diff --git a/spring-integration-http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/inbound/HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGateway.java b/spring-integration-http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/inbound/HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGateway.java
index 7507454e38..0aefe320b2 100644
--- a/spring-integration-http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/inbound/HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGateway.java
+++ b/spring-integration-http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/inbound/HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGateway.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.integration.http.inbound;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.server.ServletServerHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.http.server.ServletServerHttpResponse;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessagingException;
 import org.springframework.integration.http.converter.MultipartAwareFormHttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.web.HttpRequestHandler;
 
@@ -98,12 +100,12 @@ public class HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGateway extends HttpRequestHandlingEndp
 		if (responseContent != null) {
 			ServletServerHttpRequest request = new ServletServerHttpRequest(servletRequest);
 			ServletServerHttpResponse response = new ServletServerHttpResponse(servletResponse);
-			if (responseContent instanceof HttpStatus){
+			if (responseContent instanceof HttpStatus) {
 				response.setStatusCode((HttpStatus) responseContent);
 			}
 			else {
 				this.writeResponse(responseContent, response, request.getHeaders().getAccept());
-			}			
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -126,6 +128,9 @@ public class HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGateway extends HttpRequestHandlingEndp
 
 	@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
 	private void writeResponse(Object content, ServletServerHttpResponse response, List<MediaType> acceptTypes) throws IOException {
+		if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(acceptTypes)) {
+			acceptTypes = Collections.singletonList(MediaType.ALL);
+		}
 		for (HttpMessageConverter converter : this.getMessageConverters()) {
 			for (MediaType acceptType : acceptTypes) {
 				if (converter.canWrite(content.getClass(), acceptType)) {
diff --git a/spring-integration-http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/inbound/HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGatewayTests.java b/spring-integration-http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/inbound/HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGatewayTests.java
index d039d0b7f6..9bd5a87dda 100644
--- a/spring-integration-http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/inbound/HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGatewayTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/inbound/HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGatewayTests.java
@@ -108,6 +108,26 @@ public class HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGatewayTests {
 		assertEquals("HELLO", response.getContentAsString());
 	}
 
+	@Test // INT-1767
+	public void noAcceptHeaderOnRequest() throws Exception {
+		DirectChannel requestChannel = new DirectChannel();
+		requestChannel.subscribe(new AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler() {
+			protected Object handleRequestMessage(Message<?> requestMessage) {
+				return requestMessage.getPayload().toString().toUpperCase();
+			}
+		});
+		HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGateway gateway = new HttpRequestHandlingMessagingGateway(true);
+		gateway.setRequestPayloadType(String.class);
+		gateway.setRequestChannel(requestChannel);
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.setMethod("POST");
+		request.setContentType("text/plain");
+		request.setContent("hello".getBytes());
+		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+		gateway.handleRequest(request, response);
+		assertEquals("HELLO", response.getContentAsString());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testExceptionConversion() throws Exception {
 		QueueChannel requestChannel = new QueueChannel() {