diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/s3/objecthead.robot b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/s3/objecthead.robot
index 66f3461b01dd..88bbb55a360e 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/s3/objecthead.robot
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/s3/objecthead.robot
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Head existing object
     ${result} =         Execute AWSS3APICli and checkrc    put-object --bucket ${BUCKET} --key ${PREFIX}/headobject/key=value/f1 --body /tmp/testfile   0
 
     ${result} =         Execute AWSS3APICli and checkrc    head-object --bucket ${BUCKET} --key ${PREFIX}/headobject/key=value/f1   0
+                        Should Contain    ${result}          "StorageClass":
     ${result} =         Execute AWSS3APICli and checkrc    delete-object --bucket ${BUCKET} --key ${PREFIX}/headobject/key=value/f1   0
 
 Head object in non existing bucket
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/s3/endpoint/ObjectEndpoint.java b/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/s3/endpoint/ObjectEndpoint.java
index 21718295b9c1..17a6f6c06639 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/s3/endpoint/ObjectEndpoint.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/s3/endpoint/ObjectEndpoint.java
@@ -644,9 +644,14 @@ public Response head(
       throw ex;
     }
 
+    S3StorageType s3StorageType = key.getReplicationConfig() == null ?
+        S3StorageType.STANDARD :
+        S3StorageType.fromReplicationConfig(key.getReplicationConfig());
+
     ResponseBuilder response = Response.ok().status(HttpStatus.SC_OK)
         .header("Content-Length", key.getDataSize())
-        .header("Content-Type", "binary/octet-stream");
+        .header("Content-Type", "binary/octet-stream")
+        .header(STORAGE_CLASS_HEADER, s3StorageType.toString());
 
     String eTag = key.getMetadata().get(ETAG);
     if (eTag != null) {