diff --git a/swift3/controllers/acl.py b/swift3/controllers/acl.py
index 0bbbf510..10f09abb 100644
--- a/swift3/controllers/acl.py
+++ b/swift3/controllers/acl.py
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ def swift_acl_translate(acl, group='', user='', xml=False):
     that yet.
     """
     swift_acl = {}
-    swift_acl['public-read'] = [['HTTP_X_CONTAINER_READ', '.r:*,.rlistings']]
+    swift_acl['public-read'] = [['X-Container-Read', '.r:*,.rlistings']]
     # Swift does not support public write:
     # https://answers.launchpad.net/swift/+question/169541
-    swift_acl['public-read-write'] = [['HTTP_X_CONTAINER_WRITE', '.r:*'],
-                                      ['HTTP_X_CONTAINER_READ',
+    swift_acl['public-read-write'] = [['X-Container-Write', '.r:*'],
+                                      ['X-Container-Read',
                                        '.r:*,.rlistings']]
 
     # TODO: if there's a way to get group and user, this should work for
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ def swift_acl_translate(acl, group='', user='', xml=False):
     # swift_acl['private'] = \
     #     [['HTTP_X_CONTAINER_WRITE',  group + ':' + user], \
     #      ['HTTP_X_CONTAINER_READ', group + ':' + user]]
-    swift_acl['private'] = [['HTTP_X_CONTAINER_WRITE', '.'],
-                            ['HTTP_X_CONTAINER_READ', '.']]
+    swift_acl['private'] = [['X-Container-Write', '.'],
+                            ['X-Container-Read', '.']]
     if xml:
         # We are working with XML and need to parse it
         try:
diff --git a/swift3/test/unit/test_acl.py b/swift3/test/unit/test_acl.py
index bb2e0b64..49da870b 100644
--- a/swift3/test/unit/test_acl.py
+++ b/swift3/test/unit/test_acl.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from swift.common.swob import Request
 
 from swift3.test.unit import Swift3TestCase
 from swift3.etree import fromstring, tostring, Element, SubElement
+from swift3.controllers.acl import handle_acl_header
 
 XMLNS_XSI = 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'
 
@@ -107,5 +108,24 @@ class TestSwift3Acl(Swift3TestCase):
         status, headers, body = self.call_swift3(req)
         self.assertEquals(self._get_error_code(body), 'MalformedACLError')
 
+    def test_handle_acl_header(self):
+        def check_generated_acl_header(acl, targets):
+            req = Request.blank('/bucket',
+                                headers={'X-Amz-Acl': acl})
+            handle_acl_header(req)
+            for target in targets:
+                self.assertTrue(target[0] in req.headers)
+                self.assertEquals(req.headers[target[0]], target[1])
+
+        check_generated_acl_header('public-read',
+                                   [('X-Container-Read', '.r:*,.rlistings')])
+        check_generated_acl_header('public-read-write',
+                                   [('X-Container-Read', '.r:*,.rlistings'),
+                                    ('X-Container-Write', '.r:*')])
+        check_generated_acl_header('private',
+                                   [('X-Container-Read', '.'),
+                                    ('X-Container-Write', '.')])
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/swift3/test/unit/test_bucket.py b/swift3/test/unit/test_bucket.py
index 11bdd391..3d367643 100644
--- a/swift3/test/unit/test_bucket.py
+++ b/swift3/test/unit/test_bucket.py
@@ -231,6 +231,17 @@ class TestSwift3Bucket(Swift3TestCase):
         status, headers, body = self.call_swift3(req)
         self.assertEquals(status.split()[0], '200')
 
+    def test_bucket_PUT_with_canned_acl(self):
+        req = Request.blank('/bucket',
+                            environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'PUT'},
+                            headers={'Authorization': 'AWS test:tester:hmac',
+                                     'X-Amz-Acl': 'public-read'})
+        status, headers, body = self.call_swift3(req)
+        self.assertEquals(status.split()[0], '200')
+        _, _, headers = self.swift.calls_with_headers[-1]
+        self.assertTrue('X-Container-Read' in headers)
+        self.assertEquals(headers.get('X-Container-Read'), '.r:*,.rlistings')
+
     def test_bucket_PUT_with_location_error(self):
         elem = Element('CreateBucketConfiguration')
         SubElement(elem, 'LocationConstraint').text = 'XXX'