diff --git a/chronos.nimble b/chronos.nimble
index 7f6f838..9266fce 100644
--- a/chronos.nimble
+++ b/chronos.nimble
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 packageName   = "chronos"
-version       = "3.0.5"
+version       = "3.0.6"
 author        = "Status Research & Development GmbH"
 description   = "Chronos"
 license       = "Apache License 2.0 or MIT"
diff --git a/chronos/apps/http/httpclient.nim b/chronos/apps/http/httpclient.nim
index efca2cd..a391dba 100644
--- a/chronos/apps/http/httpclient.nim
+++ b/chronos/apps/http/httpclient.nim
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ proc prepareRequest(request: HttpClientRequestRef): string {.
     else:
       request.headers.add(ConnectionHeader, "keep-alive")
   # We set `Accept` to accept any content if its not set.
-  discard request.headers.hasKeyOrPut(AcceptHeader, "*/*")
+  discard request.headers.hasKeyOrPut(AcceptHeaderName, "*/*")
 
   # We will send `Authorization` information only if username or password set,
   # and `Authorization` header is not present in request's headers.
diff --git a/chronos/apps/http/httpcommon.nim b/chronos/apps/http/httpcommon.nim
index 5692b0f..530b507 100644
--- a/chronos/apps/http/httpcommon.nim
+++ b/chronos/apps/http/httpcommon.nim
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const
   DateHeader* = "date"
   HostHeader* = "host"
   ConnectionHeader* = "connection"
-  AcceptHeader* = "accept"
+  AcceptHeaderName* = "accept"
   ContentLengthHeader* = "content-length"
   TransferEncodingHeader* = "transfer-encoding"
   ContentEncodingHeader* = "content-encoding"
diff --git a/chronos/apps/http/httpserver.nim b/chronos/apps/http/httpserver.nim
index 47ac280..d116a56 100644
--- a/chronos/apps/http/httpserver.nim
+++ b/chronos/apps/http/httpserver.nim
@@ -435,6 +435,82 @@ proc consumeBody*(request: HttpRequestRef): Future[void] {.async.} =
     finally:
       await closeWait(res.get())
 
+proc getAcceptInfo*(request: HttpRequestRef): Result[AcceptInfo, cstring] =
+  ## Returns value of `Accept` header as `AcceptInfo` object.
+  ##
+  ## If ``Accept`` header is missing in request headers, ``*/*`` content
+  ## type will be returned.
+  let acceptHeader = request.headers.getString(AcceptHeaderName)
+  getAcceptInfo(acceptHeader)
+
+proc preferredContentMediaType*(request: HttpRequestRef): MediaType =
+  ## Returns preferred content-type using ``Accept`` header specified by
+  ## client in request ``request``.
+  let acceptHeader = request.headers.getString(AcceptHeaderName)
+  let res = getAcceptInfo(acceptHeader)
+  if res.isErr():
+    # If `Accept` header is incorrect, client accepts any type of content.
+    MediaType.init("*", "*")
+  else:
+    let mediaTypes = res.get().data
+    if len(mediaTypes) > 0:
+      mediaTypes[0].mediaType
+    else:
+      MediaType.init("*", "*")
+
+proc preferredContentType*(request: HttpRequestRef,
+                           types: varargs[string]): Result[string, cstring] =
+  ## Match or obtain preferred content-type using ``Accept`` header specified by
+  ## client in request ``request``.
+  ##
+  ## If ``Accept`` header is missing in client's request - ``types[0]`` or
+  ## ``*/*`` value will be returned as result.
+  ##
+  ## If ``Accept`` header has incorrect format in client's request -
+  ## ``types[0]`` or ``*/*`` value will be returned as result.
+  ##
+  ## If ``Accept`` header is present and has one or more content types supported
+  ## by client, the best value will be selected from ``types`` using
+  ## quality value (weight) reported in ``Accept`` header. If client do not
+  ## support any methods in ``types`` error will be returned.
+  let acceptHeader = request.headers.getString(AcceptHeaderName)
+  if len(types) == 0:
+    if len(acceptHeader) == 0:
+      # If `Accept` header is missing, return `*/*`.
+      ok("*/*")
+    else:
+      let res = getAcceptInfo(acceptHeader)
+      if res.isErr():
+        # If `Accept` header is incorrect, client accepts any type of content.
+        ok("*/*")
+      else:
+        let mediaTypes = res.get().data
+        if len(mediaTypes) > 0:
+          ok($mediaTypes[0].mediaType)
+        else:
+          ok("*/*")
+  else:
+    if len(acceptHeader) == 0:
+      # If `Accept` header is missing, client accepts any type of content.
+      ok(types[0])
+    else:
+      let res = getAcceptInfo(acceptHeader)
+      if res.isErr():
+        # If `Accept` header is incorrect, client accepts any type of content.
+        ok(types[0])
+      else:
+        let mediaTypes =
+          block:
+            var res: seq[MediaType]
+            for item in types:
+              res.add(MediaType.init(item))
+            res
+        for item in res.get().data:
+          for expect in mediaTypes:
+            if expect == item.mediaType:
+              return ok($expect)
+        err("Preferred content type not found")
+
 proc sendErrorResponse(conn: HttpConnectionRef, version: HttpVersion,
                        code: HttpCode, keepAlive = true,
                        datatype = "text/text",
diff --git a/tests/testhttpserver.nim b/tests/testhttpserver.nim
index de7ea4e..c246783 100644
--- a/tests/testhttpserver.nim
+++ b/tests/testhttpserver.nim
@@ -855,6 +855,58 @@ suite "HTTP server testing suite":
         table.add(key, value)
       check toString(table) == vector[2]
 
+  test "Preferred Accept handling test":
+    proc createRequest(acceptHeader: string): HttpRequestRef =
+      let headers = HttpTable.init([("accept", acceptHeader)])
+      HttpRequestRef(headers: headers)
+
+    proc createRequest(): HttpRequestRef =
+      HttpRequestRef(headers: HttpTable.init())
+
+    var requests = @[
+      (
+        createRequest("application/json;q=0.9,application/octet-stream"),
+        @[
+          "application/octet-stream",
+          "application/octet-stream",
+          "application/octet-stream",
+          "application/json",
+        ]
+      ),
+      (
+        createRequest(""),
+        @[
+          "*/*",
+          "*/*",
+          "application/json",
+          "application/json"
+        ]
+      ),
+      (
+        createRequest(),
+        @[
+          "*/*",
+          "*/*",
+          "application/json",
+          "application/json"
+        ]
+      )
+    ]
+
+    for req in requests:
+      check $req[0].preferredContentMediaType() == req[1][1]
+      let r0 = req[0].preferredContentType()
+      let r1 = req[0].preferredContentType("application/json",
+                                           "application/octet-stream")
+      let r2 = req[0].preferredContentType("application/json")
+      check:
+        r0.isOk() == true
+        r1.isOk() == true
+        r2.isOk() == true
+        r0.get() == req[1][0]
+        r1.get() == req[1][2]
+        r2.get() == req[1][3]
+
   test "Leaks test":
     check:
       getTracker("async.stream.reader").isLeaked() == false