diff --git a/lib/src/command/lish.dart b/lib/src/command/lish.dart
index cceee423b..3f4401581 100644
--- a/lib/src/command/lish.dart
+++ b/lib/src/command/lish.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
+import 'package:http_parser/http_parser.dart' as http_parser;
 
 import '../ascii_tree.dart' as tree;
 import '../command.dart';
@@ -87,7 +88,9 @@ class LishCommand extends PubCommand {
           request.followRedirects = false;
           request.files.add(new http.MultipartFile.fromBytes(
               'file', packageBytes,
-              filename: 'package.tar.gz'));
+              filename: 'package.tar.gz',
+              contentType: new http_parser.MediaType('application', 'gzip')));
+
           var postResponse =
               await http.Response.fromStream(await client.send(request));