diff --git a/spec/context_spec.cr b/spec/context_spec.cr
index 3a0113c..23fdb62 100644
--- a/spec/context_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/context_spec.cr
@@ -33,4 +33,14 @@ describe "Context" do
     response = kemal.call(request)
     response.body.should eq "Hello kemal"
   end
+
+  it "sets response headers" do
+    kemal = Kemal::Handler.new
+    kemal.add_route "GET", "/" do |env|
+      env.set_header "Accept-Language", "tr"
+    end
+    request = HTTP::Request.new("GET", "/")
+    response = kemal.call(request)
+    response.headers["Accept-Language"].should eq "tr"
+  end
 end
diff --git a/src/kemal/context.cr b/src/kemal/context.cr
index 887320d..b3e981d 100644
--- a/src/kemal/context.cr
+++ b/src/kemal/context.cr
@@ -2,18 +2,33 @@
 # information such as params, content_type e.g
 class Kemal::Context
   getter request
+  getter response
   getter params
   getter content_type
 
   def initialize(@request, @params)
-    @content_type = "text/html"
+    @response = Kemal::Response.new
   end
 
   def headers
-    request.headers
+    @request.headers
+  end
+
+  def response_headers
+    @response.headers
+  end
+
+  def set_header(name, value)
+    @response.headers.add name, value
+  end
+
+  def content_type
+    @response.content_type
   end
 
   def set_content_type(content_type)
-    @content_type = content_type
+    @response.content_type = content_type
   end
+
+  delegate status_code, @response
 end
diff --git a/src/kemal/handler.cr b/src/kemal/handler.cr
index f5e69aa..9241e16 100644
--- a/src/kemal/handler.cr
+++ b/src/kemal/handler.cr
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ class Kemal::Handler < HTTP::Handler
         context = Context.new(request, params.not_nil!)
         begin
           body = route.handler.call(context).to_s
-          content_type = context.content_type
-          return HTTP::Response.ok(content_type, body)
+          return HTTP::Response.new(200, body, context.response_headers)
         rescue ex
           return HTTP::Response.error("text/plain", ex.to_s)
         end
diff --git a/src/kemal/response.cr b/src/kemal/response.cr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3630c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kemal/response.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class Kemal::Response
+  property headers
+  property status_code
+  property content_type
+
+  def initialize
+    @status_code :: String
+    @content_type = "text/html"
+    @headers = HTTP::Headers{"Content-Type": @content_type}
+  end
+
+  def content_type=(content_type)
+    @headers["Content-Type"] = content_type
+  end
+end