diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategy.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategy.java
index 1e0b16c50c..5952e185d2 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategy.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategy.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.extension.Extension;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.http.HttpHeader;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.http.HttpHeaders;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.http.ResponseDefinition;
+import groovy.lang.Closure;
 import groovy.lang.GString;
 
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract;
@@ -52,10 +53,13 @@ class WireMockResponseStubStrategy extends BaseWireMockStubStrategy {
 
 	private final ContentType contentType;
 
+	private final SingleContractMetadata contractMetadata;
+
 	WireMockResponseStubStrategy(Contract groovyDsl, SingleContractMetadata singleContractMetadata) {
 		super(groovyDsl);
 		this.response = groovyDsl.getResponse();
 		this.contentType = contentType(singleContractMetadata);
+		this.contractMetadata = singleContractMetadata;
 	}
 
 	protected ContentType contentType(SingleContractMetadata singleContractMetadata) {
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ class WireMockResponseStubStrategy extends BaseWireMockStubStrategy {
 
 	private void appendBody(ResponseDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 		if (response.getBody() != null) {
-			Object body = MapConverter.getStubSideValues(response.getBody());
+			Object body = MapConverter.getStubSideValues(response.getBody(), parsingClosureForContentType());
 			if (body instanceof byte[]) {
 				builder.withBody((byte[]) body);
 			}
@@ -118,6 +122,10 @@ class WireMockResponseStubStrategy extends BaseWireMockStubStrategy {
 		}
 	}
 
+	Closure parsingClosureForContentType() {
+		return contractMetadata.getDefinedOutputTestContentType().contains("/stream") ? Closure.IDENTITY : MapConverter.JSON_PARSING_CLOSURE;
+	}
+
 	private void appendResponseDelayTime(ResponseDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 		// TODO: Add a missing test for this
 		if (response.getDelay() != null) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockGroovyDslSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockGroovyDslSpec.groovy
index 95d08fa9e2..f2c7fc4f65 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockGroovyDslSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockGroovyDslSpec.groovy
@@ -2903,6 +2903,66 @@ class WireMockGroovyDslSpec extends Specification implements WireMockStubVerifie
 
 	}
 
+	@Issue("#1535")
+	def "should work with streams"() {
+		given:
+			Contract contractDsl = Contract.make {
+				description "should return all entities"
+				request{
+					method GET()
+					url("/api/v1/entities")
+				}
+				response {
+					headers {
+						header 'Content-Type': 'application/stream+json'
+					}
+					body(
+							'''
+										{
+										"id" : "1",
+										"name" : "Entity1",
+										"nested_data" : {
+												"key1" : "value1"
+											}
+										},
+										{
+										"id" : "2",
+										"name" : "Entity2",
+										"nested_data" : {
+												"key1" : "value1"
+											}
+										}
+						   '''
+					)
+					status 200
+				}
+			}
+
+		when:
+			String wireMockStub = new WireMockStubStrategy("Test",
+					new ContractMetadata(null, false, 0, null, contractDsl), contractDsl)
+					.toWireMockClientStub()
+		then:
+			wireMockStub.contains('Entity1')
+			wireMockStub.contains('Entity2')
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(wireMockStub)
+		and:
+			int port = SocketUtils.findAvailableTcpPort()
+			WireMockServer server = new WireMockServer(config().port(port))
+			server.start()
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(wireMockStub)
+			server.addStubMapping(WireMockStubMapping.buildFrom(wireMockStub))
+		when:
+			ResponseEntity<String> entity = callForStream(port)
+		then:
+			entity.statusCodeValue == 200
+			entity.body.contains("Entity1")
+			entity.body.contains("Entity2")
+		cleanup:
+			server?.shutdown()
+	}
+
 	@Issue("#1125")
 	def "should not generate assertions for [*] when all manual entries were passed"() {
 		given:
@@ -3029,6 +3089,12 @@ class WireMockGroovyDslSpec extends Specification implements WireMockStubVerifie
 						.body("{\"foo\":null,\"name\":\"\"}"), String.class)
 	}
 
+	ResponseEntity<String> callForStream(int port) {
+		return new TestRestTemplate().exchange(
+				RequestEntity.get(URI.create("http://localhost:" + port + "/api/v1/entities"))
+						.header("Content-Type", "application/stream+json").build(), String.class)
+	}
+
 	ResponseEntity<byte[]> callBytes(int port, File request) {
 		return new TestRestTemplate().exchange(
 				RequestEntity.put(URI.create("http://localhost:" + port + "/1"))
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec.groovy
index 5f77f538c6..fac202330e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec.groovy
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import spock.lang.Specification
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.file.SingleContractMetadata
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.ContentType
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.MapConverter
 
 class WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec extends Specification {
 
@@ -247,6 +248,11 @@ class WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec extends Specification {
 				protected ContentType contentType(SingleContractMetadata singleContractMetadata) {
 					return ContentType.JSON
 				}
+
+				@Override
+				Closure parsingClosureForContentType() {
+					return MapConverter.JSON_PARSING_CLOSURE
+				}
 			}
 			response.buildClientResponseContent()
 		then: