diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/jsonapi/helpers/request.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/jsonapi/helpers/request.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f73420f101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/jsonapi/helpers/request.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Module dependencies
+ */
+
+// Public node modules.
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
+/**
+ * JSON API helper
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+
+  default: {},
+
+  /**
+   * Parse request
+   */
+
+  parse: function (ctx) {}
+};
diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/jsonapi/index.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/jsonapi/index.js
index 73b47c7689..f81821e2d7 100644
--- a/lib/configuration/hooks/jsonapi/index.js
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/jsonapi/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 // Public node modules.
 const _ = require('lodash');
+const request = require('./helpers/request');
 const response = require('./helpers/response');
 
 /**
@@ -64,6 +65,18 @@ module.exports = function (strapi) {
       strapi.app.use(interceptor);
 
       cb();
+    },
+
+    parse: function * (next) {
+      // Verify Content-Type header
+      if (this.request.type !== 'application/vnd.api+json') {
+        this.status = 406;
+        this.body = '';
+      }
+
+      request.parse(this);
+
+      yield next;
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/router/index.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/router/index.js
index ad2a5bdd91..5bda18178e 100644
--- a/lib/configuration/hooks/router/index.js
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/router/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 
 // Local utilities.
 const regex = require('../../../../util/regex');
+const JSONAPI = require('../jsonapi')();
 
 /**
  * Router hook
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ module.exports = function (strapi) {
 
             // Add the `globalPolicy`.
             policies.push(globalPolicy(endpoint, value, route));
+            policies.push(JSONAPI.parse);
 
             if (_.isArray(value.policies) && !_.isEmpty(value.policies)) {
               _.forEach(value.policies, function (policy) {