diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d15060b..63dc2a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ and want to avoid huge memory allocation.
 Cargo.toml:
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-axum-streams = { version = "0.14", features=["json", "csv", "protobuf", "text"] }
+axum-streams = { version = "0.15", features=["json", "csv", "protobuf", "text"] }
 ```
 
 ## Compatibility matrix
diff --git a/examples/text-example.rs b/examples/text-example.rs
index 52397af..bfe4ea8 100644
--- a/examples/text-example.rs
+++ b/examples/text-example.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ fn source_test_stream() -> impl Stream<Item = String> {
 }
 
 async fn test_text_stream() -> impl IntoResponse {
-    StreamBodyAs::text(source_test_stream())
+    StreamBodyAsOptions::new()
+        .content_type(HttpHeaderValue::from_static("text/plain; charset=utf-8"))
+        .text(source_test_stream());
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
diff --git a/src/arrow_format.rs b/src/arrow_format.rs
index 3693193..7395f2d 100644
--- a/src/arrow_format.rs
+++ b/src/arrow_format.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ impl StreamingFormat<RecordBatch> for ArrowRecordBatchIpcStreamFormat {
     fn to_bytes_stream<'a, 'b>(
         &'a self,
         stream: BoxStream<'b, RecordBatch>,
+        _: &'a StreamBodyAsOptions,
     ) -> BoxStream<'b, Result<axum::body::Bytes, axum::Error>> {
         fn write_batch(
             ipc_data_gen: &mut IpcDataGenerator,
@@ -110,11 +111,13 @@ impl StreamingFormat<RecordBatch> for ArrowRecordBatchIpcStreamFormat {
         Box::pin(batch_stream.chain(append_stream))
     }
 
-    fn http_response_trailers(&self) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
+    fn http_response_trailers(&self, options: &StreamBodyAsOptions) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
         let mut header_map = HeaderMap::new();
         header_map.insert(
             http::header::CONTENT_TYPE,
-            http::header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/vnd.apache.arrow.stream"),
+            options.content_type.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                http::header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/vnd.apache.arrow.stream")
+            }),
         );
         Some(header_map)
     }
diff --git a/src/csv_format.rs b/src/csv_format.rs
index e62466e..1161758 100644
--- a/src/csv_format.rs
+++ b/src/csv_format.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ where
     fn to_bytes_stream<'a, 'b>(
         &'a self,
         stream: BoxStream<'b, T>,
+        _: &'a StreamBodyAsOptions,
     ) -> BoxStream<'b, Result<axum::body::Bytes, axum::Error>> {
         let stream_with_header = self.has_headers;
         let stream_delimiter = self.delimiter;
@@ -131,11 +132,14 @@ where
         })
     }
 
-    fn http_response_trailers(&self) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
+    fn http_response_trailers(&self, options: &StreamBodyAsOptions) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
         let mut header_map = HeaderMap::new();
         header_map.insert(
             http::header::CONTENT_TYPE,
-            http::header::HeaderValue::from_static("text/csv"),
+            options
+                .content_type
+                .clone()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| http::header::HeaderValue::from_static("text/csv")),
         );
         Some(header_map)
     }
diff --git a/src/json_formats.rs b/src/json_formats.rs
index aa45624..6e818cf 100644
--- a/src/json_formats.rs
+++ b/src/json_formats.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ where
     fn to_bytes_stream<'a, 'b>(
         &'a self,
         stream: BoxStream<'b, T>,
+        _: &'a StreamBodyAsOptions,
     ) -> BoxStream<'b, Result<axum::body::Bytes, axum::Error>> {
         let stream_bytes: BoxStream<Result<axum::body::Bytes, axum::Error>> = Box::pin({
             stream.enumerate().map(|(index, obj)| {
@@ -115,11 +116,14 @@ where
         Box::pin(prepend_stream.chain(stream_bytes.chain(append_stream)))
     }
 
-    fn http_response_trailers(&self) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
+    fn http_response_trailers(&self, options: &StreamBodyAsOptions) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
