diff --git a/pagination/http.go b/pagination/http.go
index 31cde49..dd2c2d7 100644
--- a/pagination/http.go
+++ b/pagination/http.go
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/racker/perigee"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
 )
 
 // LastHTTPResponse stores generic information derived from an HTTP response.
+// This exists primarily because the body of an http.Response can only be used once.
 type LastHTTPResponse struct {
 	url.URL
 	http.Header
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@
 		return LastHTTPResponse{}, err
 	}
 
-	if resp.Header.Get("Content-Type") == "application/json" {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"), "application/json") {
 		err = json.Unmarshal(rawBody, &parsedBody)
 		if err != nil {
 			return LastHTTPResponse{}, err
@@ -46,9 +48,14 @@
 }
 
 // Request performs a Perigee request and extracts the http.Response from the result.
-func Request(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, url string) (http.Response, error) {
+func Request(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, headers map[string]string, url string) (http.Response, error) {
+	h := client.Provider.AuthenticatedHeaders()
+	for key, value := range headers {
+		h[key] = value
+	}
+
 	resp, err := perigee.Request("GET", url, perigee.Options{
-		MoreHeaders: client.Provider.AuthenticatedHeaders(),
+		MoreHeaders: h,
 		OkCodes:     []int{200, 204},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pagination/pager.go b/pagination/pager.go
index 52ebb96..806d98a 100644
--- a/pagination/pager.go
+++ b/pagination/pager.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 	client *gophercloud.ServiceClient
 
 	createPage func(r LastHTTPResponse) Page
+
+	// Headers supplies additional HTTP headers to populate on each paged request.
+	Headers map[string]string
 }
 
 // NewPager constructs a manually-configured pager.
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@
 }
 
 func (p Pager) fetchNextPage(url string) (Page, error) {
-	resp, err := Request(p.client, url)
+	resp, err := Request(p.client, p.Headers, url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}