diff --git a/system/core/Output.php b/system/core/Output.php
index 9bf818e..673ceb0 100755
--- a/system/core/Output.php
+++ b/system/core/Output.php
@@ -220,6 +220,24 @@
 		$this->headers[] = array($header, TRUE);
 		return $this;
 	}
+	
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get Current Content Type Header
+	 * Return text/html if Content-Type is not set
+	 *
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	public function get_current_content_type()
+	{
+			foreach($this->headers as $header){
+				if(preg_match('/^Content-Type/', $header[0])){
+					return str_replace('Content-Type: ', '', $header[0]);
+				}
+			}
+			return 'text/html';
+	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/output.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/output.rst
index 2cf7c08..8cd5ff8 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/output.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/output.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@
 .. important:: Make sure any non-mime string you pass to this method
 	exists in config/mimes.php or it will have no effect.
 
+$this->output->get_current_content_type();
+====================================
+
+Get the current mime-type of your page and return 'text/html' by default.
+
+	$this->output->get_current_content_type();
+
 $this->output->get_output();
 =============================