diff --git a/lib/fog/ninefold/models/storage/files.rb b/lib/fog/ninefold/models/storage/files.rb
index c1fcd7675..99d8ea8a3 100644
--- a/lib/fog/ninefold/models/storage/files.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/ninefold/models/storage/files.rb
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ module Fog
 
         def head(key, options = {})
           requires :directory
-          data = connection.head_object(directory.key, key)
+          data = connection.head_namespace(directory.key + key, :parse => false)
           file_data = data.headers.merge({
+            :body => data.body,
             :key => key
           })
           new(file_data)
-        rescue Fog::Storage::Rackspace::NotFound
+        rescue Fog::Storage::Ninefold::NotFound
           nil
         end
 
diff --git a/lib/fog/ninefold/requests/storage/head_namespace.rb b/lib/fog/ninefold/requests/storage/head_namespace.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..436d65717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/ninefold/requests/storage/head_namespace.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module Fog
+  module Storage
+    class Ninefold
+      class Real
+
+        def head_namespace(namespace = '', options = {})
+          options = options.reject {|key, value| value.nil?}
+          request({
+                    :expects  => 200,
+                    :method   => 'HEAD',
+                    :path     => "namespace/" + namespace,
+                    :query    => {},
+                    :parse => true
+                  }.merge(options))
+        end
+
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/fog/ninefold/storage.rb b/lib/fog/ninefold/storage.rb
index b561d0301..a9f80e0e4 100644
--- a/lib/fog/ninefold/storage.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/ninefold/storage.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ module Fog
       request_path 'fog/ninefold/requests/storage'
       # request :delete_container
       request :get_namespace
+      request :head_namespace
       request :post_namespace
       request :put_namespace
       request :delete_namespace