diff --git a/lib/Repository.js b/lib/Repository.js
index 74452dde..931a16e8 100644
--- a/lib/Repository.js
+++ b/lib/Repository.js
@@ -784,9 +784,9 @@ class Repository extends Requestable {
       return this.getSha(branch, filePath)
          .then((response) => {
             commit.sha = response.data.sha;
-            return this._request('PUT', `/repos/${this.__fullname}/contents/${filePath}`, commit, cb);
+            return this._request('PUT', `/repos/${this.__fullname}/contents/${filePath}`, commit, cb, options.raw);
          }, () => {
-            return this._request('PUT', `/repos/${this.__fullname}/contents/${filePath}`, commit, cb);
+            return this._request('PUT', `/repos/${this.__fullname}/contents/${filePath}`, commit, cb, options.raw);
          });
    }