diff --git a/include/ircd/resource.h b/include/ircd/resource.h
index 12283e036..96061c50f 100644
--- a/include/ircd/resource.h
+++ b/include/ircd/resource.h
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ struct ircd::resource::method
 		/// larger will be summarily rejected with a 413.
 		size_t payload_max {128_KiB};
 
+		/// MIME type; first part is the Registry (i.e application) and second
+		/// part is the format (i.e json). Empty value means nothing rejected.
+		std::pair<string_view, string_view> mime;
 	};
 
 	string_view name;
diff --git a/ircd/resource.cc b/ircd/resource.cc
index 0448e4300..b278cace3 100644
--- a/ircd/resource.cc
+++ b/ircd/resource.cc
@@ -278,6 +278,22 @@ ircd::resource::operator()(client &client,
 			http::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE
 		};
 
+	// Check if the resource method wants a specific MIME type. If no option
+	// is given by the resource then any Content-Type by the client will pass.
+	if(method.opts.mime.first)
+	{
+		const auto &ct(split(head.content_type, ';'));
+		const auto &supplied(split(ct.first, '/'));
+		const auto &charset(ct.second);
+		const auto &required(method.opts.mime);
+		if(required.first != supplied.first ||
+		   (required.second && required.second != supplied.second))
+			throw http::error
+			{
+				http::UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
+			};
+	}
+
 	// This timer will keep the request from hanging forever for whatever
 	// reason. The resource method may want to do its own timing and can
 	// disable this in its options structure.