diff --git a/src/httpresponse.rs b/src/httpresponse.rs
index 1f763159..5edb6de5 100644
--- a/src/httpresponse.rs
+++ b/src/httpresponse.rs
@@ -626,8 +626,8 @@ impl Responder for &'static str {
     type Item = HttpResponse;
     type Error = Error;
 
-    fn respond_to(self, _: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-        Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
+    fn respond_to(self, req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+        Ok(req.build_response(StatusCode::OK)
            .content_type("text/plain; charset=utf-8")
            .body(self))
     }
@@ -645,8 +645,8 @@ impl Responder for &'static [u8] {
     type Item = HttpResponse;
     type Error = Error;
 
-    fn respond_to(self, _: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-        Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
+    fn respond_to(self, req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+        Ok(req.build_response(StatusCode::OK)
            .content_type("application/octet-stream")
            .body(self))
     }
@@ -664,8 +664,8 @@ impl Responder for String {
     type Item = HttpResponse;
     type Error = Error;
 
-    fn respond_to(self, _: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-        Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
+    fn respond_to(self, req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+        Ok(req.build_response(StatusCode::OK)
            .content_type("text/plain; charset=utf-8")
            .body(self))
     }
@@ -683,8 +683,8 @@ impl<'a> Responder for &'a String {
     type Item = HttpResponse;
     type Error = Error;
 
-    fn respond_to(self, _: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-        Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
+    fn respond_to(self, req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+        Ok(req.build_response(StatusCode::OK)
            .content_type("text/plain; charset=utf-8")
            .body(self))
     }
@@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ impl Responder for Bytes {
     type Item = HttpResponse;
     type Error = Error;
 
-    fn respond_to(self, _: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-        Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
+    fn respond_to(self, req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+        Ok(req.build_response(StatusCode::OK)
            .content_type("application/octet-stream")
            .body(self))
     }
@@ -721,8 +721,8 @@ impl Responder for BytesMut {
     type Item = HttpResponse;
     type Error = Error;
 
-    fn respond_to(self, _: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-        Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
+    fn respond_to(self, req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+        Ok(req.build_response(StatusCode::OK)
            .content_type("application/octet-stream")
            .body(self))
     }
diff --git a/src/json.rs b/src/json.rs
index 3c8f81e8..bef34960 100644
--- a/src/json.rs
+++ b/src/json.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 
 use error::{Error, JsonPayloadError, PayloadError};
 use handler::{Responder, FromRequest};
+use http::StatusCode;
 use httpmessage::HttpMessage;
 use httprequest::HttpRequest;
 use httpresponse::HttpResponse;
@@ -71,10 +72,10 @@ impl<T: Serialize> Responder for Json<T> {
     type Item = HttpResponse;
     type Error = Error;
 
-    fn respond_to(self, _: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+    fn respond_to(self, req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
         let body = serde_json::to_string(&self.0)?;
 
-        Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
+        Ok(req.build_response(StatusCode::OK)
            .content_type("application/json")
            .body(body))
     }