArrayIsArray(headers[0])) {
+        for (const entry of headers) {
+          processHeader(this, state, entry[0], entry[1], true);
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (headers.length % 2 !== 0) {
+          throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('headers', headers);
+        }
+
+        for (let n = 0; n < headers.length; n += 2) {
+          processHeader(this, state, headers[n + 0], headers[n + 1], true);
+        }
       }
     } else {
       for (const key in headers) {
diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 8fa2aff627bc48..e136c26133db49 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const {
+  ArrayIsArray,
   Error,
   ObjectKeys,
   ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ const {
   ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT,
   ERR_HTTP_INVALID_STATUS_CODE,
   ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
+  ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE,
   ERR_INVALID_CHAR
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 const {
@@ -269,7 +271,16 @@ function writeHead(statusCode, reason, obj) {
   if (this[kOutHeaders]) {
     // Slow-case: when progressive API and header fields are passed.
     let k;
-    if (obj) {
+    if (ArrayIsArray(obj)) {
+      if (obj.length % 2 !== 0) {
+        throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('headers', obj);
+      }
+
+      for (let n = 0; n < obj.length; n += 2) {
+        k = obj[n + 0];
+        if (k) this.setHeader(k, obj[n + 1]);
+      }
+    } else if (obj) {
       const keys = ObjectKeys(obj);
       // Retain for(;;) loop for performance reasons
       // Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/30958
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-write-head-2.js b/test/parallel/test-http-write-head-2.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..248ac45ac49f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-write-head-2.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http = require('http');
+
+// Verify that ServerResponse.writeHead() works with arrays.
+
+{
+  const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+    res.setHeader('test', '1');
+    res.writeHead(200, [ 'test', '2', 'test2', '2' ]);
+    res.end();
+  }));
+
+  server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
+    http.get({ port: server.address().port }, common.mustCall((res) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(res.headers.test, '2');
+      assert.strictEqual(res.headers.test2, '2');
+      res.resume().on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+        server.close();
+      }));
+    }));
+  }));
+}
+
+{
+  const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(200, [ 'test', '1', 'test2', '2' ]);
+    res.end();
+  }));
+
+  server.listen(0, common.mustCall(function() {
+    http.get({ port: server.address().port }, common.mustCall((res) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(res.headers.test, '1');
+      assert.strictEqual(res.headers.test2, '2');
+      res.resume().on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+        server.close();
+      }));
+    }));
+  }));
+}
+
+
+{
+  const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+    try {
+      res.writeHead(200, [ 'test', '1', 'test2', '2', 'asd' ]);
+    } catch (err) {
+      assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE');
+    }
+    res.end();
+  }));
+
+  server.listen(0, common.mustCall(function() {
+    http.get({ port: server.address().port }, common.mustCall((res) => {
+      res.resume().on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+        server.close();
+      }));
+    }));
+  }));
+}