diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilder.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilder.java
index f95408cdd3..390d593f02 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilder.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 
 import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.CookieManager;
+import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.FormEncodingType;
 import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.WebClient;
 import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.WebRequest;
 import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.util.NameValuePair;
@@ -234,6 +235,12 @@ final class HtmlUnitRequestBuilder implements RequestBuilder, Mergeable {
 
 	private void contentType(MockHttpServletRequest request) {
 		String contentType = header("Content-Type");
+		if (contentType == null) {
+			FormEncodingType encodingType = this.webRequest.getEncodingType();
+			if (encodingType != null) {
+				contentType = encodingType.getName();
+			}
+		}
 		request.setContentType(contentType != null ? contentType : MediaType.ALL_VALUE);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilderTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilderTests.java
index 027dfaf6e6..f3505e9f40 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/htmlunit/HtmlUnitRequestBuilderTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 
+import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.FormEncodingType;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.http.auth.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
 
@@ -150,6 +151,18 @@ public class HtmlUnitRequestBuilderTests {
 		assertThat(actualRequest.getHeader("Content-Type"), equalTo(contentType));
 	}
 
+	@Test // SPR-14916
+	public void buildRequestContentTypeWithFormSubmission() {
+		webRequest.setEncodingType(FormEncodingType.URL_ENCODED);
+
+		MockHttpServletRequest actualRequest = requestBuilder.buildRequest(servletContext);
+
+		assertThat(actualRequest.getContentType(), equalTo("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
+		assertThat(actualRequest.getHeader("Content-Type"),
+				equalTo("application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=ISO-8859-1"));
+	}
+
+
 	@Test
 	public void buildRequestContextPathUsesFirstSegmentByDefault() {
 		String contextPath = requestBuilder.buildRequest(servletContext).getContextPath();