diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 978572e..8024a38 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ function normalizeArguments(url, opts) {
 		opts.method = opts.method || 'POST';
 
 		if (isPlainObj(body)) {
-			opts.headers['content-type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
+			opts.headers['content-type'] = opts.headers['content-type'] || 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
 			body = opts.body = querystring.stringify(body);
 		}
 
diff --git a/test/test-post.js b/test/test-post.js
index 8e2c61d..4196295 100644
--- a/test/test-post.js
+++ b/test/test-post.js
@@ -101,10 +101,16 @@ test('post have content-length header to string', function (t) {
 });
 
 test('works with plain object in body', function (t) {
+	t.plan(4);
+
 	got(s.url, {body: {such: 'wow'}}, function (err, data) {
 		t.error(err);
 		t.equal(data, 'such=wow');
-		t.end();
+	});
+
+	got(s.url + '/headers', {headers: {'content-type': 'doge'}, body: {such: 'wow'}, json: true}, function (err, headers) {
+		t.error(err);
+		t.equal(headers['content-type'], 'doge');
 	});
 });