diff --git a/modules/http-client/src/main/java/org/jpos/http/client/HttpQuery.java b/modules/http-client/src/main/java/org/jpos/http/client/HttpQuery.java
index dc73d8484c..cd7e42dc71 100644
--- a/modules/http-client/src/main/java/org/jpos/http/client/HttpQuery.java
+++ b/modules/http-client/src/main/java/org/jpos/http/client/HttpQuery.java
@@ -198,10 +198,11 @@ private HttpRequestBase getHttpRequest(Context ctx) {
     }
 
     private ContentType getContentType (Context ctx) {
-        return ContentType.create(ctx.get(contentTypeName, contentType), Consts.UTF_8);
+        return cfg.getBoolean("no-charset") ?
+          ContentType.create(ctx.get(contentTypeName, contentType)) :
+          ContentType.create(ctx.get(contentTypeName, contentType), Consts.UTF_8);
     }
 
-
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private void addHeaders(Context ctx, HttpUriRequest req) {
         // first add the ones from the cfg