diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index 4e4e039b536..597f9d9ead8 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ coverage:
   round: nearest
   ignore:
     - ackhandler/packet_linkedlist.go
+    - h2quic/response.go
     - utils/byteinterval_linkedlist.go
     - utils/packetinterval_linkedlist.go
   status:
diff --git a/h2quic/client.go b/h2quic/client.go
index e86e7659362..f89043dca53 100644
--- a/h2quic/client.go
+++ b/h2quic/client.go
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ func (c *Client) handleHeaderStream() {
 			break
 		}
 
-		rsp := &http.Response{}
-		// TODO: fill in the right values
+		rsp, err := responseFromHeaders(mhframe)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.headerErr = qerr.Error(qerr.InternalError, err.Error())
+		}
 		headerChan <- rsp
 	}
 
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ func (c *Client) Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 
 	hdrChan := make(chan *http.Response)
 	c.responses[dataStreamID] = hdrChan
-	_, err := c.client.OpenStream(dataStreamID)
+	dataStream, err := c.client.OpenStream(dataStreamID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -167,20 +169,36 @@ func (c *Client) Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 	}
 	c.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	var rsp *http.Response
+	var res *http.Response
 	select {
-	case rsp = <-hdrChan:
+	case res = <-hdrChan:
 		c.mutex.Lock()
 		delete(c.responses, dataStreamID)
 		c.mutex.Unlock()
 	}
 
 	// if an error occured on the header stream
-	if rsp == nil {
+	if res == nil {
 		return nil, c.headerErr
 	}
 
-	return rsp, nil
+	// TODO: correctly set this variable
+	var streamEnded bool
+	isHead := (req.Method == "HEAD")
+
+	res = setLength(res, isHead, streamEnded)
+	utils.Debugf("%#v", res)
+
+	if streamEnded || isHead {
+		res.Body = noBody
+	} else {
+		res.Body = dataStream
+	}
+
+	res.Request = req
+	// TODO: correctly handle gzipped responses
+
+	return res, nil
 }
 
 // copied from net/transport.go
diff --git a/h2quic/client_test.go b/h2quic/client_test.go
index 061ee21faea..2e8aeec5276 100644
--- a/h2quic/client_test.go
+++ b/h2quic/client_test.go
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ var _ = Describe("Client", func() {
 			Eventually(func() bool { return doReturned }).Should(BeTrue())
 			Expect(doErr).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(doRsp).To(Equal(rsp))
+			Expect(doRsp.Body).ToNot(BeNil())
+			Expect(doRsp.ContentLength).To(BeEquivalentTo(-1))
+			Expect(doRsp.Request).To(Equal(req))
 			close(done)
 		})
 
@@ -162,16 +165,21 @@ var _ = Describe("Client", func() {
 				client.responses[23] = make(chan *http.Response)
 			})
 
-			It("reads a response", func() {
-				headerStream.dataToRead.Write([]byte{
-					0x0, 0x0, 0x11, 0x1, 0x5, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 23,
-					// Taken from https://http2.github.io/http2-spec/compression.html#request.examples.with.huffman.coding
-					0x82, 0x86, 0x84, 0x41, 0x8c, 0xf1, 0xe3, 0xc2, 0xe5, 0xf2, 0x3a, 0x6b, 0xa0, 0xab, 0x90, 0xf4, 0xff,
-				})
+			It("reads header values from a response", func() {
+				// Taken from https://http2.github.io/http2-spec/compression.html#request.examples.with.huffman.coding
+				data := []byte{0x48, 0x03, 0x33, 0x30, 0x32, 0x58, 0x07, 0x70, 0x72, 0x69, 0x76, 0x61, 0x74, 0x65, 0x61, 0x1d, 0x4d, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x2c, 0x20, 0x32, 0x31, 0x20, 0x4f, 0x63, 0x74, 0x20, 0x32, 0x30, 0x31, 0x33, 0x20, 0x32, 0x30, 0x3a, 0x31, 0x33, 0x3a, 0x32, 0x31, 0x20, 0x47, 0x4d, 0x54, 0x6e, 0x17, 0x68, 0x74, 0x74, 0x70, 0x73, 0x3a, 0x2f, 0x2f, 0x77, 0x77, 0x77, 0x2e, 0x65, 0x78, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x70, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x2e, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d}
+				headerStream.dataToRead.Write([]byte{0x0, 0x0, byte(len(data)), 0x1, 0x5, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 23})
+				headerStream.dataToRead.Write(data)
 				go client.handleHeaderStream()
 				var rsp *http.Response
 				Eventually(client.responses[23]).Should(Receive(&rsp))
 				Expect(rsp).ToNot(BeNil())
+				Expect(rsp.Proto).To(Equal("HTTP/2.0"))
+				Expect(rsp.ProtoMajor).To(BeEquivalentTo(2))
+				Expect(rsp.StatusCode).To(BeEquivalentTo(302))
+				Expect(rsp.Status).To(Equal("302 Found"))
+				Expect(rsp.Header).To(HaveKeyWithValue("Location", []string{"https://www.example.com"}))
+				Expect(rsp.Header).To(HaveKeyWithValue("Cache-Control", []string{"private"}))
 			})
 
