diff --git a/Pleroma/Pleroma.cs b/Pleroma/Pleroma.cs
index ebb597b..e77736a 100644
--- a/Pleroma/Pleroma.cs
+++ b/Pleroma/Pleroma.cs
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ public class Pleroma
     /// Posts a status.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="content">Text content of the status.</param>
+    /// <param name="content_type">The MIME type of the <paramref name="content"/>.</param>
     /// <param name="sensitive">Mark status and attached media as sensitive?</param>
     /// <param name="expiresIn">The number of seconds the posted activity should expire in. When a posted activity expires it will be deleted from the server, and a delete request for it will be federated. This needs to be longer than an hour.</param>
     /// <param name="replyTo">ID of the status being replied to, if status is a reply</param>
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ public class Pleroma
     /// <exception cref="HttpRequestException">Thrown if something goes wrong while publishing the status.</exception>
     /// <returns>The newly published status if posting was successful.</returns>
     public Task<Status> PostStatus(string? content = null,
+                                   string content_type = "text/plain",
                                    bool sensitive = false,
                                    int? expiresIn = null,
                                    StatusID? replyTo = null,
@@ -264,8 +266,8 @@ public class Pleroma
                 writer.WritePropertyName("status");
                 writer.WriteStringValue(content);
 
-                writer.WritePropertyName("content-type");
-                writer.WriteStringValue("text/plain");
+                writer.WritePropertyName("content_type");
+                writer.WriteStringValue(content_type);
             }
 
             if (sensitive)