diff --git a/changelog.yaml b/changelog.yaml
index 47ae919..96e7938 100644
--- a/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelog.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     - "Add `--scheduled-at` option to `toot post`, allows scheduling toots"
     - "Add `--description` option to `toot post`, for adding descriptions to media attachments (thanks @ansuz)"
     - "Add `--mentions` option to `toot notifications` to show only mentions (thanks @alexwennerberg)"
+    - "Add `--content-type` option to `toot post` to allow specifying mime type, used on Pleroma (thanks Sandra Snan)"
     - "Allow post IDs to be strings as used on Pleroma (thanks Sandra Snan)"
     - "TUI: Allow posts longer than 500 characters if so configured on the server (thanks Sandra Snan)"
     - "Allow piping the password to login_cli for testing purposes (thanks @NinjaTrappeur)"
diff --git a/toot/api.py b/toot/api.py
index da5f6f0..a499a7b 100644
--- a/toot/api.py
+++ b/toot/api.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ def post_status(
     in_reply_to_id=None,
     language=None,
     scheduled_at=None,
+    content_type=None,
 ):
     """
     Posts a new status.
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ def post_status(
     # if the request is retried.
     headers = {"Idempotency-Key": uuid.uuid4().hex}
 
-    return http.post(app, user, '/api/v1/statuses', {
+    params = {
         'status': status,
         'media_ids[]': media_ids,
         'visibility': visibility,
@@ -112,7 +113,12 @@ def post_status(
         'in_reply_to_id': in_reply_to_id,
         'language': language,
         'scheduled_at': scheduled_at
-    }, headers=headers).json()
+    }
+
+    if content_type:
+        params['content_type'] = content_type
+
+    return http.post(app, user, '/api/v1/statuses', params, headers=headers).json()
 
 
 def delete_status(app, user, status_id):
diff --git a/toot/commands.py b/toot/commands.py
index 7d8e37e..36109be 100644
--- a/toot/commands.py
+++ b/toot/commands.py
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ def post(app, user, args):
         in_reply_to_id=args.reply_to,
         language=args.language,
         scheduled_at=args.scheduled_at,
+        content_type=args.content_type
     )
 
     if "scheduled_at" in response:
diff --git a/toot/console.py b/toot/console.py
index 6a004ca..e90a808 100644
--- a/toot/console.py
+++ b/toot/console.py
@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@ POST_COMMANDS = [
                 "help": "ISO 8601 Datetime at which to schedule a status. Must "
                         "be at least 5 minutes in the future.",
             }),
+            (["-t", "--content-type"], {
+                "type": str,
+                "help": "MIME type for the status text (not supported on all instances)",
+            }),
         ],
         require_auth=True,
     ),