diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index 7ce29c3a7be0..d28f9fc2101d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public static function createFromGlobals()
     {
         $request = new static($_GET, $_POST, array(), $_COOKIE, $_FILES, $_SERVER);
 
-        if (0 === strpos($request->server->get('CONTENT_TYPE'), 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
+        if (0 === strpos($request->headers->get('CONTENT_TYPE'), 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
             && in_array(strtoupper($request->server->get('REQUEST_METHOD', 'GET')), array('PUT', 'DELETE', 'PATCH'))
         ) {
             parse_str($request->getContent(), $data);
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ public function setRequestFormat($format)
      */
     public function getContentType()
     {
-        return $this->getFormat($this->server->get('CONTENT_TYPE'));
+        return $this->getFormat($this->headers->get('CONTENT_TYPE'));
     }
 
     /**