diff --git a/examples/reqwest-response/src/main.rs b/examples/reqwest-response/src/main.rs
index b6dfeb70..cbfaae33 100644
--- a/examples/reqwest-response/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/reqwest-response/src/main.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ async fn proxy_via_reqwest(State(client): State<Client>) -> Response {
         }
     };
 
-    let response_builder = Response::builder().status(reqwest_response.status().as_u16());
+    let mut response_builder = Response::builder().status(reqwest_response.status().as_u16());
 
     // Here the mapping of headers is required due to reqwest and axum differ on the http crate versions
     let mut headers = HeaderMap::with_capacity(reqwest_response.headers().len());
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ async fn proxy_via_reqwest(State(client): State<Client>) -> Response {
         (name, value)
     }));
 
+    *response_builder.headers_mut().unwrap() = headers;
+
     response_builder
         .body(Body::from_stream(reqwest_response.bytes_stream()))
         // This unwrap is fine because the body is empty here