diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98ffb61..f94ad61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -508,6 +508,13 @@ all_content = result.get_content()
 all_content = await result.aget_content()
 ```
 
+or access response metadata:
+
+```python
+headers = result.headers
+content_type = result.content_type
+```
+
 or write it to the file:
 
 ```python
diff --git a/aidial_client/types/file.py b/aidial_client/types/file.py
index ad7941c..fd81f9e 100644
--- a/aidial_client/types/file.py
+++ b/aidial_client/types/file.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Optional, Union
 
 import aiofiles
 import httpx
@@ -43,3 +43,11 @@ async def aget_content(self) -> bytes:
     @property
     def filename(self) -> str:
         return self._filename
+
+    @property
+    def headers(self) -> httpx.Headers:
+        return self._response.headers
+
+    @property
+    def content_type(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        return self.headers.get("content-type")
diff --git a/tests/test_types.py b/tests/test_types.py
index 0fcea3a..f5f0b95 100644
--- a/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/tests/test_types.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import httpx
 import pytest
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from aidial_client.types.chat.response import Attachment
+from aidial_client.types.file import FileDownloadResponse
 from aidial_client.types.metadata import BaseMetadata
 
 
@@ -54,3 +56,27 @@ def test_metadata_population():
         assert getattr(metadata_by_name, field) == getattr(
             metadata_by_alias, field
         )
+
+
+def test_file_download_response_metadata():
+    response = httpx.Response(
+        200,
+        content=b"test content",
+        headers={"content-type": "text/plain", "x-test-header": "test"},
+    )
+
+    download_response = FileDownloadResponse(
+        response=response, filename="test.txt"
+    )
+
+    assert download_response.headers["x-test-header"] == "test"
+    assert download_response.content_type == "text/plain"
+
+
+def test_file_download_response_metadata_without_content_type():
+    response = httpx.Response(200, content=b"test content")
+    download_response = FileDownloadResponse(
+        response=response, filename="test.txt"
+    )
+
+    assert download_response.content_type is None