diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9317546..16890ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,3 +67,10 @@ would not be set in your handlers.
 when it's accepted. For example, one connection can be either gRPC or REST, but
 not both. That is, we assume that a client connection is either used for gRPC
 or REST.
+
+* *Java gRPC Clients*: Java gRPC client blocks until it receives a SETTINGS
+frame from the server. If you are using the Java client to connect to a cmux'ed
+gRPC server please match with writers:
+```go
+grpcl := m.MatchWithWriters(cmux.HTTP2MatchHeaderFieldSendSettings("content-type", "application/grpc"))
+```
diff --git a/cmux.go b/cmux.go
index 8caf5d4..f92e203 100644
--- a/cmux.go
+++ b/cmux.go
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import (
 // Matcher matches a connection based on its content.
 type Matcher func(io.Reader) bool
 
+// MatchWriter is a match that can also write response (say to do handshake).
+type MatchWriter func(io.Writer, io.Reader) bool
+
 // ErrorHandler handles an error and returns whether
 // the mux should continue serving the listener.
 type ErrorHandler func(error) bool
@@ -60,6 +63,14 @@ type CMux interface {
 	//
 	// The order used to call Match determines the priority of matchers.
 	Match(...Matcher) net.Listener
+	// MatchWithWriters returns a net.Listener that accepts only the
+	// connections that matched by at least of the matcher writers.
+	//
+	// Prefer Matchers over MatchWriters, since the latter can write on the
+	// connection before the actual handler.
+	//
+	// The order used to call Match determines the priority of matchers.
+	MatchWithWriters(...MatchWriter) net.Listener
 	// Serve starts multiplexing the listener. Serve blocks and perhaps
 	// should be invoked concurrently within a go routine.
 	Serve() error
@@ -68,7 +79,7 @@ type CMux interface {
 }
 
 type matchersListener struct {
-	ss []Matcher
+	ss []MatchWriter
 	l  muxListener
 }
 
@@ -80,7 +91,22 @@ type cMux struct {
 	sls    []matchersListener
 }
 
+func matchersToMatchWriters(matchers []Matcher) []MatchWriter {
+	mws := make([]MatchWriter, 0, len(matchers))
+	for _, m := range matchers {
+		mws = append(mws, func(w io.Writer, r io.Reader) bool {
+			return m(r)
+		})
+	}
+	return mws
+}
+
 func (m *cMux) Match(matchers ...Matcher) net.Listener {
+	mws := matchersToMatchWriters(matchers)
+	return m.MatchWithWriters(mws...)
+}
+
+func (m *cMux) MatchWithWriters(matchers ...MatchWriter) net.Listener {
 	ml := muxListener{
 		Listener: m.root,
 		connc:    make(chan net.Conn, m.bufLen),
@@ -125,7 +151,7 @@ func (m *cMux) serve(c net.Conn, donec <-chan struct{}, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	muc := newMuxConn(c)
 	for _, sl := range m.sls {
 		for _, s := range sl.ss {
-			matched := s(muc.startSniffing())
+			matched := s(muc.Conn, muc.startSniffing())
 			if matched {
 				muc.doneSniffing()
 				select {
diff --git a/matchers.go b/matchers.go
index abc30f6..b5471a1 100644
--- a/matchers.go
+++ b/matchers.go
@@ -94,7 +94,16 @@ func HTTP1HeaderField(name, value string) Matcher {
 // headers frame.
 func HTTP2HeaderField(name, value string) Matcher {
 	return func(r io.Reader) bool {
-		return matchHTTP2Field(r, name, value)
+		return matchHTTP2Field(ioutil.Discard, r, name, value)
+	}
+}
+
+// HTTP2MatchHeaderFieldSendSettings matches the header field and writes the
+// settings to the server. Prefer HTTP2HeaderField over this one, if the client
+// does not block on receiving a SETTING frame.
+func HTTP2MatchHeaderFieldSendSettings(name, value string) MatchWriter {
+	return func(w io.Writer, r io.Reader) bool {
+		return matchHTTP2Field(w, r, name, value)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -116,12 +125,12 @@ func matchHTTP1Field(r io.Reader, name, value string) (matched bool) {
 	return req.Header.Get(name) == value
 }
 
-func matchHTTP2Field(r io.Reader, name, value string) (matched bool) {
+func matchHTTP2Field(w io.Writer, r io.Reader, name, value string) (matched bool) {
 	if !hasHTTP2Preface(r) {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	framer := http2.NewFramer(ioutil.Discard, r)
+	framer := http2.NewFramer(w, r)
 	hdec := hpack.NewDecoder(uint32(4<<10), func(hf hpack.HeaderField) {
 		if hf.Name == name && hf.Value == value {
 			matched = true
@@ -134,6 +143,10 @@ func matchHTTP2Field(r io.Reader, name, value string) (matched bool) {
 		}
 
 		switch f := f.(type) {
+		case *http2.SettingsFrame:
+			if err := framer.WriteSettings(); err != nil {
+				return false
+			}
 		case *http2.HeadersFrame:
 			if _, err := hdec.Write(f.HeaderBlockFragment()); err != nil {
 				return false