diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/ContentTypeRange.java b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/ContentTypeRange.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba86afa484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/ContentTypeRange.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http.javadsl.model;
+
+/**
+ * A data structure that combines an acceptable media range and an acceptable charset range into
+ * one structure to be used with unmarshalling.
+ */
+public abstract class ContentTypeRange {
+    public abstract MediaRange mediaRange();
+
+    public abstract HttpCharsetRange charsetRange();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if this range includes the given content type.
+     */
+    public abstract boolean matches(ContentType contentType);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a ContentType instance which fits this range.
+     */
+    public abstract ContentType specimen();
+}
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/util/JavaMapping.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/util/JavaMapping.scala
index 325de26860..cf28c4e357 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/util/JavaMapping.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/util/JavaMapping.scala
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ private[http] object JavaMapping {
   implicit object DateTime extends Inherited[jm.DateTime, akka.http.scaladsl.model.DateTime]
 
   implicit object ContentType extends Inherited[jm.ContentType, sm.ContentType]
+  implicit object ContentTypeRange extends Inherited[jm.ContentTypeRange, sm.ContentTypeRange]
   implicit object Host extends Inherited[jm.Host, sm.Uri.Host]
   implicit object HttpCharset extends Inherited[jm.HttpCharset, sm.HttpCharset]
   implicit object HttpCharsetRange extends Inherited[jm.HttpCharsetRange, sm.HttpCharsetRange]
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/ContentType.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/ContentType.scala
index d5840514ae..25fc0b6b80 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/ContentType.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/ContentType.scala
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import akka.japi.{ Option ⇒ JOption }
 import akka.http.javadsl.{ model ⇒ jm }
 import akka.http.impl.util.JavaMapping.Implicits._
 
-final case class ContentTypeRange(mediaRange: MediaRange, charsetRange: HttpCharsetRange) extends ValueRenderable {
-  def matches(contentType: ContentType) =
+final case class ContentTypeRange(mediaRange: MediaRange, charsetRange: HttpCharsetRange) extends jm.ContentTypeRange with ValueRenderable {
+  def matches(contentType: jm.ContentType) =
     mediaRange.matches(contentType.mediaType) && charsetRange.matches(contentType.charset)
 
   def render[R <: Rendering](r: R): r.type = charsetRange match {