diff --git a/store/src/java-test/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SaveDraftTest.java b/store/src/java-test/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SaveDraftTest.java
index d9954a0940..075dc5defe 100644
--- a/store/src/java-test/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SaveDraftTest.java
+++ b/store/src/java-test/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SaveDraftTest.java
@@ -126,4 +126,68 @@ protected Element generateResponse(ZimbraSoapContext zsc, ItemIdFormatter ifmt,
         Assert.assertEquals("picked up modified content", MODIFIED_CONTENT, response.getElement(MailConstants.E_MSG).getElement(MailConstants.E_MIMEPART).getAttribute(MailConstants.E_CONTENT));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void deliveryReportEnabled() throws Exception {
+        Account acct = Provisioning.getInstance().getAccountByName("test@zimbra.com");
+
+        // create a draft via SOAP
+        Element request = new Element.JSONElement(MailConstants.SAVE_DRAFT_REQUEST);
+        Element m = request.addNonUniqueElement(MailConstants.E_MSG).addAttribute(MailConstants.E_SUBJECT, "dinner appt");
+        m.addUniqueElement(MailConstants.E_MIMEPART).addAttribute(MailConstants.A_CONTENT_TYPE, "text/plain").addAttribute(MailConstants.E_CONTENT, ORIGINAL_CONTENT);
+        m.addAttribute(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, "1");
+
+        Element response = new SaveDraft() {
+            @Override
+            protected Element generateResponse(ZimbraSoapContext zsc, ItemIdFormatter ifmt, OperationContext octxt,
+                    Mailbox mbox, Message msg, boolean wantImapUid, boolean wantModSeq) {
+
+                return super.generateResponse(zsc, ifmt, octxt, mbox, msg, wantImapUid, wantModSeq);
+            }
+        }.handle(request, ServiceTestUtil.getRequestContext(acct));
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(response.getElement(MailConstants.E_MSG).getAttributeBool(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void deliveryReportDisabled() throws Exception {
+        Account acct = Provisioning.getInstance().getAccountByName("test@zimbra.com");
+
+        // create a draft via SOAP
+        Element request = new Element.JSONElement(MailConstants.SAVE_DRAFT_REQUEST);
+        Element m = request.addNonUniqueElement(MailConstants.E_MSG).addAttribute(MailConstants.E_SUBJECT, "dinner appt");
+        m.addUniqueElement(MailConstants.E_MIMEPART).addAttribute(MailConstants.A_CONTENT_TYPE, "text/plain").addAttribute(MailConstants.E_CONTENT, ORIGINAL_CONTENT);
+        m.addAttribute(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, "0");
+
+        Element response = new SaveDraft() {
+            @Override
+            protected Element generateResponse(ZimbraSoapContext zsc, ItemIdFormatter ifmt, OperationContext octxt,
+                                               Mailbox mbox, Message msg, boolean wantImapUid, boolean wantModSeq) {
+
+                return super.generateResponse(zsc, ifmt, octxt, mbox, msg, wantImapUid, wantModSeq);
+            }
+        }.handle(request, ServiceTestUtil.getRequestContext(acct));
+
+        Assert.assertFalse(response.getElement(MailConstants.E_MSG).getAttributeBool(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void deliveryReportNotSet() throws Exception {
+        Account acct = Provisioning.getInstance().getAccountByName("test@zimbra.com");
+
+        // create a draft via SOAP
+        Element request = new Element.JSONElement(MailConstants.SAVE_DRAFT_REQUEST);
+        Element m = request.addNonUniqueElement(MailConstants.E_MSG).addAttribute(MailConstants.E_SUBJECT, "dinner appt");
+        m.addUniqueElement(MailConstants.E_MIMEPART).addAttribute(MailConstants.A_CONTENT_TYPE, "text/plain").addAttribute(MailConstants.E_CONTENT, ORIGINAL_CONTENT);
+
+        Element response = new SaveDraft() {
+            @Override
+            protected Element generateResponse(ZimbraSoapContext zsc, ItemIdFormatter ifmt, OperationContext octxt,
+                                               Mailbox mbox, Message msg, boolean wantImapUid, boolean wantModSeq) {
+
+                return super.generateResponse(zsc, ifmt, octxt, mbox, msg, wantImapUid, wantModSeq);
+            }
+        }.handle(request, ServiceTestUtil.getRequestContext(acct));
+
+        Assert.assertFalse(response.getElement(MailConstants.E_MSG).getAttributeBool(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, false));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/AutoSendDraftTask.java b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/AutoSendDraftTask.java
index 9aa1a1b85e..d86bd89682 100644
--- a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/AutoSendDraftTask.java
+++ b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/AutoSendDraftTask.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.zimbra.cs.mailbox;
 
 import com.zimbra.common.service.ServiceException;
+import com.zimbra.common.soap.MailConstants;
 import com.zimbra.common.util.StringUtil;
 import com.zimbra.common.util.ZimbraLog;
 import com.zimbra.common.soap.SoapHttpTransport;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ public class AutoSendDraftTask extends ScheduledTask<Object> {
     private Element request;
     public static final String ZIMBRA_MAILBOX_APP = "ZIMBRA_MAILBOX_APP";
     public static final String ZIMBRA_CONSTANT_VERSION = "1.0";
+    public static final String DELIVERY_RECEIPT_ENABLED = "1";
 
