diff --git a/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign.hs b/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign.hs
index c1b54104..aa1a5573 100644
--- a/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign.hs
+++ b/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign.hs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module Servant.Foreign
   , HeaderArg(..)
   , QueryArg(..)
   , Req(..)
+  , ReqBodyContentType(..)
   , Segment(..)
   , SegmentType(..)
   , Url(..)
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ module Servant.Foreign
   , reqMethod
   , reqHeaders
   , reqBody
+  , reqBodyContentType
   , reqReturnType
   , reqFuncName
   , path
diff --git a/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign/Internal.hs b/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign/Internal.hs
index bf5b63ac..cc867b4f 100644
--- a/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign/Internal.hs
+++ b/servant-foreign/src/Servant/Foreign/Internal.hs
@@ -123,20 +123,24 @@ defUrl = Url [] []
 
 makeLenses ''Url
 
+data ReqBodyContentType = ReqBodyJSON | ReqBodyMultipart
+  deriving (Data, Eq, Show, Read)
+
 data Req f = Req
-  { _reqUrl        :: Url f
-  , _reqMethod     :: HTTP.Method
-  , _reqHeaders    :: [HeaderArg f]
-  , _reqBody       :: Maybe f
-  , _reqReturnType :: Maybe f
-  , _reqFuncName   :: FunctionName
+  { _reqUrl             :: Url f
+  , _reqMethod          :: HTTP.Method
+  , _reqHeaders         :: [HeaderArg f]
+  , _reqBody            :: Maybe f
+  , _reqReturnType      :: Maybe f
+  , _reqFuncName        :: FunctionName
+  , _reqBodyContentType :: ReqBodyContentType
   }
   deriving (Data, Eq, Show, Typeable)
 
 makeLenses ''Req
 
 defReq :: Req ftype
-defReq = Req defUrl "GET" [] Nothing Nothing (FunctionName [])
+defReq = Req defUrl "GET" [] Nothing Nothing (FunctionName []) ReqBodyJSON
 
 -- | 'HasForeignType' maps Haskell types with types in the target
 -- language of your backend. For example, let's say you're