diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 633e404f1..bfc2ed099 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = ["Sean McArthur <sean.monstar@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
-hyper = { version = "0.9" , default-features = false }
+hyper = { version = "0.9.14" , default-features = false }
 log = "0.3"
 native-tls = "0.1"
 serde = "0.8"
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index ace7c8956..2dd616fb8 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::io::{self, Read};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use hyper::client::IntoUrl;
-use hyper::header::{Headers, ContentType, Location, Referer, UserAgent};
+use hyper::header::{Headers, ContentType, Location, Referer, UserAgent, Accept};
 use hyper::method::Method;
 use hyper::status::StatusCode;
 use hyper::version::HttpVersion;
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ impl RequestBuilder {
             self.headers.set(UserAgent(DEFAULT_USER_AGENT.to_owned()));
         }
 
+        if !self.headers.has::<Accept>() {
+            self.headers.set(Accept::star());
+        }
+
         let client = self.client;
         let mut method = self.method;
         let mut url = try!(self.url);
diff --git a/tests/client.rs b/tests/client.rs
index 1cc710e8b..46d9ca739 100644
--- a/tests/client.rs
+++ b/tests/client.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ fn test_get() {
             GET /1 HTTP/1.1\r\n\
             Host: $HOST\r\n\
             User-Agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+            Accept: */*\r\n\
             \r\n\
             ",
         response: b"\
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ fn test_redirect_301_and_302_and_303_changes_post_to_get() {
                 POST /{} HTTP/1.1\r\n\
                 Host: $HOST\r\n\
                 User-Agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+                Accept: */*\r\n\
                 Content-Length: 0\r\n\
                 \r\n\
                 ", code),
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ fn test_redirect_301_and_302_and_303_changes_post_to_get() {
                 GET /dst HTTP/1.1\r\n\
                 Host: $HOST\r\n\
                 User-Agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+                Accept: */*\r\n\
                 Referer: http://$HOST/{}\r\n\
                 \r\n\
                 ", code),
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ fn test_redirect_307_and_308_tries_to_post_again() {
                 POST /{} HTTP/1.1\r\n\
                 Host: $HOST\r\n\
                 User-Agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+                Accept: */*\r\n\
                 Content-Length: 5\r\n\
                 \r\n\
                 Hello\
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@ fn test_redirect_307_and_308_tries_to_post_again() {
                 POST /dst HTTP/1.1\r\n\
                 Host: $HOST\r\n\
                 User-Agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+                Accept: */*\r\n\
                 Referer: http://$HOST/{}\r\n\
                 Content-Length: 5\r\n\
                 \r\n\
@@ -137,6 +142,7 @@ fn test_redirect_307_does_not_try_if_reader_cannot_reset() {
                 POST /{} HTTP/1.1\r\n\
                 Host: $HOST\r\n\
                 User-Agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+                Accept: */*\r\n\
                 Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\
                 \r\n\
                 5\r\n\
@@ -168,6 +174,7 @@ fn test_redirect_policy_can_return_errors() {
             GET /loop HTTP/1.1\r\n\
             Host: $HOST\r\n\
             User-Agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+            Accept: */*\r\n\
             \r\n\
             ",
         response: b"\
@@ -193,6 +200,7 @@ fn test_redirect_policy_can_stop_redirects_without_an_error() {
             GET /no-redirect HTTP/1.1\r\n\
             Host: $HOST\r\n\
             User-Agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+            Accept: */*\r\n\
             \r\n\
             ",
         response: b"\
@@ -213,3 +221,30 @@ fn test_redirect_policy_can_stop_redirects_without_an_error() {
     assert_eq!(res.status(), &reqwest::StatusCode::Found);
     assert_eq!(res.headers().get(), Some(&reqwest::header::Server("test-dont".to_string())));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_accept_header_is_not_changed_if_set() {
+    let server = server! {
+        request: b"\
+            GET /accept HTTP/1.1\r\n\
+            Host: $HOST\r\n\
+            Accept: application/json\r\n\
+            User-Agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            ",
+        response: b"\
+            HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\
+            Server: test-accept\r\n\
+            Content-Length: 0\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            "
+    };
+    let mut client = reqwest::Client::new().unwrap();
+
+    let res = client.get(&format!("http://{}/accept", server.addr()))
+        .header(reqwest::header::Accept::json())
+        .send()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(res.status(), &reqwest::StatusCode::Ok);
+}