diff --git a/lib/constants.js b/lib/constants.js
index 454adb2bf..9bebbf09e 100644
--- a/lib/constants.js
+++ b/lib/constants.js
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 module.exports = {
   /** @const {string} header that carries trace context across Google infrastructure. */
-  TRACE_CONTEXT_HEADER_NAME: 'X-Cloud-Trace-Context',
+  TRACE_CONTEXT_HEADER_NAME: 'x-cloud-trace-context',
 
   /** @const {string} header that is used to identify outgoing http made by the agent. */
-  TRACE_AGENT_REQUEST_HEADER: 'X-Cloud-Trace-Agent-Request'
+  TRACE_AGENT_REQUEST_HEADER: 'x-cloud-trace-agent-request'
 };
diff --git a/test/standalone/test-trace-header-context.js b/test/standalone/test-trace-header-context.js
index 1dea935d5..6a93cd0dd 100644
--- a/test/standalone/test-trace-header-context.js
+++ b/test/standalone/test-trace-header-context.js
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ var express = require('../hooks/fixtures/express4');
 var constants = require('../../lib/constants.js');
 
 describe('test-trace-header-context', function() {
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    require('../..').start();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(function() {
+    require('../..').stop();
+  });
+
   it('should work with string url', function(done) {
     var app = express();
     var server;
@@ -30,7 +38,7 @@ describe('test-trace-header-context', function() {
       res.send(common.serverRes);
     });
     app.get('/self', function(req, res) {
-      assert(req.headers[constants.TRACE_CONTEXT_HEADER_NAME.toLowerCase()]);
+      assert(req.headers[constants.TRACE_CONTEXT_HEADER_NAME]);
       res.send(common.serverRes);
       var traces = common.getTraces();
       assert.equal(traces.length, 2);
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ describe('test-trace-header-context', function() {
       res.send(common.serverRes);
     });
     app.get('/self', function(req, res) {
-      assert(req.headers[constants.TRACE_CONTEXT_HEADER_NAME.toLowerCase()]);
+      assert(req.headers[constants.TRACE_CONTEXT_HEADER_NAME]);
       res.send(common.serverRes);
       var traces = common.getTraces();
       assert.equal(traces.length, 2);
@@ -73,4 +81,35 @@ describe('test-trace-header-context', function() {
       http.get({ port: common.serverPort });
     });
   });
+
+  it('should parse incoming header', function(done) {
+    var app = express();
+    var server;
+    var context = '123456/2';
+    app.get('/', function (req, res) {
+      http.get({ port: common.serverPort, path: '/self'});
+      res.send(common.serverRes);
+    });
+    app.get('/self', function(req, res) {
+      assert.equal(
+        req.headers[constants.TRACE_CONTEXT_HEADER_NAME].slice(0, 6),
+        context.slice(0, 6));
+      res.send(common.serverRes);
+      var traces = common.getTraces();
+      assert.equal(traces.length, 2);
+      assert.equal(traces[0].spans.length, 2);
+      assert.equal(traces[1].spans.length, 1);
+      assert.equal(traces[0].spans[0].name, '/');
+      assert.equal(traces[0].spans[1].name, 'http://localhost:9042/self');
+      assert.equal(traces[1].spans[0].name, '/self');
+      common.cleanTraces();
+      server.close();
+      done();
+    });
+    server = app.listen(common.serverPort, function() {
+      var headers = {};
+      headers[constants.TRACE_CONTEXT_HEADER_NAME] = context;
+      http.get({ port: common.serverPort, headers: headers });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/test-constants.js b/test/test-constants.js
index bd26daaa0..a33ca66af 100644
--- a/test/test-constants.js
+++ b/test/test-constants.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var constants = require('../lib/constants.js');
 
 describe('constants', function() {
   it('has correct values', function() {
-    assert.equal(constants.TRACE_CONTEXT_HEADER_NAME, 'X-Cloud-Trace-Context');
-    assert.equal(constants.TRACE_AGENT_REQUEST_HEADER, 'X-Cloud-Trace-Agent-Request');
+    assert.equal(constants.TRACE_CONTEXT_HEADER_NAME, 'x-cloud-trace-context');
+    assert.equal(constants.TRACE_AGENT_REQUEST_HEADER, 'x-cloud-trace-agent-request');
   });
 });