diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b49a36d..32eb444 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.10.2
+
+-Fixed #78: overriding header "Content-Type" not working on Android
+
 ## 1.10.1
 
 - Fixed #71: does not encode query string in URL correctly on Android
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
index 3d24021..cbe893f 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
@@ -149,18 +149,12 @@ abstract class CordovaHttp {
         return request;
     }
 
-    protected HttpRequest setupDataSerializer(HttpRequest request) throws JSONException, Exception {
+    protected void setupDataSerializer(HttpRequest request) throws JSONException, Exception {
       if ("json".equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
           request.contentType(request.CONTENT_TYPE_JSON, request.CHARSET_UTF8);
-          request.send(this.getParamsObject().toString());
       } else if ("utf8".equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
           request.contentType("text/plain", request.CHARSET_UTF8);
-          request.send(this.getParamsMap().get("text").toString());
-      } else {
-          request.form(this.getParamsMap());
       }
-
-      return request;
     }
 
     protected void respondWithError(int status, String msg) {
@@ -240,6 +234,16 @@ abstract class CordovaHttp {
       request.uncompress(true);
     }
 
+    protected void prepareRequestBody(HttpRequest request) throws JSONException, Exception {
+      if ("json".equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
+          request.send(this.getParamsObject().toString());
+      } else if ("utf8".equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
+          request.send(this.getParamsMap().get("text").toString());
+      } else {
+          request.form(this.getParamsMap());
+      }
+    }
+
     private CharsetDecoder createCharsetDecoder(final String charsetName) {
       return Charset.forName(charsetName).newDecoder()
         .onMalformedInput(CodingErrorAction.REPORT)
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java
index 5696505..b157fb1 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ class CordovaHttpPatch extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
         try {
             HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.patch(this.getUrlString());
 
-            this.prepareRequest(request);
             this.setupDataSerializer(request);
+            this.prepareRequest(request);
+            this.prepareRequestBody(request);
             this.returnResponseObject(request);
         } catch (HttpRequestException e) {
             this.handleHttpRequestException(e);
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPost.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPost.java
index ac3a3da..e42bba6 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPost.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPost.java
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ class CordovaHttpPost extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
         try {
             HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.post(this.getUrlString());
 
-            this.prepareRequest(request);
             this.setupDataSerializer(request);
+            this.prepareRequest(request);
+            this.prepareRequestBody(request);
             this.returnResponseObject(request);
         } catch (HttpRequestException e) {
             this.handleHttpRequestException(e);
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPut.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPut.java
index 2ca0aca..f75885d 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPut.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPut.java
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ class CordovaHttpPut extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
         try {
             HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.put(this.getUrlString());
 
-            this.prepareRequest(request);
             this.setupDataSerializer(request);
+            this.prepareRequest(request);
+            this.prepareRequestBody(request);
             this.returnResponseObject(request);
         } catch (HttpRequestException e) {
             this.handleHttpRequestException(e);
diff --git a/test/app-test-definitions.js b/test/app-test-definitions.js
index 5dcc6e8..8f36356 100644
--- a/test/app-test-definitions.js
+++ b/test/app-test-definitions.js
@@ -446,6 +446,15 @@ const tests = [
       result.type.should.be.equal('resolved');
       JSON.parse(result.data.data).json.should.eql({ outerObj: { innerStr: 'testString', innerArr: [1, 2, 3] }});
     }
+  },{
+    description: 'should override header "content-type" correctly (POST) #78',
+    expected: 'resolved: {"status": 200, "headers": "{\\"Content-Type\\": \\"text/plain\\" ...',
+    before: helpers.setJsonSerializer,
+    func: function(resolve, reject) { cordova.plugin.http.post('http://httpbin.org/anything', {}, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }, resolve, reject); },
+    validationFunc: function(driver, result) {
+      result.type.should.be.equal('resolved');
+      JSON.parse(result.data.data).headers['Content-Type'].should.be.equal('text/plain');
+    }
   }
 ];