         let mut header_map = HeaderMap::new();
         header_map.insert(
             http::header::CONTENT_TYPE,
-            http::header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/json"),
+            options
+                .content_type
+                .clone()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| http::header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/json")),
         );
         Some(header_map)
     }
@@ -140,6 +144,7 @@ where
     fn to_bytes_stream<'a, 'b>(
         &'a self,
         stream: BoxStream<'b, T>,
+        _: &'a StreamBodyAsOptions,
     ) -> BoxStream<'b, Result<axum::body::Bytes, axum::Error>> {
         Box::pin({
             stream.map(|obj| {
@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@ where
         })
     }
 
-    fn http_response_trailers(&self) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
+    fn http_response_trailers(&self, _: &StreamBodyAsOptions) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
         let mut header_map = HeaderMap::new();
         header_map.insert(
             http::header::CONTENT_TYPE,
@@ -398,12 +403,6 @@ mod tests {
             my_array: Vec<TestItemStructure>,
         }
 
-        #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
-        struct TestEmptyEnvelopeStructure {
-            #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
-            my_array: Vec<TestItemStructure>,
-        }
-
         let test_stream_vec = vec![
             TestItemStructure {
                 foo: "bar".to_string()
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9bb9072..84937f5 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ mod stream_format;
 pub use stream_format::*;
 
 mod stream_body_as;
+pub use self::stream_body_as::HttpHeaderValue;
 pub use self::stream_body_as::StreamBodyAs;
 pub use self::stream_body_as::StreamBodyAsOptions;
 
diff --git a/src/protobuf_format.rs b/src/protobuf_format.rs
index 44ec022..5889f7b 100644
--- a/src/protobuf_format.rs
+++ b/src/protobuf_format.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ where
     fn to_bytes_stream<'a, 'b>(
         &'a self,
         stream: BoxStream<'b, T>,
+        _: &'a StreamBodyAsOptions,
     ) -> BoxStream<'b, Result<axum::body::Bytes, axum::Error>> {
         fn write_protobuf_record<T>(obj: T) -> Result<Vec<u8>, axum::Error>
         where
@@ -43,11 +44,13 @@ where
         })
     }
 
-    fn http_response_trailers(&self) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
+    fn http_response_trailers(&self, options: &StreamBodyAsOptions) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
         let mut header_map = HeaderMap::new();
         header_map.insert(
             http::header::CONTENT_TYPE,
-            http::header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/x-protobuf-stream"),
+            options.content_type.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                http::header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/x-protobuf-stream")
+            }),
         );
         Some(header_map)
     }
diff --git a/src/stream_body_as.rs b/src/stream_body_as.rs
index 6cdba16..3373aa5 100644
--- a/src/stream_body_as.rs
+++ b/src/stream_body_as.rs
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ impl<'a> StreamBodyAs<'a> {
         S: Stream<Item = T> + 'a + Send,
     {
         Self {
-            stream: Self::create_stream_frames(&stream_format, stream, options),
-            headers: stream_format.http_response_trailers(),
+            stream: Self::create_stream_frames(&stream_format, stream, &options),
+            headers: stream_format.http_response_trailers(&options),
         }
     }
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl<'a> StreamBodyAs<'a> {
     fn create_stream_frames<S, T, FMT>(
         stream_format: &FMT,
         stream: S,
-        options: StreamBodyAsOptions,
+        options: &StreamBodyAsOptions,
     ) -> BoxStream<'a, Result<Frame<axum::body::Bytes>, axum::Error>>
     where
         FMT: StreamingFormat<T>,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl<'a> StreamBodyAs<'a> {
     {
         match (options.buffering_ready_items, options.buffering_bytes) {
