diff --git a/packages/storage-r2/src/handleUpload.ts b/packages/storage-r2/src/handleUpload.ts
index d05aa471d84..5bf81c110c4 100644
--- a/packages/storage-r2/src/handleUpload.ts
+++ b/packages/storage-r2/src/handleUpload.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ export const getHandleUpload = ({ bucket, prefix = '' }: Args): HandleUpload =>
   return async ({ data, file }) => {
     // Read more: https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/6047#issuecomment-2691217843
     const buffer = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? new Blob([file.buffer]) : file.buffer
-    await bucket.put(path.posix.join(prefix, file.filename), buffer)
+    await bucket.put(path.posix.join(prefix, file.filename), buffer, {
+      httpMetadata: { contentType: file.mimeType },
+    })
+
     return data
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/storage-r2/src/types.ts b/packages/storage-r2/src/types.ts
index 7e9b393ae31..7c6c4aa1952 100644
--- a/packages/storage-r2/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/storage-r2/src/types.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface R2Bucket {
     key: string,
     value: ArrayBuffer | ArrayBufferView | Blob | null | ReadableStream | string,
     options?: {
+      httpMetadata?: any | Headers
       onlyIf: any
     } & any,
   ): Promise<any | null>