diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/Payload.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/Payload.java
index 3830640e90..a2562db641 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/Payload.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/Payload.java
@@ -72,6 +72,54 @@ public interface Payload extends InputSupplier<InputStream>, WriteTo, Closeable
    @Nullable
    String getContentType();
 
+
+   /**
+    * Set Content Disposition of the payload
+    * <p/>
+    * Not all providers may support it
+    *
+    * @param contentDisposition
+    */
+   void setContentDisposition(@Nullable String contentDisposition);
+
+   /**
+    * Get Content Disposition of the payload
+    * <p/>
+    * Not all providers may support it
+    */
+   @Nullable String getContentDisposition();
+
+   /**
+    * Set Content Language of the payload
+    * <p/>
+    * Not all providers may support it
+    *
+    * @param contentLanguage
+    */
+   void setContentLanguage(@Nullable String contentLanguage);
+   /**
+    * Get Content Language of the payload
+    * <p/>
+    * Not all providers may support it
+    */
+   @Nullable String getContentLanguage();
+
+   /**
+    * Set Content Encoding of the payload
+    * <p/>
+    * Not all providers may support it
+    *
+    * @param contentEncoding
+    */
+   void setContentEncoding(@Nullable String contentEncoding);
+   /**
+    * Get Content Encoding of the payload
+    * <p/>
+    * Not all providers may support it
+    */
+   @Nullable String getContentEncoding();
+
+
    /**
     * release resources used by this entity. This should be called when data is
     * discarded.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/BasePayload.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/BasePayload.java
index 0b582294fd..a3c5dc1577 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/BasePayload.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/BasePayload.java
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ public abstract class BasePayload<V> implements Payload {
    protected String contentType;
    protected Long contentLength;
    protected byte[] contentMD5;
+   protected String contentDisposition;
+   protected String contentLanguage;
+   protected String contentEncoding;
    protected transient volatile boolean written;
 
    protected BasePayload(V content, @Nullable String contentType,
@@ -118,6 +121,54 @@ public abstract class BasePayload<V> implements Payload {
       this.contentType = contentType;
    }
 
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public void setContentDisposition(@Nullable String contentDisposition) {
+      this.contentDisposition = contentDisposition;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getContentDisposition() {
+      return this.contentDisposition;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public void setContentLanguage(@Nullable String contentLanguage) {
+      this.contentLanguage = contentLanguage;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getContentLanguage() {
+      return this.contentLanguage;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public void setContentEncoding(@Nullable String contentEncoding) {
+      this.contentEncoding = contentEncoding;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getContentEncoding() {
+      return this.contentEncoding;
+   }
+
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/DelegatingPayload.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/DelegatingPayload.java
index aaeb372c88..067c96a88d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/DelegatingPayload.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/DelegatingPayload.java
@@ -119,6 +119,54 @@ public class DelegatingPayload implements Payload {
       delegate.setContentType(md5);
    }
 
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public void setContentDisposition(String contentDisposition) {
+      delegate.setContentDisposition(contentDisposition);
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getContentDisposition() {
+      return delegate.getContentDisposition();
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public void setContentLanguage(String contentLanguage) {
+      delegate.setContentLanguage(contentLanguage);
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getContentLanguage() {
+      return delegate.getContentLanguage();
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public void setContentEncoding(String contentEncoding) {
+      delegate.setContentEncoding(contentEncoding);
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getContentEncoding() {
+      return delegate.getContentEncoding();
+   }
+
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/StreamingPayload.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/StreamingPayload.java
index fa462a0606..21a09f3bb3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/StreamingPayload.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/StreamingPayload.java
@@ -112,6 +112,54 @@ public class StreamingPayload implements Payload {
       this.contentType = contentType;
    }
 
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public void setContentDisposition(String contentDisposition) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("this payload is for streaming writes only");
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getContentDisposition() {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("this payload is for streaming writes only");
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public void setContentLanguage(String contentLanguage) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("this payload is for streaming writes only");
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getContentLanguage() {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("this payload is for streaming writes only");
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public void setContentEncoding(String contentEncoding) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("this payload is for streaming writes only");
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String getContentEncoding() {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("this payload is for streaming writes only");
+   }
+
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
@@ -172,4 +220,5 @@ public class StreamingPayload implements Payload {
    public void close() {
       release();
    }
+
 }
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