 			It("errors if the H2 frame is not a HeadersFrame", func() {
diff --git a/h2quic/response.go b/h2quic/response.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13efdf84930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/h2quic/response.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package h2quic
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/textproto"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
+)
+
+// copied from net/http2/transport.go
+
+var errResponseHeaderListSize = errors.New("http2: response header list larger than advertised limit")
+var noBody io.ReadCloser = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(nil))
+
+// from the handleResponse function
+func responseFromHeaders(f *http2.MetaHeadersFrame) (*http.Response, error) {
+	if f.Truncated {
+		return nil, errResponseHeaderListSize
+	}
+
+	status := f.PseudoValue("status")
+	if status == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("missing status pseudo header")
+	}
+	statusCode, err := strconv.Atoi(status)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("malformed non-numeric status pseudo header")
+	}
+
+	if statusCode == 100 {
+		// TODO: handle this
+
+		// traceGot100Continue(cs.trace)
+		// if cs.on100 != nil {
+		// 	cs.on100() // forces any write delay timer to fire
+		// }
+		// cs.pastHeaders = false // do it all again
+		// return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	header := make(http.Header)
+	res := &http.Response{
+		Proto:      "HTTP/2.0",
+		ProtoMajor: 2,
+		Header:     header,
+		StatusCode: statusCode,
+		Status:     status + " " + http.StatusText(statusCode),
+	}
+	for _, hf := range f.RegularFields() {
+		key := http.CanonicalHeaderKey(hf.Name)
+		if key == "Trailer" {
+			t := res.Trailer
+			if t == nil {
+				t = make(http.Header)
+				res.Trailer = t
+			}
+			foreachHeaderElement(hf.Value, func(v string) {
+				t[http.CanonicalHeaderKey(v)] = nil
+			})
+		} else {
+			header[key] = append(header[key], hf.Value)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+// continuation of the handleResponse function
+func setLength(res *http.Response, isHead, streamEnded bool) *http.Response {
+	if !streamEnded || isHead {
+		res.ContentLength = -1
+		if clens := res.Header["Content-Length"]; len(clens) == 1 {
+			if clen64, err := strconv.ParseInt(clens[0], 10, 64); err == nil {
+				res.ContentLength = clen64
+			} else {
+				// TODO: care? unlike http/1, it won't mess up our framing, so it's
+				// more safe smuggling-wise to ignore.
+			}
+		} else if len(clens) > 1 {
+			// TODO: care? unlike http/1, it won't mess up our framing, so it's
+			// more safe smuggling-wise to ignore.
+		}
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
+// copied from net/http/server.go
+
+// foreachHeaderElement splits v according to the "#rule" construction
+// in RFC 2616 section 2.1 and calls fn for each non-empty element.
+func foreachHeaderElement(v string, fn func(string)) {
+	v = textproto.TrimString(v)
+	if v == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(v, ",") {
+		fn(v)
+		return
+	}
+	for _, f := range strings.Split(v, ",") {
+		if f = textproto.TrimString(f); f != "" {
+			fn(f)
+		}
+	}
+}