diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 74bcdbf3b..d3fb7e9ce 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ exports.brokenPause = parseInt(nodeVersion[0], 10) === 0
 
 exports.hasBody = function(req) {
   return 'transfer-encoding' in req.headers
-    || req.headers["content-length"] !== '0';
+    || ('content-length' in req.headers && req.headers["content-length"] !== '0')
+    || 'content-type' in req.headers;
 };
 
 /**