diff --git a/src/Http/Http.Extensions/src/RequestDelegateFactory.cs b/src/Http/Http.Extensions/src/RequestDelegateFactory.cs
index ab30b6aecfc8..80afaac46aad 100644
--- a/src/Http/Http.Extensions/src/RequestDelegateFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Http/Http.Extensions/src/RequestDelegateFactory.cs
@@ -558,6 +558,12 @@ private static Expression AddResponseWritingToMethodCall(Expression methodCall,
                     var feature = httpContext.Features.Get<IHttpRequestBodyDetectionFeature>();
                     if (feature?.CanHaveBody == true)
                     {
+                        if (!httpContext.Request.HasJsonContentType())
+                        {
+                            Log.UnexpectedContentType(httpContext, httpContext.Request.ContentType);
+                            httpContext.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status415UnsupportedMediaType;
+                            return;
+                        }
                         try
                         {
                             bodyValue = await httpContext.Request.ReadFromJsonAsync(bodyType);
@@ -590,6 +596,12 @@ private static Expression AddResponseWritingToMethodCall(Expression methodCall,
                     var feature = httpContext.Features.Get<IHttpRequestBodyDetectionFeature>();
                     if (feature?.CanHaveBody == true)
                     {
+                        if (!httpContext.Request.HasJsonContentType())
+                        {
+                            Log.UnexpectedContentType(httpContext, httpContext.Request.ContentType);
+                            httpContext.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status415UnsupportedMediaType;
+                            return;
+                        }
                         try
                         {
                             bodyValue = await httpContext.Request.ReadFromJsonAsync(bodyType);
@@ -603,7 +615,7 @@ private static Expression AddResponseWritingToMethodCall(Expression methodCall,
                         {
 
                             Log.RequestBodyInvalidDataException(httpContext, ex, factoryContext.ThrowOnBadRequest);
-                            httpContext.Response.StatusCode = 400;
+                            httpContext.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status400BadRequest;
                             return;
                         }
                     }
@@ -1204,6 +1216,14 @@ public static void RequiredParameterNotProvided(HttpContext httpContext, string
             [LoggerMessage(4, LogLevel.Debug, RequiredParameterNotProvidedLogMessage, EventName = "RequiredParameterNotProvided")]
             private static partial void RequiredParameterNotProvided(ILogger logger, string parameterType, string parameterName, string source);
 
+            public static void UnexpectedContentType(HttpContext httpContext, string? contentType)
+                => UnexpectedContentType(GetLogger(httpContext), contentType ?? "(none)");
+
+            [LoggerMessage(6, LogLevel.Debug,
+                "Expected a supported JSON media type but got \"{ContentType}\".",
+                EventName = "UnexpectedContentType")]
+            private static partial void UnexpectedContentType(ILogger logger, string contentType);
+
             private static ILogger GetLogger(HttpContext httpContext)
             {
                 var loggerFactory = httpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>();
diff --git a/src/Http/Http.Extensions/test/RequestDelegateFactoryTests.cs b/src/Http/Http.Extensions/test/RequestDelegateFactoryTests.cs
index 9f9fd442589b..b35764bf4490 100644
--- a/src/Http/Http.Extensions/test/RequestDelegateFactoryTests.cs
+++ b/src/Http/Http.Extensions/test/RequestDelegateFactoryTests.cs
@@ -2360,7 +2360,65 @@ public async Task CanExecuteRequestDelegateWithResultsExtension()
             Assert.False(httpContext.RequestAborted.IsCancellationRequested);
             var decodedResponseBody = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(responseBodyStream.ToArray());
             Assert.Equal(@"""Hello Tester. This is from an extension method.""", decodedResponseBody);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task RequestDelegateRejectsNonJsonContent()
+        {
+            var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
+            httpContext.Request.Headers["Content-Type"] = "application/xml";
+            httpContext.Request.Headers["Content-Length"] = "1";
+            httpContext.Features.Set<IHttpRequestBodyDetectionFeature>(new RequestBodyDetectionFeature(true));
+
+            var serviceCollection = new ServiceCollection();
+            serviceCollection.AddSingleton(LoggerFactory);
+            httpContext.RequestServices = serviceCollection.BuildServiceProvider();
+
+            var factoryResult = RequestDelegateFactory.Create((HttpContext context, Todo todo) =>
+            {
+            });
+            var requestDelegate = factoryResult.RequestDelegate;
+
+            await requestDelegate(httpContext);
+
+            Assert.Equal(415, httpContext.Response.StatusCode);
+            var logMessage = Assert.Single(TestSink.Writes);
+            Assert.Equal(new EventId(6, "UnexpectedContentType"), logMessage.EventId);
+            Assert.Equal(LogLevel.Debug, logMessage.LogLevel);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task RequestDelegateWithBindAndImplicitBodyRejectsNonJsonContent()
+        {
+            Todo originalTodo = new()
+            {
+                Name = "Write more tests!"
+            };
+
+            var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
+
+            var requestBodyBytes = JsonSerializer.SerializeToUtf8Bytes(originalTodo);
+            var stream = new MemoryStream(requestBodyBytes);
+            httpContext.Request.Body = stream;
+            httpContext.Request.Headers["Content-Type"] = "application/xml";
+            httpContext.Request.Headers["Content-Length"] = stream.Length.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            httpContext.Features.Set<IHttpRequestBodyDetectionFeature>(new RequestBodyDetectionFeature(true));
+
+            var serviceCollection = new ServiceCollection();
+            serviceCollection.AddSingleton(LoggerFactory);
+            httpContext.RequestServices = serviceCollection.BuildServiceProvider();
+
+            var factoryResult = RequestDelegateFactory.Create((HttpContext context, JsonTodo customTodo, Todo todo) =>
+            {
+            });
+            var requestDelegate = factoryResult.RequestDelegate;
+
+            await requestDelegate(httpContext);
 
+            Assert.Equal(415, httpContext.Response.StatusCode);
+            var logMessage = Assert.Single(TestSink.Writes);
+            Assert.Equal(new EventId(6, "UnexpectedContentType"), logMessage.EventId);
+            Assert.Equal(LogLevel.Debug, logMessage.LogLevel);
         }
 
         private DefaultHttpContext CreateHttpContext()
@@ -2399,6 +2457,17 @@ private class CustomTodo : Todo
             }
         }
 
+        private class JsonTodo : Todo
+        {
+            public static async ValueTask<JsonTodo?> BindAsync(HttpContext context, ParameterInfo parameter)
+            {
+                // manually call deserialize so we don't check content type
+                var body = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<JsonTodo>(context.Request.Body);
+                context.Request.Body.Position = 0;
+                return body;
+            }
+        }
+
         private record struct TodoStruct(int Id, string? Name, bool IsComplete) : ITodo;
 
         private interface ITodo