diff --git a/examples/client.c b/examples/client.c
index 305d79ef..58947fa1 100644
--- a/examples/client.c
+++ b/examples/client.c
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ enum {
 
 #define MAKE_NV(NAME, VALUE)                                            \
   {(uint8_t*)NAME, (uint8_t*)VALUE,                                     \
-      (uint16_t)(sizeof(NAME) - 1), (uint16_t)(sizeof(VALUE) - 1) }
+      (uint16_t)(sizeof(NAME) - 1), (uint16_t)(sizeof(VALUE) - 1),      \
+      NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE }
 
 #define MAKE_NV_CS(NAME, VALUE)                                         \
   {(uint8_t*)NAME, (uint8_t*)VALUE,                                     \
-      (uint16_t)(sizeof(NAME) - 1), (uint16_t)(strlen(VALUE)) }
+      (uint16_t)(sizeof(NAME) - 1), (uint16_t)(strlen(VALUE)),          \
+      NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE }
 
 struct Connection {
   SSL *ssl;
diff --git a/examples/libevent-client.c b/examples/libevent-client.c
index 2c635b8b..aad4cf38 100644
--- a/examples/libevent-client.c
+++ b/examples/libevent-client.c
@@ -381,10 +381,12 @@ static void send_client_connection_header(http2_session_data *session_data)
 }
 
 #define MAKE_NV(NAME, VALUE, VALUELEN)                                  \
-  { (uint8_t*)NAME, (uint8_t*)VALUE, sizeof(NAME) - 1, VALUELEN }
+  { (uint8_t*)NAME, (uint8_t*)VALUE, sizeof(NAME) - 1, VALUELEN,        \
+      NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE }
 
 #define MAKE_NV2(NAME, VALUE)                                           \
-  { (uint8_t*)NAME, (uint8_t*)VALUE, sizeof(NAME) - 1, sizeof(VALUE) - 1 }
+  { (uint8_t*)NAME, (uint8_t*)VALUE, sizeof(NAME) - 1, sizeof(VALUE) - 1, \
+      NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE }
 
 /* Send HTTP request to the remote peer */
 static void submit_request(http2_session_data *session_data)
diff --git a/examples/libevent-server.c b/examples/libevent-server.c
index fdf71852..a99262f1 100644
--- a/examples/libevent-server.c
+++ b/examples/libevent-server.c
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
 #define ARRLEN(x) (sizeof(x)/sizeof(x[0]))
 
 #define MAKE_NV(NAME, VALUE)                                            \
-  { (uint8_t*)NAME, (uint8_t*)VALUE, sizeof(NAME) - 1, sizeof(VALUE) - 1 }
+  { (uint8_t*)NAME, (uint8_t*)VALUE, sizeof(NAME) - 1, sizeof(VALUE) - 1, \
+      NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE }
 
 struct app_context;
 typedef struct app_context app_context;
diff --git a/lib/includes/nghttp2/nghttp2.h b/lib/includes/nghttp2/nghttp2.h
index ba4729ef..05ee18bb 100644
--- a/lib/includes/nghttp2/nghttp2.h
+++ b/lib/includes/nghttp2/nghttp2.h
@@ -346,6 +346,22 @@ typedef enum {
   NGHTTP2_MSG_MORE
 } nghttp2_io_flag;
 
+/**
+ * @enum
+ *
+ * The flags for header field name/value pair.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+  /**
+   * No flag set.
+   */
+  NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE = 0,
+  /**
+   * Indicates that this name/value pair must not be indexed.
+   */
+  NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NO_INDEX = 0x1
+} nghttp2_nv_flag;
+
 /**
  * @struct
  *
@@ -370,6 +386,10 @@ typedef struct {
    * The length of the |value|.
    */
   uint16_t valuelen;
+  /**
+   * Bitwise OR of one or more of :type:`nghttp2_nv_flag`.
+   */
+  uint8_t flags;
 } nghttp2_nv;
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/nghttp2_frame.c b/lib/nghttp2_frame.c
index 621d63f6..19dff3ad 100644
--- a/lib/nghttp2_frame.c
+++ b/lib/nghttp2_frame.c
@@ -919,6 +919,8 @@ ssize_t nghttp2_nv_array_copy(nghttp2_nv **nva_ptr,
   data = (uint8_t*)(*nva_ptr) + sizeof(nghttp2_nv)*nvlen;
 
   for(i = 0; i < nvlen; ++i) {
+    p->flags = nva[i].flags;
+
     memcpy(data, nva[i].name, nva[i].namelen);
     p->name = data;
     p->namelen = nva[i].namelen;
diff --git a/lib/nghttp2_hd.c b/lib/nghttp2_hd.c
index fdb28538..96104473 100644
--- a/lib/nghttp2_hd.c
+++ b/lib/nghttp2_hd.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 /* Make scalar initialization form of nghttp2_nv */
 #define MAKE_STATIC_ENT(I, N, V, NH, VH)                                \
-  { { { (uint8_t*)N, (uint8_t*)V, sizeof(N) - 1, sizeof(V) - 1 },       \
+  { { { (uint8_t*)N, (uint8_t*)V, sizeof(N) - 1, sizeof(V) - 1, 0 },    \
         NH, VH, 1, NGHTTP2_HD_FLAG_NONE }, I }
 
