diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 7d30e666ac..94eafcd7a1 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ detect-http-accept-enc.c detect-http-accept-enc.h \
 detect-http-accept-lang.c detect-http-accept-lang.h \
 detect-http-client-body.c detect-http-client-body.h \
 detect-http-connection.c detect-http-connection.h \
+detect-http-content-type.c detect-http-content-type.h \
 detect-http-cookie.c detect-http-cookie.h \
 detect-http-header.c detect-http-header.h \
 detect-http-headers.c detect-http-headers.h detect-http-headers-stub.h \
diff --git a/src/detect-http-content-type.c b/src/detect-http-content-type.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ca85b6986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detect-http-content-type.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2017 Open Information Security Foundation
+ *
+ * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup httplayer
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \author Victor Julien <victor@inliniac.net>
+ *
+ * Implement http_content_type sticky buffer
+ */
+
+#define KEYWORD_NAME "http_content_type"
+#define KEYWORD_DOC "http-keywords#http-content-type"
+#define BUFFER_NAME "http_content_type"
+#define BUFFER_DESC "http content type header"
+#define HEADER_NAME "Content-Type"
+#define KEYWORD_ID DETECT_AL_HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE
+#define KEYWORD_TOSERVER 1
+#define KEYWORD_TOCLIENT 1
+
+#include "detect-http-headers-stub.h"
+
+void RegisterHttpHeadersContentType(void)
+{
+    DetectHttpHeadersRegisterStub();
+}
diff --git a/src/detect-http-content-type.h b/src/detect-http-content-type.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..291b2756d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detect-http-content-type.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2017 Open Information Security Foundation
+ *
+ * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DETECT_HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE_H__
+#define __DETECT_HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE_H__
+
+void RegisterHttpHeadersContentType(void);
+
+#endif /* __DETECT_HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE_H__ */
diff --git a/src/detect-http-headers.c b/src/detect-http-headers.c
index c1bde84a91..2b8c769a60 100644
--- a/src/detect-http-headers.c
+++ b/src/detect-http-headers.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "detect-http-accept-enc.h"
 #include "detect-http-accept-lang.h"
 #include "detect-http-connection.h"
+#include "detect-http-content-type.h"
 #include "detect-http-referer.h"
 
 void DetectHttpHeadersRegister(void)
@@ -28,4 +29,5 @@ void DetectHttpHeadersRegister(void)
     RegisterHttpHeadersAcceptLang();
     RegisterHttpHeadersReferer();
     RegisterHttpHeadersConnection();
+    RegisterHttpHeadersContentType();
 }
diff --git a/src/detect.h b/src/detect.h
index 6a30a575ef..783ac476c2 100644
--- a/src/detect.h
+++ b/src/detect.h
@@ -1245,6 +1245,7 @@ enum {
     DETECT_AL_HTTP_HEADER_ACCEPT_LANG,
     DETECT_AL_HTTP_HEADER_ACCEPT_ENC,
     DETECT_AL_HTTP_HEADER_CONNECTION,
+    DETECT_AL_HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE,
     DETECT_AL_HTTP_HEADER_REFERER,
     DETECT_AL_HTTP_RAW_HEADER,
     DETECT_AL_HTTP_URI,