diff --git a/client.js b/client.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8984c44d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+var http = require('http');
+
+var times = 50;
+
+while (times--) {
+  var req = http.request({
+      port: 3000
+    , method: 'POST'
+    , headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }
+  });
+
+  req.on('response', function(res){
+    console.log(res.statusCode);
+  });
+
+  var n = 500000;
+  while (n--) {
+    req.write('foo=bar&bar=baz&');
+  }
+
+  req.write('foo=bar&bar=baz');
+
+  req.end();
+}
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diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index 54600e62..a49a16fb 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ req.is = function(type){
   var fn = this.app.is(type);
   if (fn) return fn(this);
   var contentType = this.headers['content-type'];
-  if (!contentType) return;
+  if (!contentType) return false;
   if (!~type.indexOf('/')) type = mime.lookup(type);
   if (~type.indexOf('*')) {
     type = type.split('/');
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a415de76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+var express = require('./');
+var app = express();
+
+app.use(express.logger('dev'));
+app.use(express.bodyParser());
+
+app.post('/', function(req, res){
+  res.send('done\n');
+});
+
+app.listen(3000);
+console.log('listening on port 3000');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/req.is.js b/test/req.is.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1efdd878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/req.is.js
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+
+var express = require('../')
+  , request = require('./support/http');
+
+function req(ct) {
+  var req = {
+      headers: { 'content-type': ct }
+    , app: express()
+    , __proto__: express.request
+  };
+
+  return req;
+}
+
+describe('req.is()', function(){
+  it('should ignore charset', function(){
+    req('application/json; charset=utf-8')
+    .is('json')
+    .should.be.true;
+  })
+
+  describe('when content-type is not present', function(){
+    it('should return false', function(){
+      req('')
+      .is('json')
+      .should.be.false;
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('when given an extension', function(){
+    it('should lookup the mime type', function(){
+      req('application/json')
+      .is('json')
+      .should.be.true;
+
+      req('text/html')
+      .is('json')
+      .should.be.false;
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('when given a mime type', function(){
+    it('should match', function(){
+      req('application/json')
+      .is('application/json')
+      .should.be.true;
+
+      req('image/jpeg')
+      .is('application/json')
+      .should.be.false;
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('when given */subtype', function(){
+    it('should match', function(){
+      req('application/json')
+      .is('*/json')
+      .should.be.true;
+
+      req('image/jpeg')
+      .is('*/json')
+      .should.be.false;
+    })
+
+    describe('with a charset', function(){
+      it('should match', function(){
+        req('text/html; charset=utf-8')
+        .is('*/html')
+        .should.be.true;
+
+        req('text/plain; charset=utf-8')
+        .is('*/html')
+        .should.be.false;
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('when given type/*', function(){
+    it('should match', function(){
+      req('image/png')
+      .is('image/*')
+      .should.be.true;
+
+      req('text/html')
+      .is('image/*')
+      .should.be.false;
+    })
+
+    describe('with a charset', function(){
+      it('should match', function(){
+        req('text/html; charset=utf-8')
+        .is('text/*')
+        .should.be.true;
+
+        req('something/html; charset=utf-8')
+        .is('text/*')
+        .should.be.false;
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})