diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d401a614e..30ef53dc0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         "js-yaml": "3.13.1",
         "json-stringify-safe": "5.0.1",
         "jsonata": "1.6.4",
+        "media-typer": "1.1.0",
         "memorystore": "1.6.1",
         "mime": "2.4.2",
         "mqtt": "2.18.8",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js
index 7e90478f7..fc3fafd28 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
     var cors = require('cors');
     var onHeaders = require('on-headers');
     var typer = require('content-type');
+    var mediaTyper = require('media-typer');
     var isUtf8 = require('is-utf8');
     var hashSum = require("hash-sum");
 
@@ -36,18 +37,22 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         var checkUTF = false;
 
         if (req.headers['content-type']) {
-            var parsedType = typer.parse(req.headers['content-type'])
-            if (parsedType.type === "text") {
-                isText = true;
-            } else if (parsedType.subtype === "xml" || parsedType.suffix === "xml") {
-                isText = true;
-            } else if (parsedType.type !== "application") {
-                isText = false;
-            } else if (parsedType.subtype !== "octet-stream") {
-                checkUTF = true;
-            } else {
-                // applicatino/octet-stream
-                isText = false;
+            var contentType = typer.parse(req.headers['content-type'])
+            if (contentType.type) {
+                var parsedType = mediaTyper.parse(contentType.type);
+                if (parsedType.type === "text") {
+                    isText = true;
+                } else if (parsedType.subtype === "xml" || parsedType.suffix === "xml") {
+                    isText = true;
+                } else if (parsedType.type !== "application") {
+                    isText = false;
+                } else if (parsedType.subtype !== "octet-stream") {
+                    checkUTF = true;
+                } else {
+                    // applicatino/octet-stream
+                    isText = false;
+                }
+
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/package.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/package.json
index 9263de215..6916eadaf 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/package.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         "https-proxy-agent": "2.2.1",
         "is-utf8": "0.2.1",
         "js-yaml": "3.13.1",
+        "media-typer": "1.1.0",
         "mqtt": "2.18.8",
         "multer": "1.4.1",
         "mustache": "3.0.1",