diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpConnectionOverHTTP2.java b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpConnectionOverHTTP2.java
index 6bc69f9..edc1987 100644
--- a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpConnectionOverHTTP2.java
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpConnectionOverHTTP2.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpDestination;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpExchange;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.SendFailure;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpVersion;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http2.ErrorCode;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http2.api.Session;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.Callback;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
     @Override
     protected SendFailure send(HttpExchange exchange)
     {
+        exchange.getRequest().version(HttpVersion.HTTP_2);
         normalizeRequest(exchange.getRequest());
 
         // One connection maps to N channels, so for each exchange we create a new channel.
diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverHTTP2Test.java b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverHTTP2Test.java
index 1dcd606..2f52810 100644
--- a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverHTTP2Test.java
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverHTTP2Test.java
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jetty.http2.client.http;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClient;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.api.ContentResponse;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpFields;
@@ -36,6 +41,8 @@
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http2.frames.DataFrame;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http2.frames.HeadersFrame;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http2.frames.ResetFrame;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.Callback;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool;
@@ -146,6 +153,31 @@
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestHasHTTP2Version() throws Exception
+    {
+        start(new AbstractHandler()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public void handle(String target, Request baseRequest, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException
+            {
+                baseRequest.setHandled(true);
+                HttpVersion version = HttpVersion.fromString(request.getProtocol());
+                response.setStatus(version == HttpVersion.HTTP_2 ? HttpStatus.OK_200 : HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_500);
+            }
+        });
+
+        ContentResponse response = client.newRequest("localhost", connector.getLocalPort())
+                .onRequestBegin(request ->
+                {
+                    if (request.getVersion() != HttpVersion.HTTP_2)
+                        request.abort(new Exception("Not a HTTP/2 request"));
+                })
+                .send();
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK_200, response.getStatus());
+    }
+
     @Ignore
     @Test
     public void testExternalServer() throws Exception