diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
index 1a0d1f187a..f09bcbd23c 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
@@ -2057,6 +2057,7 @@ class ECObjectController(BaseObjectController):
                     headers=resp_headers,
                     conditional_response=True,
                     app_iter=app_iter)
+                resp.accept_ranges = 'bytes'
                 app_iter.kickoff(req, resp)
             else:
                 statuses = []
diff --git a/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py b/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py
index 655bf07700..fcab9ad9e0 100755
--- a/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py
+++ b/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ class BaseObjectControllerMixin(object):
         with set_http_connect(200):
             resp = req.get_response(self.app)
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_int, 200)
+        self.assertIn('Accept-Ranges', resp.headers)
 
     def test_HEAD_x_newest(self):
         req = swift.common.swob.Request.blank('/v1/a/c/o', method='HEAD',
@@ -693,6 +694,7 @@ class TestReplicatedObjController(BaseObjectControllerMixin,
         with set_http_connect(200):
             resp = req.get_response(self.app)
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_int, 200)
+        self.assertIn('Accept-Ranges', resp.headers)
 
     def test_GET_error(self):
         req = swift.common.swob.Request.blank('/v1/a/c/o')
@@ -1173,6 +1175,7 @@ class TestECObjController(BaseObjectControllerMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         with set_http_connect(*get_resp):
             resp = req.get_response(self.app)
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_int, 200)
+        self.assertIn('Accept-Ranges', resp.headers)
 
     def test_GET_simple_x_newest(self):
         req = swift.common.swob.Request.blank('/v1/a/c/o',