diff --git a/src/ios/AFNetworking/AFHTTPSessionManager.m b/src/ios/AFNetworking/AFHTTPSessionManager.m
index 448983e..11467e3 100644
--- a/src/ios/AFNetworking/AFHTTPSessionManager.m
+++ b/src/ios/AFNetworking/AFHTTPSessionManager.m
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@
 {
     NSError *serializationError = nil;
     NSMutableURLRequest *request = [self.requestSerializer multipartFormRequestWithMethod:@"POST" URLString:[[NSURL URLWithString:URLString relativeToURL:self.baseURL] absoluteString] parameters:parameters constructingBodyWithBlock:block error:&serializationError];
+    [request setHTTPShouldHandleCookies:NO];
+    
     if (serializationError) {
         if (failure) {
             dispatch_async(self.completionQueue ?: dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
@@ -232,6 +234,8 @@
 {
     NSError *serializationError = nil;
     NSMutableURLRequest *request = [self.requestSerializer multipartFormRequestWithMethod:@"POST" URLString:[[NSURL URLWithString:URLString relativeToURL:self.baseURL] absoluteString] parameters:parameters constructingBodyWithBlock:block error:&serializationError];
+    [request setHTTPShouldHandleCookies:NO];
+
     if (serializationError) {
         if (failure) {
             dispatch_async(self.completionQueue ?: dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
@@ -293,6 +297,8 @@
 {
     NSError *serializationError = nil;
     NSMutableURLRequest *request = [self.requestSerializer multipartFormRequestWithMethod:method URLString:[[NSURL URLWithString:URLString relativeToURL:self.baseURL] absoluteString] parameters:parameters constructingBodyWithBlock:block error:&serializationError];
+    [request setHTTPShouldHandleCookies:NO];
+
     if (serializationError) {
         if (failure) {
             dispatch_async(self.completionQueue ?: dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
@@ -358,6 +364,8 @@
 {
     NSError *serializationError = nil;
     NSMutableURLRequest *request = [self.requestSerializer requestWithMethod:method URLString:[[NSURL URLWithString:URLString relativeToURL:self.baseURL] absoluteString] parameters:parameters error:&serializationError];
+    [request setHTTPShouldHandleCookies:NO];
+    
     if (serializationError) {
         if (failure) {
             dispatch_async(self.completionQueue ?: dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
diff --git a/test/e2e-specs.js b/test/e2e-specs.js
index 3e509fe..6eaff0a 100644
--- a/test/e2e-specs.js
+++ b/test/e2e-specs.js
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ const tests = [
     }
   },
   {
-    description: 'should not send any cookies after running "clearCookies" (GET) #59',
+    description: 'should not send programmatically set cookies after running "clearCookies" (GET) #59',
     expected: 'resolved: {"status": 200, "data": "{\"headers\": {\"Cookie\": \"\"...',
     func: function (resolve, reject) {
       cordova.plugin.http.setCookie('http://httpbin.org/get', 'myCookie=myValue');
@@ -968,7 +968,26 @@ const tests = [
       result.type.should.be.equal('resolved');
       result.data.data.should.include('TLS handshake');
     }
-  }
+  },
+  {
+    description: 'should not send any cookies after running "clearCookies" (GET) #248',
+    expected: 'resolved: {"status": 200, "data": "{\"cookies\":{}} ...',
+    before: helpers.disableFollowingRedirect,
+    func: function (resolve, reject) {
+      cordova.plugin.http.get('https://httpbin.org/cookies/set?myCookieKey=myCookieValue', {}, {}, function () {
+        cordova.plugin.http.clearCookies();
+        cordova.plugin.http.get('https://httpbin.org/cookies', {}, {}, resolve, reject);
+      }, function () {
+        cordova.plugin.http.clearCookies();
+        cordova.plugin.http.get('https://httpbin.org/cookies', {}, {}, resolve, reject);
+      });
+    },
+    validationFunc: function (driver, result) {
+      result.type.should.be.equal('resolved');
+      result.data.status.should.be.equal(200);
+      JSON.parse(result.data.data).cookies.should.be.eql({});
+    }
+  },
 ];
 
 if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {