diff --git a/grpc.go b/grpc.go
index a09dd59..942d1a8 100644
--- a/grpc.go
+++ b/grpc.go
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ func newGRPCServer(opts ...server.Option) server.Server {
 
 type grpcRouter struct {
 	h func(context.Context, server.Request, interface{}) error
+	m func(context.Context, server.Message) error
+}
+
+func (r grpcRouter) ProcessMessage(ctx context.Context, msg server.Message) error {
+	return r.m(ctx, msg)
 }
 
 func (r grpcRouter) ServeRequest(ctx context.Context, req server.Request, rsp server.Response) error {
@@ -258,7 +263,7 @@ func (g *grpcServer) handler(srv interface{}, stream grpc.ServerStream) error {
 			handler = g.opts.HdlrWrappers[i-1](handler)
 		}
 
-		r := grpcRouter{handler}
+		r := grpcRouter{h: handler}
 
 		// serve the actual request using the request router
 		if err := r.ServeRequest(ctx, request, response); err != nil {
@@ -564,7 +569,7 @@ func (g *grpcServer) Register() error {
 	node.Metadata["registry"] = config.Registry.String()
 	node.Metadata["server"] = g.String()
 	node.Metadata["transport"] = g.String()
-	// node.Metadata["transport"] = config.Transport.String()
+	node.Metadata["protocol"] = "grpc"
 
 	g.RLock()
 	// Maps are ordered randomly, sort the keys for consistency
diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index 617b9a7..adfed48 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ type rpcMessage struct {
 	topic       string
 	contentType string
 	payload     interface{}
+	header      map[string]string
+	body        []byte
+	codec       codec.Codec
 }
 
 func (r *rpcRequest) ContentType() string {
@@ -73,3 +76,15 @@ func (r *rpcMessage) Topic() string {
 func (r *rpcMessage) Payload() interface{} {
 	return r.payload
 }
+
+func (r *rpcMessage) Header() map[string]string {
+	return r.header
+}
+
+func (r *rpcMessage) Body() []byte {
+	return r.body
+}
+
+func (r *rpcMessage) Codec() codec.Reader {
+	return r.codec
+}
diff --git a/subscriber.go b/subscriber.go
index 1f885ca..0e4f4f4 100644
--- a/subscriber.go
+++ b/subscriber.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ type subscriber struct {
 }
 
 func newSubscriber(topic string, sub interface{}, opts ...server.SubscriberOption) server.Subscriber {
-
 	options := server.SubscriberOptions{
 		AutoAck: true,
 	}
@@ -239,6 +238,8 @@ func (g *grpcServer) createSubHandler(sb *subscriber, opts server.Options) broke
 					topic:       sb.topic,
 					contentType: ct,
 					payload:     req.Interface(),
+					header:      msg.Header,
+					body:        msg.Body,
 				})
 			}()
 		}