diff --git a/transport/http_util.go b/transport/http_util.go
index c2bb0e5..685c6fb 100644
--- a/transport/http_util.go
+++ b/transport/http_util.go
@@ -121,14 +121,19 @@
 	if hdr != "" && hdr[0] == ':' {
 		return true
 	}
-	if strings.HasPrefix(hdr, "grpc-") {
-		return true
-	}
 	switch hdr {
-	case "content-type", "te":
+	case "content-type",
+		"grpc-message-type",
+		"grpc-encoding",
+		"grpc-message",
+		"grpc-status",
+		"grpc-timeout",
+		"grpc-status-details-bin",
+		"te":
 		return true
+	default:
+		return false
 	}
-	return false
 }
 
 // isWhitelistedPseudoHeader checks whether hdr belongs to HTTP2 pseudoheaders
diff --git a/transport/transport_test.go b/transport/transport_test.go
index 97e6334..8610478 100644
--- a/transport/transport_test.go
+++ b/transport/transport_test.go
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@
 		{"grpc-encoding", true},
 		{"grpc-message", true},
 		{"grpc-status", true},
-		{"grpc-anything-else99999", true},
+		{"grpc-timeout", true},
 		{"te", true},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {