diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHttpEncoder.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHttpEncoder.java
index c88a296591..5f0b243989 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHttpEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHttpEncoder.java
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ public class SpdyHttpEncoder implements ChannelDownstreamHandler {
             HttpResponse httpResponse = (HttpResponse) httpMessage;
             SpdyHeaders.setStatus(spdyVersion, spdySynStreamFrame, httpResponse.getStatus());
             SpdyHeaders.setUrl(spdyVersion, spdySynStreamFrame, URL);
+            SpdyHeaders.setVersion(spdyVersion, spdySynStreamFrame, httpMessage.getProtocolVersion());
             spdySynStreamFrame.setUnidirectional(true);
         }