 
     public Server getServerName() {
@@ -118,12 +120,16 @@ public void setRequest(Element request) {
         mailSender.setIdentity(StringUtil.isNullOrEmpty(msg.getDraftIdentityId()) ? null : mbox.getAccount().getIdentityById(msg.getDraftIdentityId()));
         Provisioning provisioning = Provisioning.getInstance();
         Account delegatorAccount = provisioning.getAccountById(getDelegatorAccountId());
+        boolean deliveryReport = false;
         if (null != delegatorAccount) {
+            if (delegatorAccount.getBooleanAttr(Provisioning.A_zimbraFeatureDeliveryStatusNotificationEnabled, false)) {
+                deliveryReport = DELIVERY_RECEIPT_ENABLED.equals(msg.getMimeMessage().getHeader(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, null));
+            }
             if (Provisioning.onLocalServer(delegatorAccount)) {
                 delegatorMbox = MailboxManager.getInstance().getMailboxByAccount(delegatorAccount);
             /* if delegator is on same server, just fetch the delegatorMbox object
             and use it for sending the Mime. */
-                mailSender.sendMimeMessage(new OperationContext(mbox), delegatorMbox, msg.getMimeMessage());
+                mailSender.sendMimeMessage(new OperationContext(mbox), delegatorMbox, msg.getMimeMessage(), deliveryReport);
             } else {
                 /* if delegator is on different server, invoke the saveDraft request on that server. */
                 Element reqForDelegatorAccount = getRequest();
diff --git a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/MailSender.java b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/MailSender.java
index a2077a23d5..74e06cfe0d 100644
--- a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/MailSender.java
+++ b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/MailSender.java
@@ -535,6 +535,11 @@ public ItemId sendMimeMessage(OperationContext octxt, Mailbox mbox, Boolean save
         return sendMimeMessage(octxt, mbox, mm);
     }
 
+    public ItemId sendMimeMessage(OperationContext operationContext, Mailbox delegatorMbox, MimeMessage mimeMessage, boolean deliveryReport) throws ServiceException {
+        mDeliveryReport = deliveryReport;
+        return sendMimeMessage(operationContext, delegatorMbox, mimeMessage);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sends a message.
      */
diff --git a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SaveDraft.java b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SaveDraft.java
index cd50ac3a07..f6cbeac266 100644
--- a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SaveDraft.java
+++ b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SaveDraft.java
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ public Element handle(Element request, Map<String, Object> context) throws Servi
                 Date d = new Date();
                 mm.setSentDate(d);
                 date = d.getTime();
+                mm.setHeader(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, msgElem.getAttribute(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, "0"));
             } catch (Exception ignored) {
             }
 
@@ -210,8 +211,12 @@ public Element handle(Element request, Map<String, Object> context) throws Servi
                 }
                 if (oct != null && delegatorMbox != null) {
                     mm = ParseMimeMessage.parseMimeMsgSoap(zsc, oct, delegatorMbox, msgElem, null, mimeData);
+                    boolean deliveryReport = false;
+                    if (delegatorAccount.getBooleanAttr(Provisioning.A_zimbraFeatureDeliveryStatusNotificationEnabled, false)) {
+                        deliveryReport = msgElem.getAttributeBool(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, false);
+                    }
                     SendMsg.doSendMessage(oct, delegatorMbox, mm, mimeData.uploads, null, "r", null, null, false,
-                            false, false, false);
+                            false, false, deliveryReport);
                 }
                 Element response = zsc.createElement(MailConstants.SAVE_DRAFT_RESPONSE);
                 response.addElement(MailConstants.E_MSG);
diff --git a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SendMsg.java b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SendMsg.java
index 1cc7ce887b..ca8a416be8 100644
--- a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SendMsg.java
+++ b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/SendMsg.java
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ public Element handle(Element request, Map<String, Object> context, QName respQn
                boolean noSaveToSent = request.getAttributeBool(MailConstants.A_NO_SAVE_TO_SENT, false);
                boolean fetchSavedMsg = request.getAttributeBool(MailConstants.A_FETCH_SAVED_MSG, false);
                boolean deliveryReport = false;
-               if (authAcct.getBooleanAttr(Provisioning.A_zimbraFeatureDeliveryStatusNotificationEnabled, false)) {
-                   deliveryReport = request.getAttributeBool(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, false);
+               if (mbox.getAccount().getBooleanAttr(Provisioning.A_zimbraFeatureDeliveryStatusNotificationEnabled, false)) {
+                   deliveryReport = msgElem.getAttributeBool(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, false);
                }
 
                String origId = msgElem.getAttribute(MailConstants.A_ORIG_ID, null);
diff --git a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/ToXML.java b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/ToXML.java
index 4c3fb88577..3acb7e0e1c 100644
--- a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/ToXML.java
+++ b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/mail/ToXML.java
@@ -1594,6 +1594,10 @@ private static Element encodeMessageAsMPHelper(boolean bestEffort, Element paren
                     m.addAttribute(MailConstants.E_IN_REPLY_TO, StringUtil.stripControlCharacters(inReplyTo),
                             Element.Disposition.CONTENT);
                 }
+                String deliveryReport = mm.getHeader(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, null);
+                if (!StringUtil.isNullOrEmpty(deliveryReport)) {
+                    m.addAttribute(MailConstants.A_DELIVERY_RECEIPT_NOTIFICATION, StringUtil.stripControlCharacters(deliveryReport));
+                }
                 if (msg.getDraftAutoSendTime() != 0) {
                     m.addAttribute(MailConstants.A_AUTO_SEND_TIME, msg.getDraftAutoSendTime());
                 }