diff --git a/lib/httparrot/delete_handler.ex b/lib/httparrot/delete_handler.ex
index 41c173a..4fd45eb 100644
--- a/lib/httparrot/delete_handler.ex
+++ b/lib/httparrot/delete_handler.ex
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ defmodule HTTParrot.DeleteHandler do
   alias HTTParrot.GeneralRequestInfo
   use HTTParrot.Cowboy, methods: ~w(DELETE)
 
+  def content_types_provided(req, state) do
+    {[{{"application", "json", []}, :get_json}], req, state}
+  end
+
   def delete_resource(req, state) do
     {info, req} = GeneralRequestInfo.retrieve(req)
     req = :cowboy_req.set_resp_body(response(info), req)