diff --git a/pkg/handler/unrouted_handler.go b/pkg/handler/unrouted_handler.go
index 378a18d..6361175 100644
--- a/pkg/handler/unrouted_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/handler/unrouted_handler.go
@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@ func NewHTTPError(err error, statusCode int) HTTPError {
 	return httpError{err, statusCode}
 }
 
+type contextWithValues struct {
+	context.Context
+	valueHolder context.Context
+}
+
+func (c contextWithValues) Value(key interface{}) interface{} {
+	return c.valueHolder.Value(key)
+}
+
+func newContextWithValues(ctx context.Context) contextWithValues {
+	return contextWithValues{
+		// Use background to not get cancel event
+		Context: context.Background(),
+		// Use request context to get stored values
+		valueHolder: ctx,
+	}
+}
+
 var (
 	ErrUnsupportedVersion               = NewHTTPError(errors.New("unsupported version"), http.StatusPreconditionFailed)
 	ErrMaxSizeExceeded                  = NewHTTPError(errors.New("maximum size exceeded"), http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge)
@@ -290,7 +308,7 @@ func (handler *UnroutedHandler) Middleware(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 // PostFile creates a new file upload using the datastore after validating the
 // length and parsing the metadata.
 func (handler *UnroutedHandler) PostFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctx := newContextWithValues(r.Context())
 
 	// Check for presence of application/offset+octet-stream. If another content
 	// type is defined, it will be ignored and treated as none was set because
@@ -433,7 +451,7 @@ func (handler *UnroutedHandler) PostFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 
 // HeadFile returns the length and offset for the HEAD request
 func (handler *UnroutedHandler) HeadFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctx := newContextWithValues(r.Context())
 
 	id, err := extractIDFromPath(r.URL.Path)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -498,7 +516,7 @@ func (handler *UnroutedHandler) HeadFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 // PatchFile adds a chunk to an upload. This operation is only allowed
 // if enough space in the upload is left.
 func (handler *UnroutedHandler) PatchFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctx := newContextWithValues(r.Context())
 
 	// Check for presence of application/offset+octet-stream
 	if r.Header.Get("Content-Type") != "application/offset+octet-stream" {
@@ -727,7 +745,7 @@ func (handler *UnroutedHandler) finishUploadIfComplete(ctx context.Context, uplo
 // GetFile handles requests to download a file using a GET request. This is not
 // part of the specification.
 func (handler *UnroutedHandler) GetFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctx := newContextWithValues(r.Context())
 
 	id, err := extractIDFromPath(r.URL.Path)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -848,7 +866,7 @@ func filterContentType(info FileInfo) (contentType string, contentDisposition st
 
 // DelFile terminates an upload permanently.
 func (handler *UnroutedHandler) DelFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctx := newContextWithValues(r.Context())
 
 	// Abort the request handling if the required interface is not implemented
 	if !handler.composer.UsesTerminater {