diff --git a/src/services/RedocNormalizedOptions.ts b/src/services/RedocNormalizedOptions.ts
index acccfe4c84..f1a7373ce3 100644
--- a/src/services/RedocNormalizedOptions.ts
+++ b/src/services/RedocNormalizedOptions.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ export interface RedocRawOptions {
   untrustedSpec?: boolean | string;
   hideLoading?: boolean | string;
   hideDownloadButton?: boolean | string;
+
+  unstable_ignoreMimeParameters?: boolean;
 }
 
 function argValueToBoolean(val?: string | boolean): boolean {
@@ -92,6 +94,9 @@ export class RedocNormalizedOptions {
   untrustedSpec: boolean;
   hideDownloadButton: boolean;
 
+  /* tslint:disable-next-line */
+  unstable_ignoreMimeParameters: boolean;
+
   constructor(raw: RedocRawOptions) {
     this.theme = resolveTheme(mergeObjects({} as any, defaultTheme, raw.theme || {}));
     this.scrollYOffset = RedocNormalizedOptions.normalizeScrollYOffset(raw.scrollYOffset);
@@ -103,5 +108,7 @@ export class RedocNormalizedOptions {
     this.pathInMiddlePanel = argValueToBoolean(raw.pathInMiddlePanel);
     this.untrustedSpec = argValueToBoolean(raw.untrustedSpec);
     this.hideDownloadButton = argValueToBoolean(raw.hideDownloadButton);
+
+    this.unstable_ignoreMimeParameters = argValueToBoolean(raw.unstable_ignoreMimeParameters);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/models/MediaContent.ts b/src/services/models/MediaContent.ts
index bd126a21d8..dd3cc30001 100644
--- a/src/services/models/MediaContent.ts
+++ b/src/services/models/MediaContent.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ import { action, computed, observable } from 'mobx';
 import { OpenAPIMediaType } from '../../types';
 import { MediaTypeModel } from './MediaType';
 
+import { mergeSimilarMediaTypes } from '../../utils';
 import { OpenAPIParser } from '../OpenAPIParser';
 import { RedocNormalizedOptions } from '../RedocNormalizedOptions';
 
 /**
  * MediaContent model ready to be sued by React components
- * Contains multiple MediaTypes and keeps track of the currently active on
+ * Contains multiple MediaTypes and keeps track of the currently active one
  */
 export class MediaContentModel {
   mediaTypes: MediaTypeModel[];
@@ -20,10 +21,13 @@ export class MediaContentModel {
    */
   constructor(
     public parser: OpenAPIParser,
-    info: { [mime: string]: OpenAPIMediaType },
+    info: Dict<OpenAPIMediaType>,
     public isRequestType: boolean,
     options: RedocNormalizedOptions,
   ) {
+    if (options.unstable_ignoreMimeParameters) {
+      info = mergeSimilarMediaTypes(info);
+    }
     this.mediaTypes = Object.keys(info).map(name => {
       const mime = info[name];
       // reset deref cache just in case something is left there
diff --git a/src/utils/openapi.ts b/src/utils/openapi.ts
index 188e52f840..e5ef887264 100644
--- a/src/utils/openapi.ts
+++ b/src/utils/openapi.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { OpenAPIParser } from '../services/OpenAPIParser';
-import { OpenAPIOperation, OpenAPIParameter, OpenAPISchema, Referenced } from '../types';
+import {
+  OpenAPIMediaType,
+  OpenAPIOperation,
+  OpenAPIParameter,
+  OpenAPISchema,
+  Referenced,
+} from '../types';
 
 export function getStatusCodeType(statusCode: string | number, defaultAsError = false): string {
   if (statusCode === 'default') {
@@ -199,4 +205,20 @@ export function mergeParams(
   return pathParams.concat(operationParams);
 }
 
+export function mergeSimilarMediaTypes(types: Dict<OpenAPIMediaType>): Dict<OpenAPIMediaType> {
+  const mergedTypes = {};
+  Object.keys(types).forEach(name => {
+    const mime = types[name];
+    // ignore content type parameters (e.g. charset) and merge
+    const normalizedMimeName = name.split(';')[0].trim();
+    if (!mergedTypes[normalizedMimeName]) {
+      mergedTypes[normalizedMimeName] = mime;
+      return;
+    }
+    mergedTypes[normalizedMimeName] = { ...mergedTypes[normalizedMimeName], ...mime };
+  });
+
+  return mergedTypes;
+}
+
 export const SECURITY_SCHEMES_SECTION = 'section/Authentication/';