diff --git a/lib/RestClient.ts b/lib/RestClient.ts
index 19e6b4e6..2a033c8f 100644
--- a/lib/RestClient.ts
+++ b/lib/RestClient.ts
@@ -106,8 +106,16 @@ export class RestClient {
 
         let url: string = util.getUrl(resource, this._baseUrl);
         let headers: ifm.IHeaders = this._headersFromOptions(options, true);
+        let data: string;
+
+        if (headers["Content-Type"].includes("application/json")) {
+            data = JSON.stringify(resources, null, 2);
+        }
+
+        else {
+            data = resources;
+        }
 
-        let data: string = JSON.stringify(resources, null, 2);
         let res: httpm.HttpClientResponse = await this.client.post(url, data, headers);
         return this.processResponse<T>(res, options);
     }
diff --git a/test/tests/resttests.ts b/test/tests/resttests.ts
index 028f4cc8..c80718fd 100644
--- a/test/tests/resttests.ts
+++ b/test/tests/resttests.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ export interface HttpBinData {
     url: string;
     data: any;
     json: any;
-    args?: any
+    args?: any;
+    form: any;
 }
 
 describe('Rest Tests', function () {
@@ -93,6 +94,19 @@ describe('Rest Tests', function () {
         assert(restRes.result && restRes.result.json.name === 'foo');
     });
 
+    it('creates a resource with a url encoded body', async () => {
+        let options: restm.IRequestOptions = {
+            additionalHeaders: {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+            }
+        };
+        let res: string = 'body=url%20encoded%20body';
+        let restRes: restm.IRestResponse<HttpBinData> = await _restBin.create<HttpBinData>('post', res, options);
+        assert(restRes.statusCode == 200, "statusCode should be 200");
+        assert(restRes.result && restRes.result.url === 'https://httpbin.org/post');
+        assert(restRes.result && restRes.result.form.body === 'url encoded body');
+    });
+
     it('creates a resource with a baseUrl', async() => {
         let res: any = { name: 'foo' };
         let restRes: restm.IRestResponse<HttpBinData> = await _restBin.create<HttpBinData>('post', res);
diff --git a/test/units/resttests.ts b/test/units/resttests.ts
index 78c72fdc..a78edfbc 100644
--- a/test/units/resttests.ts
+++ b/test/units/resttests.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,29 @@ describe('Rest Tests', function () {
         assert(restRes.result && restRes.result.json === 'foo');
     });
 
+    it('creates a resource with a url encoded body', async () => {
+        nock('http://microsoft.com')
+            .post('/')
+            .reply(200, function (uri, requestBody) {
+                let body = decodeURI(requestBody);
+                return {
+                    url: 'http://microsoft.com/post',
+                    data: body,
+                    json: null
+                };
+            });
+        let options: restm.IRequestOptions = {
+            additionalHeaders: {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+            }
+        };
+        let res: string = 'url%20encoded%20body';
+        let restRes: restm.IRestResponse<HttpData> = await _rest.create<HttpData>('http://microsoft.com', res, options);
+        assert(restRes.statusCode == 200, "statusCode should be 200");
+        assert(restRes.result && restRes.result.url === 'http://microsoft.com/post');
+        assert(restRes.result && restRes.result.data === 'url encoded body');
+    });
+
     it('creates a resource with a baseUrl', async() => {
         nock('http://microsoft.com')
             .post('/')