diff --git a/etc/log-processor.conf-sample b/etc/log-processor.conf-sample
index 716cadc..142e96f 100644
--- a/etc/log-processor.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/log-processor.conf-sample
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class_path = slogging.access_processor.AccessLogProcessor
 # list of swift.sources (see swift/proxy/server.py posthooklogger)
 # that count as service traffic
 # service_log_sources =
+# content_type =
 
 [log-processor-stats]
 # log_dir = /var/log/swift/
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ class_path = slogging.stats_processor.StatsLogProcessor
 # devices = /srv/node
 # mount_check = true
 # user = swift
+# content_type =
 
 [log-processor-container-stats]
 # log_dir = /var/log/swift/
@@ -58,3 +60,4 @@ processable = false
 # mount_check = true
 # user = swift
 # metadata_keys = comma separated list of user metadata keys to be collected
+# content_type =
diff --git a/slogging/log_uploader.py b/slogging/log_uploader.py
index f156d69..acadf19 100644
--- a/slogging/log_uploader.py
+++ b/slogging/log_uploader.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class LogUploader(Daemon):
                 (?P<day>[0-3][0-9])
                 (?P<hour>[0-2][0-9])
                 .*$''' % plugin_name)
+        self.content_type = uploader_conf.get('content_type')
 
     def run_once(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.logger.info(_("Uploading logs"))
@@ -185,6 +186,8 @@ class LogUploader(Daemon):
         # more than one time. By using md5, we get an etag for free.
         target_filename = '/'.join([year, month, day, hour, filehash + '.gz'])
         metadata = {'x-object-meta-original-name': filename}
+        if self.content_type:
+            metadata['Content-Type'] = self.content_type
         if self.internal_proxy.upload_file(filename,
                                           self.swift_account,
                                           self.container_name,