diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
index c2e03c8..e2684c4 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
@@ -97,11 +97,18 @@ class Controller(object):
         self.trans_id = '-'
 
     def transfer_headers(self, src_headers, dst_headers):
-        x_remove = 'x-remove-%s-meta-' % self.server_type.lower()
-        x_meta = 'x-%s-meta-' % self.server_type.lower()
+        st = self.server_type.lower()
+        x_remove = 'x-remove-%s-meta-' % st
+        x_remove_read = 'x-remove-%s-read' % st
+        x_remove_write = 'x-remove-%s-write' % st
+        x_meta = 'x-%s-meta-' % st
         dst_headers.update((k.lower().replace('-remove', '', 1), '')
                            for k in src_headers
-                           if k.lower().startswith(x_remove))
+                           if k.lower().startswith(x_remove)
+                            or k.lower().startswith(x_remove_read)
+                            or k.lower().startswith(x_remove_write)
+                           )
+
         dst_headers.update((k.lower(), v)
                            for k, v in src_headers.iteritems()
                            if k.lower() in self.pass_through_headers or