diff --git a/lib/response.js b/lib/response.js
index 0d0f6956..a10ab9b1 100644
--- a/lib/response.js
+++ b/lib/response.js
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ res.status = function(code){
  */
 
 res.links = function(links){
-  return this.set('Link', Object.keys(links).map(function(rel){
+  var linkField = typeof this.get('Link') === 'undefined' ?
+    '' :  this.get('Link') + ', ';
+  return this.set('Link', linkField + Object.keys(links).map(function(rel){
     return '<' + links[rel] + '>; rel="' + rel + '"';
   }).join(', '));
 };
diff --git a/test/res.links.js b/test/res.links.js
index 455e58c6..76cb4941 100644
--- a/test/res.links.js
+++ b/test/res.links.js
@@ -15,5 +15,18 @@ describe('res', function(){
           '<http://api.example.com/users?page=2>; rel="next", '
         + '<http://api.example.com/users?page=5>; rel="last"');
     })
+
+    it('should set Link header field for multiple calls', function() {
+      // just one call here, because of the call on the first test
+      res.links({
+        prev: 'http://api.example.com/users?page=1',
+      });
+
+      res.get('link')
+      .should.equal(
+          '<http://api.example.com/users?page=2>; rel="next", '
+        + '<http://api.example.com/users?page=5>; rel="last", '
+        + '<http://api.example.com/users?page=1>; rel="prev"');
+    })
   })
 })