diff --git a/js/modules/k6/grpc/client.go b/js/modules/k6/grpc/client.go
index acde94093b49..8b51fa6a87a1 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/grpc/client.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/grpc/client.go
@@ -459,8 +459,17 @@ func (c *Client) parseInvokeParams(paramsVal goja.Value) (*invokeParams, error)
 			}
 			for hk, kv := range rawHeaders {
 				// TODO(rogchap): Should we manage a string slice?
-				strval, ok := kv.(string)
-				if !ok {
+				// The spec defines that Binary-valued keys end in -bin
+				//  https://grpc.io/docs/what-is-grpc/core-concepts/#metadata
+				var strval string
+				if strings.HasSuffix(hk, "-bin") {
+					var binval []byte
+					binval, ok = kv.([]byte)
+					if !ok {
+						return result, fmt.Errorf("metadata %q value must be binary", hk)
+					}
+					strval = string(binval)
+				} else if strval, ok = kv.(string); !ok {
 					return result, fmt.Errorf("metadata %q value must be a string", hk)
 				}
 				result.Metadata[hk] = strval
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/grpc/client_test.go b/js/modules/k6/grpc/client_test.go
index a0506f88c1e0..a10fa263a033 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/grpc/client_test.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/grpc/client_test.go
@@ -485,6 +485,31 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			`},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "RequestBinHeaders",
+			initString: codeBlock{
+				code: `
+				var client = new grpc.Client();
+				client.load([], "../../../../lib/testutils/httpmultibin/grpc_testing/test.proto");`,
+			},
+			setup: func(tb *httpmultibin.HTTPMultiBin) {
+				tb.GRPCStub.EmptyCallFunc = func(ctx context.Context, _ *grpc_testing.Empty) (*grpc_testing.Empty, error) {
+					md, ok := metadata.FromIncomingContext(ctx)
+					if !ok || len(md["x-load-tester-bin"]) == 0 || md["x-load-tester-bin"][0] != string([]byte{2, 200}) {
+						return nil, status.Error(codes.FailedPrecondition, "")
+					}
+
+					return &grpc_testing.Empty{}, nil
+				}
+			},
+			vuString: codeBlock{code: `
+				client.connect("GRPCBIN_ADDR");
+				var resp = client.invoke("grpc.testing.TestService/EmptyCall", {}, { metadata: { "X-Load-Tester-bin": new Uint8Array([2, 200]) } })
+				if (resp.status !== grpc.StatusOK) {
+					throw new Error("failed to send correct headers in the request")
+				}
+			`},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "ResponseMessage",
 			initString: codeBlock{