diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilder.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilder.groovy
index c6ce8480e1..208800b244 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilder.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilder.groovy
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.ContentUtils
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.MapConverter
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils
 
+import static org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.ContentType.DEFINED
 import static org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.ContentType.FORM
 import static org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.ContentType.JSON
 import static org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.ContentType.TEXT
@@ -421,7 +422,7 @@ abstract class MethodBodyBuilder implements ClassVerifier {
 			convertedResponseBody =
 					extractValue(convertedResponseBody as GString, contentType, { Object o -> o instanceof DslProperty ? o.serverValue : o })
 		}
-		if (TEXT != contentType && FORM != contentType) {
+		if (TEXT != contentType && FORM != contentType && DEFINED != contentType) {
 			boolean dontParseStrings = contentType == JSON && convertedResponseBody instanceof Map
 			Closure parsingClosure = dontParseStrings ? Closure.IDENTITY : MapConverter.JSON_PARSING_CLOSURE
 			convertedResponseBody = MapConverter.
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentType.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentType.groovy
index 8a17c41f0f..8a7c38a877 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentType.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentType.groovy
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ enum ContentType {
 	XML("application/xml"),
 	TEXT("text/plain"),
 	FORM("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),
+	// the content-type was defined and we don't want to override it
+	DEFINED(""),
 	UNKNOWN("application/octet-stream")
 
 	final String mimeType
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentUtils.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentUtils.groovy
index a9a1437f59..fa9eab9324 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentUtils.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentUtils.groovy
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import static org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava
 import static org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils.escapeJson
 import static org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml11
 import static org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils.unescapeXml
+import static org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.ContentType.DEFINED
 import static org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.ContentType.JSON
 import static org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.ContentType.UNKNOWN
 
@@ -392,6 +393,12 @@ class ContentUtils {
 		if (content?.contains("form-urlencoded")) {
 			return ContentType.FORM
 		}
+		if (content?.contains("octet-stream")) {
+			return UNKNOWN
+		}
+		if (content) {
+			return DEFINED
+		}
 		return UNKNOWN
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
index 5834417b88..52c80fc2e2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
@@ -1407,4 +1407,37 @@ response:
 			"JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder"                  | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties, classDataForMethod) }
 	}
 
+	@Issue("#1049")
+	def "should work with body having new lines [#methodBuilderName]"() {
+		given:
+			Contract contractDsl = Contract.make {
+				request {
+					method GET()
+					url "/foo"
+				}
+				response {
+					status OK()
+					headers {
+						contentType('application/x-research-info-systems;charset=UTF-8')
+					}
+					body("1\n2\n3\n")
+				}
+			}
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			String test = blockBuilder.toString()
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompileWithoutCompileStatic(methodBuilderName, test)
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName                                    | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new HttpSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties, classDataForMethod) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties, classDataForMethod) }
+			"JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties, classDataForMethod) }
+			"JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder"                  | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties, classDataForMethod) }
+	}
+
 }