diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_authz_unix_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_authz_unix_test.go
index 427319a89e..a78fac0619 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_authz_unix_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_authz_unix_test.go
@@ -443,6 +443,25 @@ func (s *DockerAuthzSuite) TestAuthZPluginEnsureLoadImportWorking(c *check.C) {
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil, check.Commentf(out))
 }
 
+func (s *DockerAuthzSuite) TestAuthZPluginHeader(c *check.C) {
+	c.Assert(s.d.Start("--debug", "--authorization-plugin="+testAuthZPlugin), check.IsNil)
+	s.ctrl.reqRes.Allow = true
+	s.ctrl.resRes.Allow = true
+	c.Assert(s.d.LoadBusybox(), check.IsNil)
+
+	daemonURL, err := url.Parse(s.d.sock())
+
+	conn, err := net.DialTimeout(daemonURL.Scheme, daemonURL.Path, time.Second*10)
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+	client := httputil.NewClientConn(conn, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/version", nil)
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+	c.Assert(resp.Header["Content-Type"][0], checker.Equals, "application/json")
+}
+
 // assertURIRecorded verifies that the given URI was sent and recorded in the authz plugin
 func assertURIRecorded(c *check.C, uris []string, uri string) {
 	var found bool
diff --git a/pkg/authorization/response.go b/pkg/authorization/response.go
index f29a5fa91e..129bf2f417 100644
--- a/pkg/authorization/response.go
+++ b/pkg/authorization/response.go
@@ -175,11 +175,6 @@ func (rm *responseModifier) Flush() {
 
 // FlushAll flushes all data to the HTTP response
 func (rm *responseModifier) FlushAll() error {
-	// Copy the status code
-	if rm.statusCode > 0 {
-		rm.rw.WriteHeader(rm.statusCode)
-	}
-
 	// Copy the header
 	for k, vv := range rm.header {
 		for _, v := range vv {
@@ -187,6 +182,13 @@ func (rm *responseModifier) FlushAll() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Copy the status code
+	// Also WriteHeader needs to be done after all the headers
+	// have been copied (above).
+	if rm.statusCode > 0 {
+		rm.rw.WriteHeader(rm.statusCode)
+	}
+
 	var err error
 	if len(rm.body) > 0 {
 		// Write body