diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributes.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributes.java
index 23ba732eb..7a6890343 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributes.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributes.java
@@ -5,12 +5,37 @@
 
 package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.grpc;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 public record RequestAttributes(InetAddress remoteAddress,
                                 @Nullable String userAgent,
+                                @Nullable String acceptLanguageRaw,
                                 List<Locale.LanguageRange> acceptLanguage) {
+
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RequestAttributes.class);
+
+  public RequestAttributes(InetAddress remoteAddress,
+      @Nullable String userAgent,
+      @Nullable String acceptLanguageRaw) {
+    this(remoteAddress, userAgent, acceptLanguageRaw, parseAcceptLanguage(acceptLanguageRaw, userAgent));
+  }
+
+  private static List<Locale.LanguageRange> parseAcceptLanguage(final String acceptLanguageRaw, final String userAgent) {
+    List<Locale.LanguageRange> acceptLanguages = Collections.emptyList();
+    if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(acceptLanguageRaw)) {
+      try {
+        acceptLanguages = Locale.LanguageRange.parse(acceptLanguageRaw);
+      } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
+        LOGGER.debug("Invalid Accept-Language header from User-Agent {}: {}", userAgent, acceptLanguageRaw, e);
+      }
+    }
+    return acceptLanguages;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesInterceptor.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesInterceptor.java
index 9c468ec0d..eeeab6684 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesInterceptor.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesInterceptor.java
@@ -70,17 +70,8 @@ public class RequestAttributesInterceptor implements ServerInterceptor {
       return ServerInterceptorUtil.closeWithStatus(call, Status.UNAVAILABLE);
     }
 
-    @Nullable List<Locale.LanguageRange> acceptLanguages = Collections.emptyList();
-    if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(acceptLanguageHeader)) {
-      try {
-        acceptLanguages = Locale.LanguageRange.parse(acceptLanguageHeader);
-      } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
-        log.debug("Invalid Accept-Language header from User-Agent {}: {}", userAgentHeader, acceptLanguageHeader, e);
-      }
-    }
-
     final RequestAttributes requestAttributes =
-        new RequestAttributes(remoteAddress.get(), userAgentHeader, acceptLanguages);
+        new RequestAttributes(remoteAddress.get(), userAgentHeader, acceptLanguageHeader);
     return Contexts.interceptCall(
         Context.current().withValue(RequestAttributesUtil.REQUEST_ATTRIBUTES_CONTEXT_KEY, requestAttributes),
         call, headers, next);
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesUtil.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesUtil.java
index 25673cfbf..e87733d2d 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesUtil.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesUtil.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.grpc;
 
 import io.grpc.Context;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -22,6 +23,15 @@ public class RequestAttributesUtil {
     return REQUEST_ATTRIBUTES_CONTEXT_KEY.get().acceptLanguage();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the raw "Accept-Language" header string from the remote client in the current gRPC request context
+   *
+   * @return the raw "Accept-Language" header listed by the remote client; may be null if not specified
+   */
+  public static @Nullable String getAcceptLanguageRaw() {
+    return REQUEST_ATTRIBUTES_CONTEXT_KEY.get().acceptLanguageRaw();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a list of distinct locales supported by the JVM and accepted by the remote client in the current gRPC
    * context. May be empty if the client did not supply a list of acceptable languages, if the list of acceptable
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/ProfileAnonymousGrpcServiceTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/ProfileAnonymousGrpcServiceTest.java
index f30e33eb0..985f87db8 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/ProfileAnonymousGrpcServiceTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/ProfileAnonymousGrpcServiceTest.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class ProfileAnonymousGrpcServiceTest extends SimpleBaseGrpcTest<ProfileA
   protected ProfileAnonymousGrpcService createServiceBeforeEachTest() {
     getMockRequestAttributesInterceptor().setRequestAttributes(new RequestAttributes(InetAddresses.forString("127.0.0.1"),
         "Signal-Android/1.2.3",
-        Locale.LanguageRange.parse("en-us")));
+        "en-us"));
 
     return new ProfileAnonymousGrpcService(
         accountsManager,
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/ProfileGrpcServiceTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/ProfileGrpcServiceTest.java
index e302e7b9e..6563d748b 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/ProfileGrpcServiceTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/ProfileGrpcServiceTest.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class ProfileGrpcServiceTest extends SimpleBaseGrpcTest<ProfileGrpcServic
 
     getMockRequestAttributesInterceptor().setRequestAttributes(new RequestAttributes(InetAddresses.forString("127.0.0.1"),
         "Signal-Android/1.2.3",
-        Locale.LanguageRange.parse("en-us")));
+        "en-us"));
 
     when(rateLimiters.getProfileLimiter()).thenReturn(rateLimiter);
 
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesUtilTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesUtilTest.java
index 1564e94c0..634f4844d 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesUtilTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/grpc/RequestAttributesUtilTest.java
@@ -22,22 +22,22 @@ class RequestAttributesUtilTest {
   @Test
   void getAcceptableLanguages() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(Collections.emptyList(),
-        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes(Collections.emptyList()),
+        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes(null, null),
             RequestAttributesUtil::getAcceptableLanguages));
 
     assertEquals(Locale.LanguageRange.parse("en,ja"),
-        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes(Locale.LanguageRange.parse("en,ja")),
+        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes(null, "en,ja"),
             RequestAttributesUtil::getAcceptableLanguages));
   }
 
   @Test
   void getAvailableAcceptedLocales() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(Collections.emptyList(),
-        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes(Collections.emptyList()),
+        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes(null, null),
             RequestAttributesUtil::getAvailableAcceptedLocales));
 
     final List<Locale> availableAcceptedLocales =
-        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes(Locale.LanguageRange.parse("en,ja")),
+        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes(null, "en,ja"),
             RequestAttributesUtil::getAvailableAcceptedLocales);
 
     assertFalse(availableAcceptedLocales.isEmpty());
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ class RequestAttributesUtilTest {
   @Test
   void getUserAgent() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(Optional.empty(),
-        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes((String) null),
+        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes(null, null),
             RequestAttributesUtil::getUserAgent));
 
     assertEquals(Optional.of("Signal-Desktop/1.2.3 Linux"),
-        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes("Signal-Desktop/1.2.3 Linux"),
+        callWithRequestAttributes(buildRequestAttributes("Signal-Desktop/1.2.3 Linux", null),
             RequestAttributesUtil::getUserAgent));
   }
 
@@ -70,16 +70,8 @@ class RequestAttributesUtilTest {
         .call(callable);
   }
 
-  private static RequestAttributes buildRequestAttributes(final String userAgent) {
-    return buildRequestAttributes(userAgent, Collections.emptyList());
-  }
-
-  private static RequestAttributes buildRequestAttributes(final List<Locale.LanguageRange> acceptLanguage) {
-    return buildRequestAttributes(null, acceptLanguage);
-  }
-
   private static RequestAttributes buildRequestAttributes(@Nullable final String userAgent,
-      final List<Locale.LanguageRange> acceptLanguage) {
+      @Nullable final String acceptLanguage) {
 
     return new RequestAttributes(REMOTE_ADDRESS, userAgent, acceptLanguage);
   }