 /* Sorted by hash(name) and its table index */
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ int nghttp2_hd_entry_init(nghttp2_hd_entry *ent, uint8_t flags,
                           uint8_t *value, uint16_t valuelen)
 {
   int rv = 0;
+
+  /* Since nghttp2_hd_entry is used for indexing, ent->nv.flags always
+     NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE */
+  ent->nv.flags = NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE;
+
   if((flags & NGHTTP2_HD_FLAG_NAME_ALLOC) &&
      (flags & NGHTTP2_HD_FLAG_NAME_GIFT) == 0) {
     if(namelen == 0) {
@@ -1402,6 +1407,9 @@ static int hd_inflate_commit_newname(nghttp2_hd_inflater *inflater,
     return NGHTTP2_ERR_NOMEM;
   }
 
+  /* Set NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NO_INDEX if never indexing repr is used */
+  nv.flags = NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE;
+
   if(inflater->index_required) {
     nghttp2_hd_entry *new_ent;
     uint8_t ent_flags;
@@ -1455,6 +1463,9 @@ static int hd_inflate_commit_indname(nghttp2_hd_inflater *inflater,
     return NGHTTP2_ERR_NOMEM;
   }
 
+  /* Set NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NO_INDEX if never indexing repr is used */
+  nv.flags = NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE;
+
   nv.name = inflater->ent_name->nv.name;
   nv.namelen = inflater->ent_name->nv.namelen;
 
diff --git a/src/http2.cc b/src/http2.cc
index 0feb4b4c..8f5a8252 100644
--- a/src/http2.cc
+++ b/src/http2.cc
@@ -341,7 +341,8 @@ nghttp2_nv make_nv(const std::string& name, const std::string& value)
   return {
     (uint8_t*)name.c_str(),
       (uint8_t*)value.c_str(),
-      (uint16_t)name.size(), (uint16_t)value.size()
+      (uint16_t)name.size(), (uint16_t)value.size(),
+      NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE
       };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/http2.h b/src/http2.h
index 901541f1..1648e33f 100644
--- a/src/http2.h
+++ b/src/http2.h
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ template<size_t N, size_t M>
 nghttp2_nv make_nv_ll(const char(&name)[N], const char(&value)[M])
 {
   return { (uint8_t*)name, (uint8_t*)value,
-      (uint16_t)(N - 1), (uint16_t)(M - 1) };
+      (uint16_t)(N - 1), (uint16_t)(M - 1),
+      NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE };
 }
 
 // Create nghttp2_nv from string literal |name| and c-string |value|.
@@ -138,7 +139,8 @@ template<size_t N>
 nghttp2_nv make_nv_lc(const char(&name)[N], const char *value)
 {
   return { (uint8_t*)name, (uint8_t*)value,
-      (uint16_t)(N - 1), (uint16_t)strlen(value) };
+      (uint16_t)(N - 1), (uint16_t)strlen(value),
+      NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE };
 }
 
 // Create nghttp2_nv from string literal |name| and std::string
@@ -147,7 +149,8 @@ template<size_t N>
 nghttp2_nv make_nv_ls(const char(&name)[N], const std::string& value)
 {
   return { (uint8_t*)name, (uint8_t*)value.c_str(),
-      (uint16_t)(N - 1), (uint16_t)value.size() };
+      (uint16_t)(N - 1), (uint16_t)value.size(),
+      NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE };
 }
 
 // Appends headers in |headers| to |nv|. Certain headers, including
diff --git a/src/http2_test.cc b/src/http2_test.cc
index de74ceea..0c568113 100644
--- a/src/http2_test.cc
+++ b/src/http2_test.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 using namespace nghttp2;
 
 #define MAKE_NV(K, V) {(uint8_t*)K, (uint8_t*)V,        \
-      (uint16_t)(sizeof(K)-1), (uint16_t)(sizeof(V)-1)}
+      (uint16_t)(sizeof(K)-1), (uint16_t)(sizeof(V)-1), \
+      NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE }
 
 namespace shrpx {
 
diff --git a/tests/nghttp2_test_helper.h b/tests/nghttp2_test_helper.h
index 204b0d9d..956a0cd9 100644
--- a/tests/nghttp2_test_helper.h
+++ b/tests/nghttp2_test_helper.h
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 #include "nghttp2_session.h"
 
 #define MAKE_NV(NAME, VALUE)                                            \
-  { (uint8_t*)NAME, (uint8_t*)VALUE, strlen(NAME), strlen(VALUE) }
+  { (uint8_t*)NAME, (uint8_t*)VALUE, strlen(NAME), strlen(VALUE),       \
+      NGHTTP2_NV_FLAG_NONE }
 #define ARRLEN(ARR) (sizeof(ARR)/sizeof(ARR[0]))
 
 #define assert_nv_equal(A, B, len)                          \