diff --git a/inc/FeedParser.php b/inc/FeedParser.php
index f2aeb4e7bebc7b12a85649d8a4443baff655a880..7c0071af0b191637c538cb3a2416ab7db4f8493c 100644
--- a/inc/FeedParser.php
+++ b/inc/FeedParser.php
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ class FeedParser extends SimplePie {
 
     /**
      * Fetch an URL using our own HTTPClient
+     *
+     * Overrides SimplePie's own method
      */
-    function getFile($url){
+    function get_file($url){
         $http = new DokuHTTPClient();
-        return $http->get($url);
+        return $http->get($url,true);
     }
 }
diff --git a/inc/HTTPClient.php b/inc/HTTPClient.php
index 18f4435bc6071a5d9a826861591993bd556333ca..69a384487c99ba94ec50b03da3b304cf203c34a6 100644
--- a/inc/HTTPClient.php
+++ b/inc/HTTPClient.php
@@ -111,10 +111,13 @@ class HTTPClient {
      *
      * Returns the wanted page or false on an error;
      *
+     * @param  string $url       The URL to fetch
+     * @param  bool   $sloppy304 Return body on 304 not modified
      * @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
      */
-    function get($url){
+    function get($url,$sloppy304=false){
         if(!$this->sendRequest($url)) return false;
+        if($this->status == 304 && $sloppy304) return $this->resp_body;
         if($this->status != 200) return false;
         return $this->resp_body;
     }