diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/fortios.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/fortios.py
index 925367d7801..3126fc2aad5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/fortios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/fortios.py
@@ -84,12 +84,21 @@ class HttpApi(HttpApiBase):
         """
 
         headers = {}
-
-        for attr, val in response.getheaders():
-            if attr == 'Set-Cookie' and 'APSCOOKIE_' in val:
+        resp_raw_headers = []
+        if hasattr(response.headers, '_headers'):
+            resp_raw_headers = response.headers._headers
+        else:
+            resp_raw_headers = [(attr, response.headers[attr]) for attr in response.headers]
+        for attr, val in resp_raw_headers:
+            if attr.lower() == 'set-cookie' and 'APSCOOKIE_' in val:
                 headers['Cookie'] = val
+                # XXX: In urllib2 all the 'set-cookie' headers are coalesced into one
+                x_ccsrftoken_position = val.find('ccsrftoken=')
+                if x_ccsrftoken_position != -1:
+                    token_string = val[x_ccsrftoken_position + len('ccsrftoken='):].split('\"')[1]
+                    self._ccsrftoken = token_string
 
-            elif attr == 'Set-Cookie' and 'ccsrftoken=' in val:
+            elif attr.lower() == 'set-cookie' and 'ccsrftoken=' in val:
                 csrftoken_search = re.search('\"(.*)\"', val)
                 if csrftoken_search:
                     self._ccsrftoken = csrftoken_search.group(1)
@@ -119,7 +128,11 @@ class HttpApi(HttpApiBase):
 
         try:
             response, response_data = self.connection.send(url, data, method=method)
-
-            return response.status, to_text(response_data.getvalue())
+            response_status = None
+            if hasattr(response, 'status'):
+                response_status = response.status
+            else:
+                response_status = response.headers.status
+            return response_status, to_text(response_data.getvalue())
         except Exception as err:
             raise Exception(err)