diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyHttpChannel.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyHttpChannel.java
index 7b7f81945f7..5956dfc34a7 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyHttpChannel.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyHttpChannel.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public class NettyHttpChannel implements HttpChannel {
             // also add more access control parameters
             resp.addHeader("Access-Control-Max-Age", 1728000);
             resp.addHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "PUT, DELETE");
+            resp.addHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With");
         }
 
         // Convert the response content to a ChannelBuffer.