diff --git a/vertx-web-api-service/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/impl/RouteToEBServiceHandlerImpl.java b/vertx-web-api-service/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/impl/RouteToEBServiceHandlerImpl.java
index 0643deed29..50e286d211 100644
--- a/vertx-web-api-service/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/impl/RouteToEBServiceHandlerImpl.java
+++ b/vertx-web-api-service/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/impl/RouteToEBServiceHandlerImpl.java
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ public void handle(RoutingContext routingContext) {
         if (op.getStatusMessage() != null)
           response.setStatusMessage(op.getStatusMessage());
         if (op.getHeaders() != null)
-          op.getHeaders().forEach(h -> response.putHeader(h.getKey(), h.getValue()));
+          response.headers().addAll(op.getHeaders());
+        if (deliveryOptions.getHeaders() != null)
+          response.headers().addAll(deliveryOptions.getHeaders());
         if (op.getPayload() != null)
           response.end(op.getPayload());
         else
diff --git a/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/RouteToEBServiceHandlerTest.java b/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/RouteToEBServiceHandlerTest.java
index ec7b4e0dfc..d7cec1ce4d 100644
--- a/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/RouteToEBServiceHandlerTest.java
+++ b/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/RouteToEBServiceHandlerTest.java
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
+import io.vertx.core.eventbus.DeliveryOptions;
 import io.vertx.core.eventbus.MessageConsumer;
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpHeaders;
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpMethod;
+import io.vertx.core.http.impl.headers.HeadersMultiMap;
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonArray;
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
 import io.vertx.core.json.pointer.JsonPointer;
@@ -26,15 +28,11 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import static io.vertx.ext.web.validation.builder.Bodies.json;
 import static io.vertx.ext.web.validation.builder.Parameters.param;
-import static io.vertx.ext.web.validation.testutils.TestRequest.bodyResponse;
-import static io.vertx.ext.web.validation.testutils.TestRequest.emptyResponse;
-import static io.vertx.ext.web.validation.testutils.TestRequest.jsonBodyResponse;
-import static io.vertx.ext.web.validation.testutils.TestRequest.statusCode;
-import static io.vertx.ext.web.validation.testutils.TestRequest.statusMessage;
-import static io.vertx.ext.web.validation.testutils.TestRequest.testRequest;
+import static io.vertx.ext.web.validation.testutils.TestRequest.*;
 import static io.vertx.json.schema.common.dsl.Schemas.anyOf;
 import static io.vertx.json.schema.common.dsl.Schemas.arraySchema;
 import static io.vertx.json.schema.common.dsl.Schemas.intSchema;
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ public void serviceProxyDataObjectTest(Vertx vertx, VertxTestContext testContext
         "src", "test",
         "resources", "filter.json")))));
     schemaRepo.dereference("app://filter.json", filterSchema);
-    
+
     router
       .post("/test")
       .handler(BodyHandler.create())
@@ -217,6 +215,35 @@ public void extraPayloadTest(Vertx vertx, VertxTestContext testContext) {
       .send(testContext, checkpoint);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void headersTest(Vertx vertx, VertxTestContext testContext) {
+    Checkpoint checkpoint = testContext.checkpoint();
+
+    TestService service = new TestServiceImpl(vertx);
+    final ServiceBinder serviceBinder = new ServiceBinder(vertx).setAddress("someAddress");
+    consumer = serviceBinder.register(TestService.class, service);
+
+    HeadersMultiMap headers = HeadersMultiMap.headers();
+    headers.add("Set-Cookie", "cookie1=cookie1");
+    headers.add("Set-Cookie", "cookie2=cookie2");
+
+    DeliveryOptions deliveryOptions = new DeliveryOptions();
+    deliveryOptions.setHeaders(headers);
+
+    router
+      .get("/test")
+      .handler(
+        ValidationHandlerBuilder.create(schemaRepo).build()
+      ).handler(
+        RouteToEBServiceHandler.build(vertx.eventBus(), "someAddress", "testHeaders", deliveryOptions)
+      );
+
+    testRequest(client, HttpMethod.GET, "/test")
+      .expect(statusCode(200), statusMessage("OK"), responseHeaders("Set-Cookie", Arrays.asList("cookie1=cookie1", "cookie2=cookie2")))
+      .expect(emptyResponse())
+      .send(testContext, checkpoint);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void serviceProxyManualFailureTest(Vertx vertx, VertxTestContext testContext) {
     Checkpoint checkpoint = testContext.checkpoint(2);
diff --git a/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/TestService.java b/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/TestService.java
index ecbfa834f0..bdca48ecc4 100644
--- a/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/TestService.java
+++ b/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/TestService.java
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ public interface TestService {
   @Deprecated
   Future<ServiceResponse> testAuthorization(ServiceRequest context);
 
+  @Deprecated
+  Future<ServiceResponse> testHeaders(ServiceRequest context);
+
   static TestService create(Vertx vertx) {
     return new TestServiceImpl(vertx);
   }
diff --git a/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/TestServiceImpl.java b/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/TestServiceImpl.java
index b5fc729133..12501b0c98 100644
--- a/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/TestServiceImpl.java
+++ b/vertx-web-api-service/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/api/service/TestServiceImpl.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import io.vertx.core.Future;
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+import io.vertx.core.http.impl.headers.HeadersMultiMap;
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
 
 public class TestServiceImpl implements TestService {
@@ -53,4 +54,10 @@ public Future<ServiceResponse> testAuthorization(ServiceRequest context) {
       ServiceResponse.completedWithJson(new JsonObject().put("result", context.getHeaders().get("Authorization"))))
     ;
   }
+
+  public Future<ServiceResponse> testHeaders(ServiceRequest context) {
+    return Future.succeededFuture(
+      new ServiceResponse(200, "OK", null, context.getHeaders())
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/vertx-web-validation/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/validation/testutils/TestRequest.java b/vertx-web-validation/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/validation/testutils/TestRequest.java
index 912be17a5d..9cab06f793 100644
--- a/vertx-web-validation/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/validation/testutils/TestRequest.java
+++ b/vertx-web-validation/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/validation/testutils/TestRequest.java
@@ -375,6 +375,12 @@ public static Consumer<HttpResponse<Buffer>> responseHeader(String headerName, S
     };
   }
 
+  public static Consumer<HttpResponse<Buffer>> responseHeaders(String headerName, List<String> headerValues) {
+    return res -> {
+      assertEquals(headerValues.toString(), res.headers().getAll(headerName).toString());
+    };
+  }
+
   public static Consumer<HttpResponse<Buffer>> stringBody(Consumer<String> assertBody) {
     return res -> {
       assertBody.accept(res.bodyAsString());