diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Simulation/AgentHandlers.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Simulation/AgentHandlers.cs
index 0d7f259fc5..06392f7938 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Simulation/AgentHandlers.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Simulation/AgentHandlers.cs
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Simulation
             }
 
             Stream inputStream = request;
-            if ((httpRequest.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (httpRequest.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
+            if ((httpRequest.ContentType == "application/x-gzip" || httpRequest.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (httpRequest.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
                 inputStream = new GZipStream(inputStream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
 
             StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(inputStream, encoding);
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Simulation
             keysvals.Add("querystringkeys", querystringkeys);
 
             Stream inputStream = request;
-            if ((httpRequest.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (httpRequest.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
+            if ((httpRequest.ContentType == "application/x-gzip" || httpRequest.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (httpRequest.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
                 inputStream = new GZipStream(inputStream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
 
             Encoding encoding = Encoding.UTF8;