diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index add7e5fb..9be3a9b4 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -128,6 +129,10 @@ func (req *Request) Write(bw *bufio.Writer) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if len(req.Content) != 0 {
+		req.Header["Content-Length"] = HeaderValue{strconv.FormatInt(int64(len(req.Content)), 10)}
+	}
+
 	err = req.Header.write(bw)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err