diff --git a/include/zephyr/net/http/server.h b/include/zephyr/net/http/server.h
index d493e5b3251e..7bfb60938435 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/net/http/server.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/net/http/server.h
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ struct http_resource_detail {
 
 	/** Content encoding of the resource. */
 	const char *content_encoding;
+
+	/** Content type of the resource. */
+	const char *content_type;
 };
 
 /** @cond INTERNAL_HIDDEN */
diff --git a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_server_http1.c b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_server_http1.c
index 799485f537c2..d718c37bc350 100644
--- a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_server_http1.c
+++ b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_server_http1.c
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ static int handle_http1_static_resource(
 {
 #define RESPONSE_TEMPLATE			\
 	"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"			\
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"		\
+	"%s%s\r\n"				\
 	"Content-Length: %d\r\n"
 
 	/* Add couple of bytes to total response */
 	char http_response[sizeof(RESPONSE_TEMPLATE) +
 			   sizeof("Content-Encoding: 01234567890123456789\r\n") +
+			   sizeof("Content-Type: \r\n") + HTTP_SERVER_MAX_CONTENT_TYPE_LEN +
 			   sizeof("xxxx") +
 			   sizeof("\r\n")];
 	const char *data;
@@ -51,10 +52,17 @@ static int handle_http1_static_resource(
 		    static_detail->common.content_encoding[0] != '\0') {
 			snprintk(http_response, sizeof(http_response),
 				 RESPONSE_TEMPLATE "Content-Encoding: %s\r\n\r\n",
+				 "Content-Type: ",
+				 static_detail->common.content_type == NULL ?
+				 "text/html" : static_detail->common.content_type,
 				 len, static_detail->common.content_encoding);
 		} else {
 			snprintk(http_response, sizeof(http_response),
-				 RESPONSE_TEMPLATE "\r\n", len);
+				 RESPONSE_TEMPLATE "\r\n",
+				 "Content-Type: ",
+				 static_detail->common.content_type == NULL ?
+				 "text/html" : static_detail->common.content_type,
+				 len);
 		}
 
 		ret = http_server_sendall(client, http_response,
@@ -74,12 +82,28 @@ static int handle_http1_static_resource(
 
 #define RESPONSE_TEMPLATE_CHUNKED			\
 	"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"				\
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"			\
+	"%s%s\r\n"					\
 	"Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n"
 
 #define RESPONSE_TEMPLATE_DYNAMIC			\
 	"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"				\
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n\r\n"		\
+	"%s%s\r\n\r\n"
+
+#define SEND_RESPONSE(_template, _content_type)	({			\
+	char http_response[sizeof(_template) +				\
+			   sizeof("Content-Type: \r\n") +		\
+			   HTTP_SERVER_MAX_CONTENT_TYPE_LEN +		\
+			   sizeof("xxxx") +				\
+			   sizeof("\r\n")];				\
+	snprintk(http_response, sizeof(http_response),			\
+		 _template "\r\n",					\
+		 "Content-Type: ",					\
+		 _content_type == NULL ?				\
+		 "text/html" : _content_type);				\
+	ret = http_server_sendall(client, http_response,		\
+				  strnlen(http_response,		\
+					  sizeof(_template) - 1));	\
+	ret; })
 
 static int dynamic_get_req(struct http_resource_detail_dynamic *dynamic_detail,
 			   struct http_client_ctx *client)
@@ -89,8 +113,8 @@ static int dynamic_get_req(struct http_resource_detail_dynamic *dynamic_detail,
 	char *ptr;
 	char tmp[TEMP_BUF_LEN];
 
