diff --git a/src/com/caucho/burlap/server/BurlapServlet.java b/src/com/caucho/burlap/server/BurlapServlet.java
index ff49f8d..b333ac8 100644
--- a/src/com/caucho/burlap/server/BurlapServlet.java
+++ b/src/com/caucho/burlap/server/BurlapServlet.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public void service(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response)
     if (objectId == null)
       objectId = req.getParameter("ejbid");
 
-    ServiceContext.begin(req, serviceId, objectId);
+    ServiceContext.begin(req, res, serviceId, objectId);
 
     try {
       InputStream is = request.getInputStream();
diff --git a/src/com/caucho/hessian/server/HessianServlet.java b/src/com/caucho/hessian/server/HessianServlet.java
index 561bd56..ccecf54 100644
--- a/src/com/caucho/hessian/server/HessianServlet.java
+++ b/src/com/caucho/hessian/server/HessianServlet.java
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public void service(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response)
     if (objectId == null)
       objectId = req.getParameter("ejbid");
 
-    ServiceContext.begin(req, serviceId, objectId);
+    ServiceContext.begin(req, res, serviceId, objectId);
 
     try {
       InputStream is = request.getInputStream();
diff --git a/src/com/caucho/services/server/ServiceContext.java b/src/com/caucho/services/server/ServiceContext.java
index 5c45591..8f10db5 100644
--- a/src/com/caucho/services/server/ServiceContext.java
+++ b/src/com/caucho/services/server/ServiceContext.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
+
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
 /**
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ public class ServiceContext {
   private static final ThreadLocal _localContext = new ThreadLocal();
 
   private ServletRequest _request;
+  private ServletResponse _response;
   private String _serviceName;
   private String _objectId;
   private int _count;
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ private ServiceContext()
    * @param objectId the object identifier
    */
   public static void begin(ServletRequest request,
+                           ServletResponse response,
                            String serviceName,
                            String objectId)
     throws ServletException
@@ -88,6 +92,7 @@ public static void begin(ServletRequest request,
     }
 
     context._request = request;
+    context._response = response;
     context._serviceName = serviceName;
     context._objectId = objectId;
     context._count++;
@@ -143,6 +148,19 @@ public static ServletRequest getContextRequest()
       return null;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the service request.
+   */
+  public static ServletResponse getContextResponse()
+  {
+    ServiceContext context = (ServiceContext) _localContext.get();
+
+    if (context != null)
+      return context._response;
+    else
+      return null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the service id, corresponding to the pathInfo of the URL.
    */