diff --git a/taxii2client/__init__.py b/taxii2client/__init__.py
index bee06a1..0efc770 100644
--- a/taxii2client/__init__.py
+++ b/taxii2client/__init__.py
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ class _HTTPConnection(object):
         resp.raise_for_status()
 
         content_type = resp.headers['Content-Type']
-        if content_type != accept:
+        if not content_type.startswith(accept):
             msg = "Unexpected Response Content-Type: {}"
             raise TAXIIServiceException(msg.format(content_type))
 

diff --git a/taxii2client/test/test_client.py b/taxii2client/test/test_client.py
index 597ebb3..3a02747 100644
--- a/taxii2client/test/test_client.py
+++ b/taxii2client/test/test_client.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import responses
 
 from taxii2client import (
     MEDIA_TYPE_STIX_V20, MEDIA_TYPE_TAXII_V20, AccessError, ApiRoot,
-    Collection, Server
+    Collection, Server, TAXIIServiceException
 )
 
 TAXII_SERVER = 'example.com'
@@ -394,3 +394,23 @@ def test_get_status(api_root):
     assert len(status.failures) == 1
     assert status.pending_count == 2
     assert len(status.pendings) == 2
+
+
+@responses.activate
+def test_content_type_valid(collection):
+    responses.add(responses.GET, GET_OBJECT_URL, GET_OBJECT_RESPONSE,
+                  status=200, content_type="%s; charset=utf-8" % MEDIA_TYPE_STIX_V20)
+
+    response = collection.get_object('indicator--252c7c11-daf2-42bd-843b-be65edca9f61')
+    indicator = response['objects'][0]
+    assert indicator['id'] == 'indicator--252c7c11-daf2-42bd-843b-be65edca9f61'
+
+
+@responses.activate
+def test_content_type_invalid(collection):
+    responses.add(responses.GET, GET_OBJECT_URL, GET_OBJECT_RESPONSE,
+                  status=200, content_type="taxii")
+
+    with pytest.raises(TAXIIServiceException) as excinfo:
+        collection.get_object('indicator--252c7c11-daf2-42bd-843b-be65edca9f61')
+    assert "Unexpected Response Content-Type" in str(excinfo.value)

Accept more flexible content type strings
When checking the content type of packets the client receives, it checks if it is an exact match (https://github.com/oasis-open/cti-taxii-client/blob/master/taxii2client/__init__.py#L481). This fails if for example "; charset=utf-8" is appended to the content type.
taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_content_type_valid
taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_server_discovery taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_minimal_discovery_response taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_discovery_with_no_default taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_api_root taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_api_root_collections taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_collection taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_collection_unexpected_kwarg taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_get_collection_objects taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_get_object taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_cannot_write_to_readonly_collection taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_add_object_to_collection taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_cannot_read_from_writeonly_collection taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_get_manifest taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_get_status taxii2client/test/test_client.py::test_content_type_invalid