diff --git a/hassio/api/proxy.py b/hassio/api/proxy.py
index c0b310163..3cea4c06c 100644
--- a/hassio/api/proxy.py
+++ b/hassio/api/proxy.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from aiohttp import web
 from aiohttp.web_exceptions import HTTPBadGateway, HTTPUnauthorized
 from aiohttp.client_exceptions import ClientConnectorError
 from aiohttp.hdrs import CONTENT_TYPE, AUTHORIZATION
-import async_timeout
 
 from ..const import HEADER_HA_ACCESS
 from ..coresys import CoreSysAttributes
@@ -17,6 +16,9 @@ from ..exceptions import HomeAssistantAuthError, HomeAssistantAPIError, APIError
 _LOGGER: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+LEGACY_HEADER = ("X-Speech-Content",)
+
+
 class APIProxy(CoreSysAttributes):
     """API Proxy for Home Assistant."""
 
@@ -43,20 +45,16 @@ class APIProxy(CoreSysAttributes):
     async def _api_client(self, request: web.Request, path: str, timeout: int = 300):
         """Return a client request with proxy origin for Home Assistant."""
         try:
-            # read data
-            with async_timeout.timeout(30):
-                data = await request.read()
-
-            if data:
-                content_type = request.content_type
-            else:
-                content_type = None
-
             async with self.sys_homeassistant.make_request(
                 request.method.lower(),
                 f"api/{path}",
-                content_type=content_type,
-                data=data,
+                headers={
+                    name: value
+                    for name, value in request.headers.items()
+                    if name in LEGACY_HEADER
+                },
+                content_type=request.content_type,
+                data=request.content,
                 timeout=timeout,
                 params=request.query,
             ) as resp:
diff --git a/hassio/homeassistant.py b/hassio/homeassistant.py
index 672c71856..a765a4725 100644
--- a/hassio/homeassistant.py
+++ b/hassio/homeassistant.py
@@ -487,13 +487,14 @@ class HomeAssistant(JsonConfig, CoreSysAttributes):
         path: str,
         json: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
         content_type: Optional[str] = None,
-        data: Optional[bytes] = None,
+        data: Any = None,
         timeout: int = 30,
         params: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     ) -> AsyncContextManager[aiohttp.ClientResponse]:
         """Async context manager to make a request with right auth."""
         url = f"{self.api_url}/{path}"
-        headers = {}
+        headers = headers or {}
 
         # Passthrough content type
         if content_type is not None: