diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/utils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/utils.ts
index cfe8d9515e..1fb1cbdc99 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/utils.ts
@@ -217,6 +217,36 @@ export const setSpanWithError = (
   span.setStatus(status);
 };
 
+/**
+ * 
+ * @param headers 
+ * @param Attributes 
+ */
+export const setRequestContentLengthAttributes = (
+  headers: OutgoingHttpHeaders | IncomingHttpHeaders,
+  attributes: Attributes
+) => {
+  let isCompressed = false
+
+  if (headers['content-encoding'] && headers['content-encoding'] !== 'identity') {
+    isCompressed = true
+  }
+
+  if (isCompressed) {
+    if (headers as OutgoingHttpHeaders) {
+      attributes[HttpAttribute.HTTP_REQUEST_CONTENT_LENGTH] = headers['content-length']
+    } else {
+      attributes[HttpAttribute.HTTP_RESPONSE_CONTENT_LENGTH] = headers['content-length']
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (headers as OutgoingHttpHeaders) {
+      attributes[HttpAttribute.HTTP_REQUEST_CONTENT_LENGTH_UNCOMPRESSED] = headers['content-length']
+    } else {
+      attributes[HttpAttribute.HTTP_RESPONSE_CONTENT_LENGTH_UNCOMPRESSED] = headers['content-length']
+    }
+  }
+};
+
 /**
  * Makes sure options is an url object
  * return an object with default value and parsed options
@@ -356,14 +386,18 @@ export const getOutgoingRequestAttributesOnResponse = (
   response: IncomingMessage,
   options: { hostname: string }
 ): Attributes => {
-  const { statusCode, statusMessage, httpVersion, socket } = response;
+  const { statusCode, statusMessage, httpVersion, headers, socket } = response;
   const { remoteAddress, remotePort } = socket;
+
+  
   const attributes: Attributes = {
     [GeneralAttribute.NET_PEER_IP]: remoteAddress,
     [GeneralAttribute.NET_PEER_PORT]: remotePort,
     [HttpAttribute.HTTP_HOST]: `${options.hostname}:${remotePort}`,
   };
 
+  // Place content-length func here?  
+
   if (statusCode) {
     attributes[HttpAttribute.HTTP_STATUS_CODE] = statusCode;
     attributes[HttpAttribute.HTTP_STATUS_TEXT] = (
@@ -424,6 +458,8 @@ export const getIncomingRequestAttributes = (
     attributes[HttpAttribute.HTTP_USER_AGENT] = userAgent;
   }
 
+  // Place content-length func here?
+
   const httpKindAttributes = getAttributesFromHttpKind(httpVersion);
   return Object.assign(attributes, httpKindAttributes);
 };
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/test/functionals/utils.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/test/functionals/utils.test.ts
index e69d6b7252..9a290e551a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/test/functionals/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/test/functionals/utils.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { CanonicalCode, SpanKind, TraceFlags } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { Attributes, CanonicalCode, SpanKind, TraceFlags } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { NoopLogger } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { BasicTracerProvider, Span } from '@opentelemetry/tracing';
 import { HttpAttribute } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
@@ -309,4 +309,17 @@ describe('Utility', () => {
       assert.deepEqual(attributes[HttpAttribute.HTTP_ROUTE], undefined);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('setRequestContentLengthAttributes', () => {
+    it('should set attributes', () => {
+      const attributes: Attributes = {}
+      let headers: http.OutgoingHttpHeaders = {
+        'content-length': 1200
+      }
+
+      utils.setRequestContentLengthAttributes(headers, attributes)
+
+      assert.strictEqual(attributes[HttpAttribute.HTTP_REQUEST_CONTENT_LENGTH_UNCOMPRESSED], 1200)
+    })
+  })
 });
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/trace/http.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/trace/http.ts
index d54166c545..ae8e7e657b 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/trace/http.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/trace/http.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ export const HttpAttribute = {
   HTTP_CLIENT_IP: 'http.client_ip',
   HTTP_SCHEME: 'http.scheme',
   HTTP_RESPONSE_CONTENT_LENGTH: 'http.response_content_length',
+  HTTP_RESPONSE_CONTENT_LENGTH_UNCOMPRESSED: 'http.request_content_length_uncompressed',
+  HTTP_REQUEST_CONTENT_LENGTH: 'http.response_content_length',
+  HTTP_REQUEST_CONTENT_LENGTH_UNCOMPRESSED: 'http.request_content_length_uncompressed',
 
   // NOT ON OFFICIAL SPEC
   HTTP_ERROR_NAME: 'http.error_name',