diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go
index cbfd99eee3..cf18dcde2b 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go
@@ -721,3 +721,43 @@ func TestContainerApiCreate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	logDone("containers REST API - POST /containers/create")
 }
+
+func TestContainerApiVerifyHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	defer deleteAllContainers()
+	config := map[string]interface{}{
+		"Image": "busybox",
+	}
+
+	create := func(ct string) (int, io.ReadCloser, error) {
+		jsonData := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+		if err := json.NewEncoder(jsonData).Encode(config); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		return sockRequestRaw("POST", "/containers/create", jsonData, ct)
+	}
+
+	// Try with no content-type
+	_, body, err := create("")
+	if err == nil {
+		b, _ := readBody(body)
+		t.Fatalf("expected error when content-type is not set: %q", string(b))
+	}
+	body.Close()
+	// Try with wrong content-type
+	_, body, err = create("application/xml")
+	if err == nil {
+		b, _ := readBody(body)
+		t.Fatalf("expected error when content-type is not set: %q", string(b))
+	}
+	body.Close()
+
+	// now application/json
+	_, body, err = create("application/json")
+	if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "200 OK: 201") {
+		b, _ := readBody(body)
+		t.Fatalf("%v - %q", err, string(b))
+	}
+	body.Close()
+
+	logDone("containers REST API - verify create header")
+}
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_utils.go b/integration-cli/docker_utils.go
index ab200e1248..367e518094 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_utils.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_utils.go
@@ -329,10 +329,9 @@ func sockRequestRaw(method, endpoint string, data io.Reader, ct string) (int, io
 		return -1, nil, fmt.Errorf("could not create new request: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if ct == "" {
-		ct = "application/json"
+	if ct != "" {
+		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", ct)
 	}
-	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", ct)
 
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/integration/api_test.go b/integration/api_test.go
index 318978e5ad..1663f41690 100644
--- a/integration/api_test.go
+++ b/integration/api_test.go
@@ -22,44 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/vendor/src/code.google.com/p/go/src/pkg/archive/tar"
 )
 
-func TestPostJsonVerify(t *testing.T) {
-	eng := NewTestEngine(t)
-	defer mkDaemonFromEngine(eng, t).Nuke()
-
-	configJSON, err := json.Marshal(&runconfig.Config{
-		Image: unitTestImageID,
-		Cmd:   runconfig.NewCommand("touch", "/test"),
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/containers/create", bytes.NewReader(configJSON))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	r := httptest.NewRecorder()
-
-	server.ServeRequest(eng, api.APIVERSION, r, req)
-
-	// Don't add Content-Type header
-	// req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-
-	server.ServeRequest(eng, api.APIVERSION, r, req)
-	if r.Code != http.StatusInternalServerError || !strings.Contains(((*r.Body).String()), "application/json") {
-		t.Fatal("Create should have failed due to no Content-Type header - got:", r)
-	}
-
-	// Now add header but with wrong type and retest
-	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/xml")
-
-	server.ServeRequest(eng, api.APIVERSION, r, req)
-	if r.Code != http.StatusInternalServerError || !strings.Contains(((*r.Body).String()), "application/json") {
-		t.Fatal("Create should have failed due to wrong Content-Type header - got:", r)
-	}
-}
-
 // Issue 7941 - test to make sure a "null" in JSON is just ignored.
 // W/o this fix a null in JSON would be parsed into a string var as "null"
 func TestPostCreateNull(t *testing.T) {