diff --git a/rpc_test.go b/rpc_test.go
index f394708..22da4b5 100644
--- a/rpc_test.go
+++ b/rpc_test.go
@@ -1749,3 +1749,28 @@ type MethodTransformedHandler struct{}
 func (h *RawParamHandler) CallSomethingInSnakeCase(ctx context.Context, v int) (int, error) {
 	return v + 1, nil
 }
+
+func TestContentTypeHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	rpcHandler := SimpleServerHandler{}
+
+	rpcServer := NewServer()
+	rpcServer.Register("SimpleServerHandler", &rpcHandler)
+
+	testServ := httptest.NewServer(rpcServer)
+	defer testServ.Close()
+
+	// Test that the Content-Type header is set correctly
+	resp, err := http.Post(testServ.URL, "application/json", strings.NewReader(`{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "SimpleServerHandler.Inc", "params": [], "id": 1}`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	contentType := resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+	assert.Equal(t, "application/json", contentType, "Content-Type header should be application/json")
+
+	// Verify the response is still valid JSON
+	var jsonResp response
+	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&jsonResp)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "2.0", jsonResp.Jsonrpc)
+	assert.Equal(t, float64(1), jsonResp.ID) // JSON numbers are unmarshaled as float64
+}
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 4454c85..41ac515 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ func (s *RPCServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Set Content-Type header for JSON-RPC responses
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, connectionTypeCtxKey, ConnectionTypeHTTP)
 	s.handleReader(ctx, r.Body, w, rpcError)
 }