diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5d6e3cd9abb..cde6e511881 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ CHANGES
 
 - Added session's `raise_for_status` parameter, automatically calls raise_for_status() on any request. #1724
 
+- `response.json()` raises `ClientReponseError` exception if response's
+  content type does not match #1723
+
 - Cleanup timer and loop handle on any client exception.
 
 
diff --git a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
index cb78147e460..423347fa531 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 from multidict import CIMultiDict, CIMultiDictProxy, MultiDict, MultiDictProxy
 from yarl import URL
 
-import aiohttp
-
 from . import hdrs, helpers, http, payload
+from .client_exceptions import (ClientConnectionError, ClientOSError,
+                                ClientResponseError)
 from .formdata import FormData
 from .helpers import PY_35, HeadersMixin, SimpleCookie, TimerNoop, noop
 from .http import SERVER_SOFTWARE, HttpVersion10, HttpVersion11, PayloadWriter
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ def write_bytes(self, writer, conn):
 
             yield from writer.write_eof()
         except OSError as exc:
-            new_exc = aiohttp.ClientOSError(
+            new_exc = ClientOSError(
                 exc.errno,
                 'Can not write request body for %s' % self.url)
             new_exc.__context__ = exc
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ def release(self):
 
     def raise_for_status(self):
         if 400 <= self.status:
-            raise aiohttp.ClientResponseError(
+            raise ClientResponseError(
                 code=self.status,
                 message=self.reason,
                 headers=self.headers)
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ def _notify_content(self):
         content = self.content
         if content and content.exception() is None and not content.is_eof():
             content.set_exception(
-                aiohttp.ClientConnectionError('Connection closed'))
+                ClientConnectionError('Connection closed'))
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
     def wait_for_close(self):
@@ -671,15 +671,19 @@ def text(self, encoding=None, errors='strict'):
         return self._content.decode(encoding, errors=errors)
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
-    def json(self, *, encoding=None, loads=json.loads):
+    def json(self, *, encoding=None, loads=json.loads,
+             content_type='application/json'):
         """Read and decodes JSON response."""
         if self._content is None:
             yield from self.read()
 
-        ctype = self.headers.get(hdrs.CONTENT_TYPE, '').lower()
-        if 'json' not in ctype:
-            client_logger.warning(
-                'Attempt to decode JSON with unexpected mimetype: %s', ctype)
+        if content_type:
+            ctype = self.headers.get(hdrs.CONTENT_TYPE, '').lower()
+            if content_type not in ctype:
+                raise ClientResponseError(
+                    message=('Attempt to decode JSON with '
+                             'unexpected mimetype: %s' % ctype),
+                    headers=self.headers)
 
         stripped = self._content.strip()
         if not stripped:
diff --git a/docs/client_reference.rst b/docs/client_reference.rst
index c47d15cf34f..75fe7347416 100644
--- a/docs/client_reference.rst
+++ b/docs/client_reference.rst
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ The client session supports the context manager protocol for self closing.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 1.0
 
-      ``.cookies`` attribute was dropped. Use :attr:`cookie_jar`
+   ``.cookies`` attribute was dropped. Use :attr:`cookie_jar`
       instead.
 
    .. attribute:: closed
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ Response object
 
       :return str: decoded *BODY*
 
-   .. comethod:: json(encoding=None, loads=json.loads)
+   .. comethod:: json(encoding=None, loads=json.loads, content_type='application/json')
 
       Read response's body as *JSON*, return :class:`dict` using
       specified *encoding* and *loader*.
@@ -1033,8 +1033,9 @@ Response object
       using :term:`cchardet` or :term:`chardet` as fallback if
       *cchardet* is not available.
 
-      Close underlying connection if data reading gets an error,
-      release connection otherwise.
+      if response's `content-type` does not match `content_type` parameter
+      :exc:`aiohttp.ClientResponseError` get raised. To disable content type
+      check pass ``None`` value.
 
       :param str encoding: text encoding used for *BODY* decoding, or
                            ``None`` for encoding autodetection
@@ -1043,9 +1044,13 @@ Response object
       :param callable loads: :func:`callable` used for loading *JSON*
                              data, :func:`json.loads` by default.
 
+      :param str content_type: specify response's content-type, if content type
+         does not match raise :exc:`aiohttp.ClientResponseError`.
+         To disable `content-type` check, pass ``None`` as value.
+         (default: `application/json`).
+
       :return: *BODY* as *JSON* data parsed by *loads* parameter or
-               ``None`` if *BODY* is empty or contains white-spaces
-               only.
+               ``None`` if *BODY* is empty or contains white-spaces only.
 
 
 ClientWebSocketResponse
diff --git a/docs/migration.rst b/docs/migration.rst
index c3145aa6afc..650a2d67e71 100644
--- a/docs/migration.rst
+++ b/docs/migration.rst
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ Various
 
 5. `ClientResponse.raise_for_status()` raises :exc:`aiohttp.ClientResponseError` exception
 
-6. `ClientSession.close()` is a regular function returning None, not a coroutine.
+6. `ClientResponse.json()` is strict about response's content type, is content type
+   does not match it raises :exc:`aiohttp.ClientResponseError` exception.
+   To disable content type check you can pass ``None`` as `content_type` parameter.
+
+7. `ClientSession.close()` is a regular function returning None, not a coroutine.
 
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_client_functional.py b/tests/test_client_functional.py
index 75fc743a42e..9a53e202133 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_functional.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_functional.py
@@ -646,14 +646,14 @@ def handler(request):
         resp = web.StreamResponse(headers={'content-length': '100'})
         yield from resp.prepare(request)
         yield from resp.drain()
-        yield from asyncio.sleep(0.1, loop=loop)
+        yield from asyncio.sleep(0.2, loop=loop)
         return resp
 
     app = web.Application(loop=loop)
     app.router.add_route('GET', '/', handler)
     client = yield from test_client(app)
 
-    resp = yield from client.get('/', timeout=0.01)
+    resp = yield from client.get('/', timeout=0.05)
 
     with pytest.raises(asyncio.TimeoutError):
         yield from resp.read()
diff --git a/tests/test_client_response.py b/tests/test_client_response.py
index 0449c5132f5..8ae7140082a 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_response.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_response.py
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ def test_repr_non_ascii_reason():
         in repr(response)
 
 
+def test_url_obj_deprecated():
+    response = ClientResponse('get', URL('http://fake-host.org/'))
+    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
+        response.url_obj
+
+
 @asyncio.coroutine
 def test_read_and_release_connection(loop):
     response = ClientResponse('get', URL('http://def-cl-resp.org'))
@@ -314,13 +320,11 @@ def test_json_no_content(loop):
         'Content-Type': 'data/octet-stream'}
     response._content = b''
 
-    with mock.patch('aiohttp.client_reqrep.client_logger') as m_log:
-        res = yield from response.json()
+    with pytest.raises(aiohttp.ClientResponseError):
+        yield from response.json()
 
+    res = yield from response.json(content_type=None)
     assert res is None
-    m_log.warning.assert_called_with(
-        'Attempt to decode JSON with unexpected mimetype: %s',
-        'data/octet-stream')
 
 
 @asyncio.coroutine