diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringMvcContract.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringMvcContract.java
index 663ef255..cdaa9b73 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringMvcContract.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringMvcContract.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
+import org.springframework.http.InvalidMediaTypeException;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -408,7 +409,13 @@ public class SpringMvcContract extends Contract.BaseContract
 
 		if (contentTypes != null && !contentTypes.isEmpty()) {
 			String type = contentTypes.iterator().next();
-			return Objects.equals(MediaType.valueOf(type), MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA);
+			try {
+				return Objects.equals(MediaType.valueOf(type),
+						MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA);
+			}
+			catch (InvalidMediaTypeException ignored) {
+				return false;
+			}
 		}
 
 		return false;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/PageableSupportTest.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/PageableSupportTest.java
index 40fbc5e3..4972309a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/PageableSupportTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/PageableSupportTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.openfeign.support;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ public class PageableSupportTest {
 				String.valueOf(SocketUtils.findAvailableTcpPort()));
 	}
 
+	@AfterAll
+	public static void afterClass() {
+		System.clearProperty("server.port");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void shouldProperlyFormatPageable() {
 		String direction = feignClient.performRequest(
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringMvcContractIntegrationTests.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringMvcContractIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc2e9607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringMvcContractIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2020 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.openfeign.support;
+
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+import feign.codec.Decoder;
+import feign.codec.Encoder;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.cloud.openfeign.EnableFeignClients;
+import org.springframework.cloud.openfeign.FeignClient;
+import org.springframework.cloud.openfeign.test.NoSecurityConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.util.SocketUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
+
+/**
+ * Integration tests for {@link SpringMvcContract}
+ *
+ * @author Olga Maciaszek-Sharma
+ */
+@SpringBootTest(classes = SpringMvcContractIntegrationTests.Config.class,
+		webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.DEFINED_PORT)
+public class SpringMvcContractIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private TestClient client;
+
+	@BeforeAll
+	public static void beforeClass() {
+		System.setProperty("server.port",
+				String.valueOf(SocketUtils.findAvailableTcpPort()));
+	}
+
+	@AfterAll
+	public static void afterClass() {
+		System.clearProperty("server.port");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldNotThrowInvalidMediaTypeExceptionWhenContentTypeTemplateUsed() {
+		assertThatCode(() -> client.sendMessage("test", "text/markdown"))
+				.doesNotThrowAnyException();
+	}
+
+	@FeignClient(name = "test", url = "http://localhost:${server.port}/",
+			configuration = NoCodecsFeignConfiguration.class)
+	interface TestClient {
+
+		@PostMapping("/test")
+		Object sendMessage(@RequestBody String message,
+				@RequestHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE) String acceptHeader);
+
+	}
+
+	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+	@EnableFeignClients(clients = TestClient.class)
+	@EnableAutoConfiguration
+	@RestController
+	@Import(NoSecurityConfiguration.class)
+	protected static class Config {
+
+		@PostMapping("/test")
+		Object sendMessage(@RequestBody String message,
+				@RequestHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE) String acceptHeader) {
+			return message;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	// avoid feign.codec.EncodeException - this feature works for users that override
+	// Encoder
+	protected static class NoCodecsFeignConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		public Decoder decoder() {
+			return (response, type) -> response;
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public Encoder encoder() {
+			return (object, bodyType, request) -> request
+					.body(object.toString().getBytes(), Charset.defaultCharset());
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}