diff --git a/hlog/hlog.go b/hlog/hlog.go
index 4f19a08a..37734008 100644
--- a/hlog/hlog.go
+++ b/hlog/hlog.go
@@ -121,6 +121,20 @@ func RefererHandler(fieldKey string) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	}
 }
 
+// ProtoHandler adds the requests protocol version as a field to the context logger
+// using fieldKey as field Key.
+func ProtoHandler(fieldKey string) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			log := zerolog.Ctx(r.Context())
+			log.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
+				return c.Str(fieldKey, r.Proto)
+			})
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 type idKey struct{}
 
 // IDFromRequest returns the unique id associated to the request if any.
diff --git a/hlog/hlog_test.go b/hlog/hlog_test.go
index 481525bf..c584e98b 100644
--- a/hlog/hlog_test.go
+++ b/hlog/hlog_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build go1.7
 // +build go1.7
 
 package hlog
@@ -200,6 +201,22 @@ func TestCustomHeaderHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestProtoHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	r := &http.Request{
+		Proto: "test",
+	}
+	h := ProtoHandler("proto")(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		l := FromRequest(r)
+		l.Log().Msg("")
+	}))
+	h = NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h)
+	h.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
+	if want, got := `{"proto":"test"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCombinedHandlers(t *testing.T) {
 	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	r := &http.Request{