diff --git a/components/soap/src/main/java/org/switchyard/component/soap/composer/SOAPContextMapper.java b/components/soap/src/main/java/org/switchyard/component/soap/composer/SOAPContextMapper.java
index b75d12218..01ea5d5fa 100644
--- a/components/soap/src/main/java/org/switchyard/component/soap/composer/SOAPContextMapper.java
+++ b/components/soap/src/main/java/org/switchyard/component/soap/composer/SOAPContextMapper.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,  
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class SOAPContextMapper extends BaseRegexContextMapper<SOAPBindingData> {
     /**
     * Headers to be excluded.
     */
-    public static final List<String> HTTP_HEADERS_EXCLUDED = Arrays.asList(new String[]{"content-type", "content-length"});
+    public static final List<String> HTTP_HEADERS_EXCLUDED = Arrays.asList(new String[]{"content-type", "content-length","transfer-encoding"});
     private static final String[] SOAP_HEADER_LABELS = new String[]{ComponentLabel.SOAP.label(), EndpointLabel.SOAP.label()};
     private static final String[] SOAP_MIME_LABELS = new String[]{ComponentLabel.SOAP.label(), EndpointLabel.HTTP.label()};