-	ret = http_server_sendall(client, RESPONSE_TEMPLATE_CHUNKED,
-				  sizeof(RESPONSE_TEMPLATE_CHUNKED) - 1);
+	ret = SEND_RESPONSE(RESPONSE_TEMPLATE_CHUNKED,
+			    dynamic_detail->common.content_type);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -167,8 +191,8 @@ static int dynamic_post_req(struct http_resource_detail_dynamic *dynamic_detail,
 	}
 
 	if (!client->headers_sent) {
-		ret = http_server_sendall(client, RESPONSE_TEMPLATE_CHUNKED,
-			sizeof(RESPONSE_TEMPLATE_CHUNKED) - 1);
+		ret = SEND_RESPONSE(RESPONSE_TEMPLATE_CHUNKED,
+				    dynamic_detail->common.content_type);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			return ret;
 		}
@@ -266,9 +290,8 @@ static int handle_http1_dynamic_resource(
 	switch (client->method) {
 	case HTTP_HEAD:
 		if (user_method & BIT(HTTP_HEAD)) {
-			ret = http_server_sendall(
-					client, RESPONSE_TEMPLATE_DYNAMIC,
-					sizeof(RESPONSE_TEMPLATE_DYNAMIC) - 1);
+			ret = SEND_RESPONSE(RESPONSE_TEMPLATE_DYNAMIC,
+					    dynamic_detail->common.content_type);
 			if (ret < 0) {
 				return ret;
 			}
diff --git a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_server_http2.c b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_server_http2.c
index 3948401057f7..b455340bf389 100644
--- a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_server_http2.c
+++ b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_server_http2.c
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ static void encode_frame_header(uint8_t *buf, uint32_t payload_len,
 
 static int send_headers_frame(struct http_client_ctx *client,
 			      enum http_status status, uint32_t stream_id,
-			      const char *content_encoding, uint8_t flags)
+			      struct http_resource_detail *detail_common,
+			      uint8_t flags)
 {
 	uint8_t headers_frame[64];
 	uint8_t status_str[4];
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ static int send_headers_frame(struct http_client_ctx *client,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (content_encoding != NULL) {
+	if (detail_common && detail_common->content_encoding != NULL) {
 		ret = add_header_field(client, &buf, &buflen, "content-encoding",
 				       "gzip");
 		if (ret < 0) {
@@ -176,6 +177,14 @@ static int send_headers_frame(struct http_client_ctx *client,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (detail_common && detail_common->content_type != NULL) {
+		ret = add_header_field(client, &buf, &buflen, "content-type",
+				       detail_common->content_type);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
 	payload_len = sizeof(headers_frame) - buflen - HTTP_SERVER_FRAME_HEADER_SIZE;
 	flags |= HTTP_SERVER_FLAG_END_HEADERS;
 
@@ -349,7 +358,7 @@ static int handle_http2_static_resource(
 	content_len = static_detail->static_data_len;
 
 	ret = send_headers_frame(client, HTTP_200_OK, frame->stream_identifier,
-				 static_detail->common.content_encoding, 0);
+				 &static_detail->common, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		LOG_DBG("Cannot write to socket (%d)", ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -375,7 +384,7 @@ static int dynamic_get_req_v2(struct http_resource_detail_dynamic *dynamic_detai
 	char *ptr;
 
 	ret = send_headers_frame(client, HTTP_200_OK, frame->stream_identifier,
-				 dynamic_detail->common.content_encoding, 0);
+				 &dynamic_detail->common, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		LOG_DBG("Cannot write to socket (%d)", ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -481,7 +490,7 @@ static int dynamic_post_req_v2(struct http_resource_detail_dynamic *dynamic_deta
 			if (!client->headers_sent) {
 				ret = send_headers_frame(
 					client, HTTP_200_OK, frame->stream_identifier,
-					dynamic_detail->common.content_encoding, 0);
+					&dynamic_detail->common, 0);
 				if (ret < 0) {
 					LOG_DBG("Cannot write to socket (%d)", ret);
 					return ret;
@@ -518,7 +527,7 @@ static int dynamic_post_req_v2(struct http_resource_detail_dynamic *dynamic_deta
 			 */
 			ret = send_headers_frame(
 				client, HTTP_200_OK, frame->stream_identifier,
-				dynamic_detail->common.content_encoding,
+				&dynamic_detail->common,
 				HTTP_SERVER_FLAG_END_STREAM);
 			if (ret < 0) {
 				LOG_DBG("Cannot write to socket (%d)", ret);