diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java
index dc8c2763d7..a15d3a8420 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ public class TransientStorageStrategy implements LocalStorageStrategy {
       MutableContentMetadata oldMd = in.getPayload().getContentMetadata();
       HttpUtils.copy(oldMd, payload.getContentMetadata());
       payload.getContentMetadata().setContentMD5(contentMd5);
+      payload.getContentMetadata().setContentLength((long) input.length);
       Blob blob = blobFactory.create(BlobStoreUtils.copy(in.getMetadata()));
       blob.setPayload(payload);
       blob.getMetadata().setContainer(containerName);
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/LocalBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/LocalBlobStore.java
index 36be5a0f36..be96b73bc4 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/LocalBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/LocalBlobStore.java
@@ -658,7 +658,9 @@ public final class LocalBlobStore implements BlobStore {
             byte[] byteArray = out.toByteArray();
             blob.setPayload(byteArray);
             HttpUtils.copy(cmd, blob.getPayload().getContentMetadata());
-            blob.getPayload().getContentMetadata().setContentLength(Long.valueOf(byteArray.length));
+            Long size = Long.valueOf(byteArray.length);
+            blob.getPayload().getContentMetadata().setContentLength(size);
+            blob.getMetadata().setSize(size);
          }
       }
       checkNotNull(blob.getPayload(), "payload " + blob);
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java
index 89776d60e9..917fb75334 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ public class BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest extends BaseViewLiveTest<BlobStoreCont
    protected <T extends BlobMetadata> T validateMetadata(T md, String container, String name) {
       assertEquals(md.getName(), name);
       assertEquals(md.getContainer(), container);
+      assertEquals(md.getSize(), md.getContentMetadata().getContentLength());
       return md;
    }