diff --git a/lib/test.js b/lib/test.js
index f8300881..59320e54 100644
--- a/lib/test.js
+++ b/lib/test.js
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class Test extends Request {
    */// eslint-disable-next-line class-methods-use-this
   _assertHeader(header, res) {
     const field = header.name;
-    const actual = res.header[field.toLowerCase()];
+    const actual = res.headers[field.toLowerCase()];
     const fieldExpected = header.value;
 
     if (typeof actual === 'undefined') return new Error('expected "' + field + '" header field');
diff --git a/test/supertest.js b/test/supertest.js
index 87acf58d..0050b0a2 100644
--- a/test/supertest.js
+++ b/test/supertest.js
@@ -774,6 +774,21 @@ describe('request(app)', function () {
         });
     });
 
+    it('should not be affected by content-type params that shadow header property', function(done) {
+      const app = express();
+
+      app.get('/', function (req, res) {
+        res.setHeader('foo', 'a');
+        res.setHeader('content-type', 'text/csv; header=present');
+        res.end();
+      });
+
+      request(app)
+        .get('/')
+        .expect('foo', 'a')
+        .end(done);
+    });
+
     describe('handling arbitrary expect functions', function () {
       let app;
       let get;