diff --git a/src/cryptojwt/key_bundle.py b/src/cryptojwt/key_bundle.py
index fee6c62d..2387f69b 100755
--- a/src/cryptojwt/key_bundle.py
+++ b/src/cryptojwt/key_bundle.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 from .jwk.rsa import RSAKey
 from .jwk.rsa import new_rsa_key
 from .utils import as_unicode
+from .utils import check_content_type
 from .utils import httpc_params_loader
 
 __author__ = "Roland Hedberg"
@@ -513,8 +514,8 @@ def _parse_remote_response(self, response):
         """
         # Check if the content type is the right one.
         try:
-            if response.headers["Content-Type"] != "application/json":
-                LOGGER.warning("Wrong Content_type (%s)", response.headers["Content-Type"])
+            if not check_content_type(response.headers["Content-Type"], "application/json"):
+                LOGGER.warning("Wrong Content_type (%s)", respeonse.headers["Content-Type"])
         except KeyError:
             pass
 
diff --git a/src/cryptojwt/utils.py b/src/cryptojwt/utils.py
index f2754eb7..0d57f803 100644
--- a/src/cryptojwt/utils.py
+++ b/src/cryptojwt/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import base64
+import cgi
 import functools
 import importlib
 import json
@@ -264,3 +265,9 @@ def httpc_params_loader(httpc_params):
     if "timeout" not in httpc_params:
         httpc_params["timeout"] = DEFAULT_HTTPC_TIMEOUT
     return httpc_params
+
+
+def check_content_type(content_type, mime_type):
+    """Return True if the content type contains the MIME type"""
+    mt, _ = cgi.parse_header(content_type)
+    return mime_type == mt
diff --git a/tests/test_31_utils.py b/tests/test_31_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d403a40d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_31_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from cryptojwt.utils import check_content_type
+
+
+def test_check_content_type():
+    assert check_content_type(content_type="application/json", mime_type="application/json") == True
+    assert (
+        check_content_type(
+            content_type="application/json; charset=utf-8", mime_type="application/json"
+        )
+        == True
+    )
+    assert (
+        check_content_type(
+            content_type="application/html; charset=utf-8", mime_type="application/json"
+        )
+        == False
+    )