diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests/MessageConverterTests.cs b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests/MessageConverterTests.cs
index 0d521294d..72feb5a60 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests/MessageConverterTests.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests/MessageConverterTests.cs
@@ -37,130 +37,61 @@ class TestingBasicProperties : IBasicProperties
 
             DeliveryModes IReadOnlyBasicProperties.DeliveryMode => throw new NotImplementedException();
 
-            public void ClearAppId()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearAppId() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearClusterId()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearClusterId() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearContentEncoding()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearContentEncoding() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearContentType()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearContentType() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearCorrelationId()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearCorrelationId() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearDeliveryMode()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearDeliveryMode() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearExpiration()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearExpiration() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearHeaders()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearHeaders() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearMessageId()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearMessageId() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearPriority()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearPriority() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearReplyTo()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearReplyTo() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearTimestamp()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearTimestamp() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearType()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearType() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public void ClearUserId()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public void ClearUserId() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public bool IsAppIdPresent()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public bool IsAppIdPresent() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public bool IsClusterIdPresent()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public bool IsClusterIdPresent() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public bool IsContentEncodingPresent()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public bool IsContentEncodingPresent() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public bool IsContentTypePresent()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public bool IsContentTypePresent() => ContentType != null;
 
             public bool IsCorrelationIdPresent() => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(CorrelationId);
 
             public bool IsDeliveryModePresent() => DeliveryMode != 0;
 
-            public bool IsExpirationPresent()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public bool IsExpirationPresent() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
-            public bool IsHeadersPresent()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public bool IsHeadersPresent() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
             public bool IsMessageIdPresent() => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(MessageId);
 
-            public bool IsPriorityPresent()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public bool IsPriorityPresent() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
             public bool IsReplyToPresent() => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(ReplyTo);
 
-            public bool IsTimestampPresent()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public bool IsTimestampPresent() => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
             public bool IsTypePresent() => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Type);
 
-            public bool IsUserIdPresent()
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+            public bool IsUserIdPresent() => throw new NotSupportedException();
         }
 
         MessageConverter converter = new MessageConverter(MessageConverter.DefaultMessageIdStrategy);
@@ -401,5 +332,27 @@ public void TestCanHandleTablesListHeader()
                 Assert.That(Convert.ToString(headers["Foo"]), Is.EqualTo("key1=value1,key2=value2"));
             });
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Should_handle_content_type()
+        {
+            var basicProperties = new TestingBasicProperties
+            {
+                MessageId = "Blah",
+                ContentType = "content_type"
+            };
+
+            var message = new BasicDeliverEventArgs(default, default, default, default, default, basicProperties, default);
+
+            var headers = converter.RetrieveHeaders(message);
+            var messageId = converter.RetrieveMessageId(message, headers);
+
+            Assert.Multiple(() =>
+            {
+                Assert.That(messageId, Is.Not.Null);
+                Assert.That(headers, Is.Not.Null);
+                Assert.That(headers[NServiceBus.Headers.ContentType], Is.EqualTo(basicProperties.ContentType));
+            });
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/Receiving/MessageConverter.cs b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/Receiving/MessageConverter.cs
index 1fd1043c1..e2b93759a 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/Receiving/MessageConverter.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/Receiving/MessageConverter.cs
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ public Dictionary<string, string> RetrieveHeaders(BasicDeliverEventArgs message)
                 messageHeaders.Remove(Constants.PublishSequenceNumberHeader);
             }
 
-            // Leaving space for ReplyTo, CorrelationId, DeliveryMode, EnclosedMessageTypes conditionally
+            // Leaving space for ReplyTo, CorrelationId, DeliveryMode, EnclosedMessageTypes, ContentType conditionally
             // added below. This is a bit cumbersome and need to be changed when things are conditionally added below
             // but it prevents the header dictionary from growing and relocating which creates quite a bit of
             // memory allocations and eats up CPU cycles.
-            const int extraCapacity = 4;
+            const int extraCapacity = 5;
             var deserializedHeaders = DeserializeHeaders(messageHeaders, extraCapacity);
 
             if (properties.IsReplyToPresent())
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ public Dictionary<string, string> RetrieveHeaders(BasicDeliverEventArgs message)
                 deserializedHeaders[Headers.EnclosedMessageTypes] = properties.Type;
             }
 
+            if (properties.IsContentTypePresent())
+            {
+                deserializedHeaders[Headers.ContentType] = properties.ContentType;
+            }
+
             //These headers need to be removed so that they won't be copied to an outgoing message if this message gets forwarded
             //They can't be removed before deserialization because the value is used by the message pump
             deserializedHeaders.Remove("x-delivery-count");