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diff --git a/plugins/check_http.c b/plugins/check_http.c
index 8e45e88..afd75d3 100644
--- a/plugins/check_http.c
+++ b/plugins/check_http.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ int redir_depth = 0;
 int max_depth = 15;
 char *http_method;
 char *http_post_data;
+char *http_content_type;
 char buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
 
 int process_arguments (int, char **);
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                 {"linespan", no_argument, 0, 'l'},
                 {"onredirect", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
                 {"certificate", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                {"content-type", required_argument, 0, 'T'},
                 {"min", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
                 {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
                 {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
@@ -345,6 +347,9 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                         server_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
                         server_expect_yn = 1;
                         break;
+                case 'T': /* Content-type */
+                        asprintf (&http_content_type, "%s", optarg);
+                        break;
 #ifndef HAVE_REGEX_H
                 case 'l': /* linespan */
                 case 'r': /* linespan */
@@ -519,7 +524,11 @@ check_http (void)
 
         /* either send http POST data */
         if (http_post_data) {
-                asprintf (&buf, "%sContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n", buf);
+                if (http_content_type) {
+                        asprintf (&buf, "%sContent-Type: %s\r\n", buf, http_content_type);
+                } else {
+                        asprintf (&buf, "%sContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n", buf);
+                }
                 asprintf (&buf, "%sContent-Length: %i\r\n\r\n", buf, strlen (http_post_data));
                 asprintf (&buf, "%s%s%s", buf, http_post_data, CRLF);
         }
@@ -1143,7 +1152,9 @@ certificate expiration times.\n"));
  -u, --url=PATH\n\
    URL to GET or POST (default: /)\n\
  -P, --post=STRING\n\
-   URL encoded http POST data\n"), HTTP_EXPECT);
+   URL encoded http POST data\n\
+ -T, --content-type=STRING\n\
+   specify Content-Type header media type when POSTing\n"), HTTP_EXPECT);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_REGEX_H
         printf (_("\