diff --git a/src/core/channel/http_client_filter.c b/src/core/channel/http_client_filter.c
index ec832a0367201755025c828665ee88db082bc5b4..5f20f8c16d5fd9c9b47525d8886d4d029c477aeb 100644
--- a/src/core/channel/http_client_filter.c
+++ b/src/core/channel/http_client_filter.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ typedef struct channel_data {
 /* used to silence 'variable not used' warnings */
 static void ignore_unused(void *ignored) {}
 
-static grpc_mdelem *client_filter(void *user_data, grpc_mdelem *md) {
+static grpc_mdelem *client_recv_filter(void *user_data, grpc_mdelem *md) {
   grpc_call_element *elem = user_data;
   channel_data *channeld = elem->channel_data;
   if (md == channeld->status) {
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ static grpc_mdelem *client_filter(void *user_data, grpc_mdelem *md) {
   } else if (md->key == channeld->status->key) {
     grpc_call_element_send_cancel(elem);
     return NULL;
+  } else if (md->key == channeld->content_type->key) {
+    return NULL;
   }
   return md;
 }
@@ -92,11 +94,13 @@ static void hc_on_recv(void *user_data, int success) {
     grpc_stream_op *op = &ops[i];
     if (op->type != GRPC_OP_METADATA) continue;
     calld->got_initial_metadata = 1;
-    grpc_metadata_batch_filter(&op->data.metadata, client_filter, elem);
+    grpc_metadata_batch_filter(&op->data.metadata, client_recv_filter, elem);
   }
   calld->on_done_recv->cb(calld->on_done_recv->cb_arg, success);
 }
 
+
+
 static grpc_mdelem *client_strip_filter(void *user_data, grpc_mdelem *md) {
   grpc_call_element *elem = user_data;
   channel_data *channeld = elem->channel_data;
diff --git a/src/core/channel/http_server_filter.c b/src/core/channel/http_server_filter.c
index 0955ae319aad18046e96b4b6906b0ac7683eaa65..2f061946a1f8d920becc19a315662b805398c91b 100644
--- a/src/core/channel/http_server_filter.c
+++ b/src/core/channel/http_server_filter.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ typedef struct call_data {
   gpr_uint8 seen_te_trailers;
   gpr_uint8 seen_authority;
   grpc_linked_mdelem status;
+  grpc_linked_mdelem content_type;
 
   grpc_stream_op_buffer *recv_ops;
   /** Closure to call when finished with the hs_on_recv hook */
@@ -202,6 +203,8 @@ static void hs_mutate_op(grpc_call_element *elem,
       calld->sent_status = 1;
       grpc_metadata_batch_add_head(&op->data.metadata, &calld->status,
                                    GRPC_MDELEM_REF(channeld->status_ok));
+      grpc_metadata_batch_add_tail(&op->data.metadata, &calld->content_type,
+                                   GRPC_MDELEM_REF(channeld->content_type));
       break;
     }
   }