diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/files/ChunkedUploadRemoteFileOperation.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/files/ChunkedUploadRemoteFileOperation.java
index 89379dda..15284adb 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/files/ChunkedUploadRemoteFileOperation.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/files/ChunkedUploadRemoteFileOperation.java
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ public class ChunkedUploadRemoteFileOperation extends UploadRemoteFileOperation
                 }
                 mPutMethod = new PutMethod(uriPrefix + chunkCount + "-" + chunkIndex);
                 mPutMethod.addRequestHeader(OC_CHUNKED_HEADER, OC_CHUNKED_HEADER);
-                ((ChunkFromFileChannelRequestEntity)mEntity).setOffset(offset);
+                mPutMethod.addRequestHeader(OC_TOTAL_LENGTH_HEADER, String.valueOf(file.length()));
+                ((ChunkFromFileChannelRequestEntity) mEntity).setOffset(offset);
                 mPutMethod.setRequestEntity(mEntity);
                 status = client.executeMethod(mPutMethod);
                 client.exhaustResponse(mPutMethod.getResponseBodyAsStream());
diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/files/UploadRemoteFileOperation.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/files/UploadRemoteFileOperation.java
index 9514431a..9043fe36 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/files/UploadRemoteFileOperation.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/files/UploadRemoteFileOperation.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.operations.RemoteOperationResult;
 
 public class UploadRemoteFileOperation extends RemoteOperation {
 
+	protected static final String OC_TOTAL_LENGTH_HEADER = "OC-Total-Length";
 
 	protected String mLocalPath;
 	protected String mRemotePath;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ public class UploadRemoteFileOperation extends RemoteOperation {
 				((ProgressiveDataTransferer)mEntity)
                         .addDatatransferProgressListeners(mDataTransferListeners);
 			}
+			mPutMethod.addRequestHeader(OC_TOTAL_LENGTH_HEADER, String.valueOf(f.length()));
 			mPutMethod.setRequestEntity(mEntity);
 			status = client.executeMethod(mPutMethod);
 			client.exhaustResponse(mPutMethod.getResponseBodyAsStream());