diff --git a/glance/api/middleware/context.py b/glance/api/middleware/context.py
index 3a51e403df..2683f95818 100644
--- a/glance/api/middleware/context.py
+++ b/glance/api/middleware/context.py
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ class ContextMiddleware(BaseContextMiddleware):
             'owner_is_tenant': CONF.owner_is_tenant,
             'service_catalog': service_catalog,
             'policy_enforcer': self.policy_enforcer,
+            'request_id': req.headers.get('X-Openstack-Request-ID'),
         }
 
         return glance.context.RequestContext(**kwargs)
diff --git a/glance/registry/client/v1/api.py b/glance/registry/client/v1/api.py
index a99e412d50..b594391af1 100644
--- a/glance/registry/client/v1/api.py
+++ b/glance/registry/client/v1/api.py
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ def get_registry_client(cxt):
             'X-Service-Catalog': jsonutils.dumps(cxt.service_catalog),
         }
         kwargs['identity_headers'] = identity_headers
+
+    kwargs['request_id'] = cxt.request_id
+
     return client.RegistryClient(_CLIENT_HOST, _CLIENT_PORT,
                                  _METADATA_ENCRYPTION_KEY, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/glance/registry/client/v1/client.py b/glance/registry/client/v1/client.py
index 26d038cc3c..1b73e52a36 100644
--- a/glance/registry/client/v1/client.py
+++ b/glance/registry/client/v1/client.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class RegistryClient(BaseClient):
         # settings when using keystone. configure_via_auth=False disables
         # this behaviour to ensure we still send requests to the Registry API
         self.identity_headers = identity_headers
+        # store available passed request id for do_request call
+        self._passed_request_id = kwargs.pop('request_id', None)
         BaseClient.__init__(self, host, port, configure_via_auth=False,
                             **kwargs)
 
@@ -112,6 +114,9 @@ class RegistryClient(BaseClient):
         try:
             kwargs['headers'] = kwargs.get('headers', {})
             kwargs['headers'].update(self.identity_headers or {})
+            if self._passed_request_id:
+                kwargs['headers']['X-Openstack-Request-ID'] = \
+                    self._passed_request_id
             res = super(RegistryClient, self).do_request(method,
                                                          action,
                                                          **kwargs)