diff --git a/internal/weldr/api.go b/internal/weldr/api.go
index 55dd816bd..d00491640 100644
--- a/internal/weldr/api.go
+++ b/internal/weldr/api.go
@@ -313,17 +313,25 @@ func (api *API) sourceNewHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Reque
 	}
 
 	contentType := request.Header["Content-Type"]
-	if len(contentType) != 1 || contentType[0] != "application/json" {
+	if len(contentType) == 0 {
 		errors := responseError{
 			ID:  "HTTPError",
-			Msg: "Internal Server Error",
+			Msg: "malformed Content-Type header",
 		}
-		statusResponseError(writer, http.StatusInternalServerError, errors)
+		statusResponseError(writer, http.StatusBadRequest, errors)
 		return
 	}
 
 	var source store.SourceConfig
-	err := json.NewDecoder(request.Body).Decode(&source)
+	var err error
+	if contentType[0] == "application/json" {
+		err = json.NewDecoder(request.Body).Decode(&source)
+	} else if contentType[0] == "text/x-toml" {
+		_, err = toml.DecodeReader(request.Body, &source)
+	} else {
+		err = errors.New("blueprint must be in json or toml format")
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		errors := responseError{
 			Code: http.StatusBadRequest,
@@ -1052,7 +1060,7 @@ func (api *API) blueprintsNewHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.R
 	}
 
 	contentType := request.Header["Content-Type"]
-	if len(contentType) != 1 {
+	if len(contentType) == 0 {
 		errors := responseError{
 			ID:  "BlueprintsError",
 			Msg: "missing Content-Type header",
diff --git a/internal/weldr/api_test.go b/internal/weldr/api_test.go
index 8c0e1020b..a04a27ea3 100644
--- a/internal/weldr/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/weldr/api_test.go
@@ -594,6 +594,29 @@ func TestSourcesNew(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSourcesNewToml(t *testing.T) {
+	source := `
+name = "fish"
+url = "https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/shells:/fish:/release:/3/Fedora_29/"
+type = "yum-baseurl"
+check_ssl = false
+check_gpg = false
+`
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/api/v0/projects/source/new", bytes.NewReader([]byte(source)))
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "text/x-toml")
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	api, _ := createWeldrAPI(rpmmd_mock.BaseFixture)
+	api.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
+
+	r := recorder.Result()
+	if r.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected status %v", r.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	test.SendHTTP(api, true, "DELETE", "/api/v0/projects/source/delete/fish", ``)
+}
+
 func TestSourcesDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	var cases = []struct {
 		Method         string