             (Some(buffering_ready_items), _) => stream_format
-                .to_bytes_stream(Box::pin(stream))
+                .to_bytes_stream(Box::pin(stream), options)
                 .ready_chunks(buffering_ready_items)
                 .map(|chunks| {
                     let mut buf = BytesMut::new();
@@ -84,12 +84,11 @@ impl<'a> StreamBodyAs<'a> {
                 })
                 .boxed(),
             (_, Some(buffering_bytes)) => {
-                let bytes_stream =
-                    stream_format
-                        .to_bytes_stream(Box::pin(stream))
-                        .chain(futures::stream::once(futures::future::ready(Ok(
-                            bytes::Bytes::new(),
-                        ))));
+                let bytes_stream = stream_format
+                    .to_bytes_stream(Box::pin(stream), options)
+                    .chain(futures::stream::once(futures::future::ready(Ok(
+                        bytes::Bytes::new(),
+                    ))));
 
                 bytes_stream
                     .scan(
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ impl<'a> StreamBodyAs<'a> {
                     .boxed()
             }
             (None, None) => stream_format
-                .to_bytes_stream(Box::pin(stream))
+                .to_bytes_stream(Box::pin(stream), options)
                 .map(|res| res.map(Frame::data))
                 .boxed(),
         }
@@ -147,9 +146,12 @@ impl<'a> HttpBody for StreamBodyAs<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+pub type HttpHeaderValue = http::header::HeaderValue;
+
 pub struct StreamBodyAsOptions {
     pub buffering_ready_items: Option<usize>,
     pub buffering_bytes: Option<usize>,
+    pub content_type: Option<HttpHeaderValue>,
 }
 
 impl StreamBodyAsOptions {
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ impl StreamBodyAsOptions {
         Self {
             buffering_ready_items: None,
             buffering_bytes: None,
+            content_type: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -169,6 +172,11 @@ impl StreamBodyAsOptions {
         self.buffering_bytes = Some(ready_bytes);
         self
     }
+
+    pub fn content_type(mut self, content_type: HttpHeaderValue) -> Self {
+        self.content_type = Some(content_type);
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/stream_format.rs b/src/stream_format.rs
index e91c789..beb8c33 100644
--- a/src/stream_format.rs
+++ b/src/stream_format.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::StreamBodyAsOptions;
 use futures::stream::BoxStream;
 use http::HeaderMap;
 
@@ -5,7 +6,8 @@ pub trait StreamingFormat<T> {
     fn to_bytes_stream<'a, 'b>(
         &'a self,
         stream: BoxStream<'b, T>,
+        options: &'a StreamBodyAsOptions,
     ) -> BoxStream<'b, Result<axum::body::Bytes, axum::Error>>;
 
-    fn http_response_trailers(&self) -> Option<HeaderMap>;
+    fn http_response_trailers(&self, options: &StreamBodyAsOptions) -> Option<HeaderMap>;
 }
diff --git a/src/text_format.rs b/src/text_format.rs
index 766d47f..c519af6 100644
--- a/src/text_format.rs
+++ b/src/text_format.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ impl StreamingFormat<String> for TextStreamFormat {
     fn to_bytes_stream<'a, 'b>(
         &'a self,
         stream: BoxStream<'b, String>,
+        _: &'a StreamBodyAsOptions,
     ) -> BoxStream<'b, Result<axum::body::Bytes, axum::Error>> {
         fn write_text_record(obj: String) -> Result<Vec<u8>, axum::Error> {
             let obj_vec = obj.as_bytes().to_vec();
@@ -27,11 +28,13 @@ impl StreamingFormat<String> for TextStreamFormat {
         Box::pin(stream.map(move |obj| write_text_record(obj).map(|data| data.into())))
     }
 
-    fn http_response_trailers(&self) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
+    fn http_response_trailers(&self, options: &StreamBodyAsOptions) -> Option<HeaderMap> {
         let mut header_map = HeaderMap::new();
         header_map.insert(
             http::header::CONTENT_TYPE,
-            http::header::HeaderValue::from_static("text/plain; charset=utf-8"),
+            options.content_type.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                http::header::HeaderValue::from_static("text/plain; charset=utf-8")
+            }),
         );
         Some(header_map)
     }