diff --git a/transport/http/request_response_funcs.go b/transport/http/request_response_funcs.go
index 7622375..78ad61e 100644
--- a/transport/http/request_response_funcs.go
+++ b/transport/http/request_response_funcs.go
@@ -116,4 +116,13 @@
 	// ContextKeyRequestXRequestID is populated in the context by
 	// PopulateRequestContext. Its value is r.Header.Get("X-Request-Id").
 	ContextKeyRequestXRequestID
+
+	// ContextKeyResponseHeaders is populated in the context whenever a
+	// ServerFinalizerFunc is specified. Its value is of type http.Header, and
+	// is captured only once the entire response has been written.
+	ContextKeyResponseHeaders
+
+	// ContextKeyResponseSize is populated in the context whenever a
+	// ServerFinalizerFunc is specified. Its value is of type int64.
+	ContextKeyResponseSize
 )
diff --git a/transport/http/server.go b/transport/http/server.go
index 5241328..ab2b22e 100644
--- a/transport/http/server.go
+++ b/transport/http/server.go
@@ -88,8 +88,12 @@
 	ctx := s.ctx
 
 	if s.finalizer != nil {
-		iw := &interceptingWriter{w, http.StatusOK}
-		defer func() { s.finalizer(ctx, iw.code, r) }()
+		iw := &interceptingWriter{w, http.StatusOK, 0}
+		defer func() {
+			ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, ContextKeyResponseHeaders, iw.Header())
+			ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, ContextKeyResponseSize, iw.written)
+			s.finalizer(ctx, iw.code, r)
+		}()
 		w = iw
 	}
 
@@ -130,7 +134,9 @@
 
 // ServerFinalizerFunc can be used to perform work at the end of an HTTP
 // request, after the response has been written to the client. The principal
-// intended use is for request logging.
+// intended use is for request logging. In addition to the response code
+// provided in the function signature, additional response parameters are
+// provided in the context under keys with the ContextKeyResponse prefix.
 type ServerFinalizerFunc func(ctx context.Context, code int, r *http.Request)
 
 // EncodeJSONResponse is a EncodeResponseFunc that serializes the response as a
@@ -200,7 +206,8 @@
 
 type interceptingWriter struct {
 	http.ResponseWriter
-	code int
+	code    int
+	written int64
 }
 
 // WriteHeader may not be explicitly called, so care must be taken to
@@ -209,3 +216,9 @@
 	w.code = code
 	w.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(code)
 }
+
+func (w *interceptingWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	n, err := w.ResponseWriter.Write(p)
+	w.written += int64(n)
+	return n, err
+}
diff --git a/transport/http/server_test.go b/transport/http/server_test.go
index 8c112da..654fbec 100644
--- a/transport/http/server_test.go
+++ b/transport/http/server_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/endpoint"
 	httptransport "github.com/go-kit/kit/transport/http"
@@ -93,7 +94,13 @@
 }
 
 func TestServerFinalizer(t *testing.T) {
-	c := make(chan int)
+	var (
+		headerKey    = "X-Henlo-Lizer"
+		headerVal    = "Helllo you stinky lizard"
+		statusCode   = http.StatusTeapot
+		responseBody = "go eat a fly ugly\n"
+		done         = make(chan struct{})
+	)
 	handler := httptransport.NewServer(
 		context.Background(),
 		endpoint.Nop,
@@ -101,11 +108,27 @@
 			return struct{}{}, nil
 		},
 		func(_ context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, _ interface{}) error {
-			w.WriteHeader(<-c)
+			w.Header().Set(headerKey, headerVal)
+			w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
+			w.Write([]byte(responseBody))
 			return nil
 		},
-		httptransport.ServerFinalizer(func(_ context.Context, code int, _ *http.Request) {
-			c <- code
+		httptransport.ServerFinalizer(func(ctx context.Context, code int, _ *http.Request) {
+			if want, have := statusCode, code; want != have {
+				t.Errorf("StatusCode: want %d, have %d", want, have)
+			}
+
+			responseHeader := ctx.Value(httptransport.ContextKeyResponseHeaders).(http.Header)
+			if want, have := headerVal, responseHeader.Get(headerKey); want != have {
+				t.Errorf("%s: want %q, have %q", headerKey, want, have)
+			}
+
+			responseSize := ctx.Value(httptransport.ContextKeyResponseSize).(int64)
+			if want, have := int64(len(responseBody)), responseSize; want != have {
+				t.Errorf("response size: want %d, have %d", want, have)
+			}
+
+			close(done)
 		}),
 	)
 
@@ -113,12 +136,10 @@
 	defer server.Close()
 	go http.Get(server.URL)
 
-	want := http.StatusTeapot
-	c <- want   // give status code to response encoder
-	have := <-c // take status code from finalizer
-
-	if want != have {
-		t.Errorf("want %d, have %d", want, have)
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("timeout waiting for finalizer")
 	}
 }