diff --git a/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/support/DefaultAmqpHeaderMapper.java b/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/support/DefaultAmqpHeaderMapper.java
index f8119f59dd..b708a48018 100644
--- a/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/support/DefaultAmqpHeaderMapper.java
+++ b/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/support/DefaultAmqpHeaderMapper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.IntegrationMessageHeaderAccessor;
 import org.springframework.integration.amqp.AmqpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.integration.mapping.AbstractHeaderMapper;
 import org.springframework.integration.mapping.support.JsonHeaders;
+import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -363,7 +364,8 @@ public class DefaultAmqpHeaderMapper extends AbstractHeaderMapper<MessagePropert
 		if (contentType != null){
 			String contentTypeClassName = contentType.getClass().getName();
 
-			if (contentTypeClassName.equals("org.springframework.http.MediaType")){ // see INT-2713
+			if (contentType instanceof MimeType ||
+					contentTypeClassName.equals("org.springframework.http.MediaType")) { // see INT-2713
 				contentTypeStringValue = contentType.toString();
 			}
 			else if (contentType instanceof String) {
diff --git a/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/support/DefaultAmqpHeaderMapperTests.java b/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/support/DefaultAmqpHeaderMapperTests.java
index de29700bb7..bb59a44ac5 100644
--- a/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/support/DefaultAmqpHeaderMapperTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/support/DefaultAmqpHeaderMapperTests.java
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.amqp.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.amqp.core.MessageDeliveryMode;
 import org.springframework.amqp.core.MessageProperties;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.JsonMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
-import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
 import org.springframework.integration.amqp.AmqpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
+import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
@@ -112,6 +114,21 @@ public class DefaultAmqpHeaderMapperTests {
 		assertEquals("text/html", amqpProperties.getContentType());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void fromHeadersWithContentTypeAsMimeType() {
+		DefaultAmqpHeaderMapper headerMapper = new DefaultAmqpHeaderMapper();
+		Map<String, Object> headerMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+		MimeType contentType = MimeType.valueOf("text/html");
+		headerMap.put(AmqpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, contentType);
+
+		MessageHeaders integrationHeaders = new MessageHeaders(headerMap);
+		MessageProperties amqpProperties = new MessageProperties();
+		headerMapper.fromHeadersToRequest(integrationHeaders, amqpProperties);
+
+		assertEquals("text/html", amqpProperties.getContentType());
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	@Test
 	public void toHeaders() {