diff --git a/dropshot/src/api_description.rs b/dropshot/src/api_description.rs
index 51604716..f1899269 100644
--- a/dropshot/src/api_description.rs
+++ b/dropshot/src/api_description.rs
@@ -335,11 +335,31 @@ impl ApiEndpointBodyContentType {
             CONTENT_TYPE_JSON => Ok(Self::Json),
             CONTENT_TYPE_URL_ENCODED => Ok(Self::UrlEncoded),
             CONTENT_TYPE_MULTIPART_FORM_DATA => Ok(Self::MultipartFormData),
-            _ => Err(mime_type.to_string()),
+            _ => match mime_split(mime_type) {
+                // We may see content-type that is of the form
+                // application/XXX+json which means "XXX protocol serialized as
+                // JSON". A more pedantic implementation might involve a server
+                // (or subset of its API) indicating that it expects (and
+                // produces) bodies in a particular format, but for now it
+                // suffices to treat input bodies of this form as equivalent to
+                // application/json.
+                Some(("application", _, Some("json"))) => Ok(Self::Json),
+                _ => Err(mime_type.to_string()),
+            },
         }
     }
 }
 
+/// Split the mime type in to the type, subtype, and optional suffix
+/// components.
+fn mime_split(mime_type: &str) -> Option<(&str, &str, Option<&str>)> {
+    let (type_, rest) = mime_type.split_once('/')?;
+    let mut sub_parts = rest.splitn(2, '+');
+    let subtype = sub_parts.next()?;
+    let suffix = sub_parts.next();
+    Some((type_, subtype, suffix))
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ApiEndpointHeader {
     pub name: String,
diff --git a/dropshot/src/extractor/body.rs b/dropshot/src/extractor/body.rs
index 144e7415..d5dde1ff 100644
--- a/dropshot/src/extractor/body.rs
+++ b/dropshot/src/extractor/body.rs
@@ -121,15 +121,16 @@ impl ExclusiveExtractor for MultipartBody {
 
 /// Given an HTTP request, attempt to read the body, parse it according
 /// to the content type, and deserialize it to an instance of `BodyType`.
-async fn http_request_load_body<Context: ServerContext, BodyType>(
-    rqctx: &RequestContext<Context>,
+async fn http_request_load_body<BodyType>(
     request: hyper::Request<crate::Body>,
+    request_body_max_bytes: usize,
+    expected_body_content_type: &ApiEndpointBodyContentType,
 ) -> Result<TypedBody<BodyType>, HttpError>
 where
     BodyType: JsonSchema + DeserializeOwned + Send + Sync,
 {
     let (parts, body) = request.into_parts();
-    let body = StreamingBody::new(body, rqctx.request_body_max_bytes())
+    let body = StreamingBody::new(body, request_body_max_bytes)
         .into_bytes_mut()
         .await?;
 
@@ -150,14 +151,19 @@ where
         .unwrap_or(Ok(CONTENT_TYPE_JSON))?;
     let end = content_type.find(';').unwrap_or_else(|| content_type.len());
     let mime_type = content_type[..end].trim_end().to_lowercase();
-    let body_content_type =
-        ApiEndpointBodyContentType::from_mime_type(&mime_type)
-            .map_err(|e| HttpError::for_bad_request(None, e))?;
-    let expected_content_type = rqctx.endpoint.body_content_type.clone();
+    let body_content_type = ApiEndpointBodyContentType::from_mime_type(
+        &mime_type,
+    )
+    .map_err(|e| {
+        HttpError::for_bad_request(
+            None,
+            format!("unsupported content-type: {}", e),
+        )
+    })?;
 
     use ApiEndpointBodyContentType::*;
 
-    let content = match (expected_content_type, body_content_type) {
+    let content = match (expected_body_content_type, body_content_type) {
         (Json, Json) => {
             let jd = &mut serde_json::Deserializer::from_slice(&body);
             serde_path_to_error::deserialize(jd).map_err(|e| {
@@ -186,7 +192,7 @@ where
                     expected.mime_type(),
                     requested.mime_type()
                 ),
-            ))
+            ));
         }
     };
     Ok(TypedBody { inner: content })
@@ -207,7 +213,12 @@ where
         rqctx: &RequestContext<Context>,
         request: hyper::Request<crate::Body>,
     ) -> Result<TypedBody<BodyType>, HttpError> {
-        http_request_load_body(rqctx, request).await
+        http_request_load_body(
+            request,
+            rqctx.request_body_max_bytes(),
+            &rqctx.endpoint.body_content_type,
+        )
+        .await
     }
 
     fn metadata(content_type: ApiEndpointBodyContentType) -> ExtractorMetadata {
@@ -457,3 +468,32 @@ fn untyped_metadata() -> ExtractorMetadata {
         extension_mode: ExtensionMode::None,
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use schemars::JsonSchema;
+    use serde::Deserialize;
+
+    use crate::extractor::body::http_request_load_body;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_content_plus_json() {
+        #[derive(Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
+        struct TheRealScimShady {}
+
+        let body = "{}";
+        let request = hyper::Request::builder()
+            .header(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, "application/scim+json")
+            .body(crate::Body::with_content(body))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let r = http_request_load_body::<TheRealScimShady>(
+            request,
+            9000,
+            &crate::ApiEndpointBodyContentType::Json,
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        assert!(r.is_ok())
+    }
+}