diff --git a/requests/utils.py b/requests/utils.py
index 1868f861..058b608b 100644
--- a/requests/utils.py
+++ b/requests/utils.py
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ def parse_header_links(value):
 
     replace_chars = " '\""
 
-    for val in value.split(","):
+    for val in re.split(",\ *<",value):
         try:
             url, params = val.split(";", 1)
         except ValueError: