diff --git a/object/convert.go b/object/convert.go
index 99047dc5..6e8ecffe 100644
--- a/object/convert.go
+++ b/object/convert.go
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ func (h *ECHeader) ToGRPCMessage() grpc.Message {
 		m.Parent = h.Parent.ToGRPCMessage().(*refsGRPC.ObjectID)
 		m.ParentSplitId = h.ParentSplitID
 		m.ParentSplitParentId = h.ParentSplitParentID.ToGRPCMessage().(*refsGRPC.ObjectID)
+		m.ParentAttributes = AttributesToGRPC(h.ParentAttributes)
 		m.Index = h.Index
 		m.Total = h.Total
 		m.Header = h.Header
@@ -318,6 +319,10 @@ func (h *ECHeader) FromGRPCMessage(m grpc.Message) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if h.ParentAttributes, err = AttributesFromGRPC(v.GetParentAttributes()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	h.Index = v.GetIndex()
 	h.Total = v.GetTotal()
 	h.Header = v.GetHeader()
diff --git a/object/grpc/types.pb.go b/object/grpc/types.pb.go
index 3cb44a3d..16736e9f 100644
Binary files a/object/grpc/types.pb.go and b/object/grpc/types.pb.go differ
diff --git a/object/marshal.go b/object/marshal.go
index bf8fcb97..f96b098e 100644
--- a/object/marshal.go
+++ b/object/marshal.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const (
 	ecHdrHeaderField         = 5
 	ecHdrParentSplitID       = 6
 	ecHdrParentSplitParentID = 7
+	ecHdrParentAttributes    = 8
 
 	hdrVersionField         = 1
 	hdrContainerIDField     = 2
@@ -264,7 +265,10 @@ func (h *ECHeader) StableMarshal(buf []byte) []byte {
 	offset += proto.UInt32Marshal(ecHdrHeaderLengthField, buf[offset:], h.HeaderLength)
 	offset += proto.BytesMarshal(ecHdrHeaderField, buf[offset:], h.Header)
 	offset += proto.BytesMarshal(ecHdrParentSplitID, buf[offset:], h.ParentSplitID)
-	proto.NestedStructureMarshal(ecHdrParentSplitParentID, buf[offset:], h.ParentSplitParentID)
+	offset += proto.NestedStructureMarshal(ecHdrParentSplitParentID, buf[offset:], h.ParentSplitParentID)
+	for i := range h.ParentAttributes {
+		offset += proto.NestedStructureMarshal(ecHdrParentAttributes, buf[offset:], &h.ParentAttributes[i])
+	}
 	return buf
 }
 
@@ -280,6 +284,9 @@ func (h *ECHeader) StableSize() (size int) {
 	size += proto.BytesSize(ecHdrHeaderField, h.Header)
 	size += proto.BytesSize(ecHdrParentSplitID, h.ParentSplitID)
 	size += proto.NestedStructureSize(ecHdrParentSplitParentID, h.ParentSplitParentID)
+	for i := range h.ParentAttributes {
+		size += proto.NestedStructureSize(ecHdrParentAttributes, &h.ParentAttributes[i])
+	}
 
 	return size
 }
diff --git a/object/test/generate.go b/object/test/generate.go
index 95c76e52..b1931fc7 100644
--- a/object/test/generate.go
+++ b/object/test/generate.go
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ func GenerateECHeader(empty bool) *object.ECHeader {
 		ech.Parent = refstest.GenerateObjectID(empty)
 		ech.ParentSplitID = []byte{1, 2, 3}
 		ech.ParentSplitParentID = refstest.GenerateObjectID(empty)
+		ech.ParentAttributes = GenerateAttributes(empty)
 		ech.Index = 0
 		ech.Total = 2
 		ech.Header = []byte("chunk of ec-encoded parent header")
diff --git a/object/types.go b/object/types.go
index 7916b1e0..43caf80c 100644
--- a/object/types.go
+++ b/object/types.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ type ECHeader struct {
 	Parent              *refs.ObjectID
 	ParentSplitID       []byte
 	ParentSplitParentID *refs.ObjectID
+	ParentAttributes    []Attribute
 	Index               uint32
 	Total               uint32
 	Header              []byte