diff --git a/pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/kubernetes.go b/pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/kubernetes.go
index 21ce74ea0..7a8349dd6 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/kubernetes.go
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ func (p *Provider) loadConfigurationFromCRD(ctx context.Context, client Client)
 			Compress:          middleware.Spec.Compress,
 			PassTLSClientCert: middleware.Spec.PassTLSClientCert,
 			Retry:             middleware.Spec.Retry,
+			ContentType:       middleware.Spec.ContentType,
 		}
 	}