diff --git a/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpConstants.java b/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpConstants.java
index 3850cd3f..b86534a3 100644
--- a/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpConstants.java
+++ b/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpConstants.java
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ public class HttpConstants {
     public static final String ACCEPT_ENCODING_IDENTITY = "identity";
     public static final String OC_FILE_REMOTE_ID = "OC-FileId";
 
+    /***********************************************************************************************************
+     ************************************************ CONTENT TYPES ********************************************
+     ***********************************************************************************************************/
+
+    public static final String CONTENT_TYPE_XML = "application/xml";
+    public static final String CONTENT_TYPE_JSON = "application/json";
+    public static final String CONTENT_TYPE_WWW_FORM = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
+
     /***********************************************************************************************************
      ************************************************ STATUS CODES *********************************************
      ***********************************************************************************************************/
diff --git a/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/LogBuilder.kt b/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/LogBuilder.kt
index c85f4fd5..c0ca4fb0 100644
--- a/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/LogBuilder.kt
+++ b/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/LogBuilder.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
  */
 package com.owncloud.android.lib.common.http
 
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.http.HttpConstants.CONTENT_TYPE_JSON
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.http.HttpConstants.CONTENT_TYPE_WWW_FORM
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.http.HttpConstants.CONTENT_TYPE_XML
+import okhttp3.MediaType
 import timber.log.Timber
 import java.util.Locale
 
@@ -45,3 +49,17 @@ enum class NetworkNode {
 
     override fun toString(): String = super.toString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)
 }
+
+/**
+ * Check whether a media type is loggable.
+ *
+ * @return true if its type is text, xml, json, or x-www-form-urlencoded.
+ */
+fun MediaType?.isLoggable(): Boolean =
+    this?.let { mediaType ->
+        val mediaTypeString = mediaType.toString()
+        (mediaType.type == "text" ||
+                mediaTypeString.contains(CONTENT_TYPE_XML) ||
+                mediaTypeString.contains(CONTENT_TYPE_JSON) ||
+                mediaTypeString.contains(CONTENT_TYPE_WWW_FORM))
+    } ?: false
diff --git a/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/LogInterceptor.kt b/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/LogInterceptor.kt
index 30860f54..a6f5dd74 100644
--- a/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/LogInterceptor.kt
+++ b/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/LogInterceptor.kt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class LogInterceptor : Interceptor {
             logHttp(REQUEST, BODY, requestId, "Type: ${requestBody.contentType()}")
             logHttp(REQUEST, BODY, requestId, "--> Body start for request")
 
-            if (buffer.isProbablyUtf8()) {
+            if (contentType.isLoggable()) {
                 if (requestBody.contentLength() < LIMIT_BODY_LOG) {
                     logHttp(REQUEST, BODY, requestId, buffer.readString(charset))
                 } else {
@@ -137,7 +137,25 @@ class LogInterceptor : Interceptor {
             source.request(LIMIT_BODY_LOG)
             val buffer = source.buffer
 
-            if (!buffer.isProbablyUtf8()) {
+            if (contentType.isLoggable()) {
+
+                if (responseBody.contentLength() < LIMIT_BODY_LOG) {
+                    logHttp(RESPONSE, BODY, requestId, buffer.clone().readString(charset))
+                } else {
+                    logHttp(RESPONSE, BODY, requestId, buffer.clone().readString(LIMIT_BODY_LOG, charset))
+                }
+                logHttp(
+                    RESPONSE,
+                    BODY,
+                    requestId,
+                    "<-- Body end for response -- Omitted: ${
+                        max(
+                            0,
+                            responseBody.contentLength() - LIMIT_BODY_LOG
+                        )
+                    } bytes"
+                )
+            } else {
                 logHttp(
                     RESPONSE,
                     BODY,
@@ -145,18 +163,6 @@ class LogInterceptor : Interceptor {
                     "<-- Body end for response -- Binary -- Omitted: ${responseBody.contentLength()} bytes"
                 )
             }
-
-            if (responseBody.contentLength() < LIMIT_BODY_LOG) {
-                logHttp(RESPONSE, BODY, requestId, buffer.clone().readString(charset))
-            } else {
-                logHttp(RESPONSE, BODY, requestId, buffer.clone().readString(LIMIT_BODY_LOG, charset))
-            }
-            logHttp(
-                RESPONSE,
-                BODY,
-                requestId,
-                "<-- Body end for response -- Omitted: ${max(0, responseBody.contentLength() - LIMIT_BODY_LOG)} bytes"
-            )
         } ?: logHttp(RESPONSE, BODY, requestId, "Empty body")
     }
 
diff --git a/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/utf8.kt b/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/utf8.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9591e425..00000000
--- a/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/utf8.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Square, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package com.owncloud.android.lib.common.http
-
-import java.io.EOFException
-import okio.Buffer
-
-/**
- * Returns true if the body in question probably contains human readable text. Uses a small
- * sample of code points to detect unicode control characters commonly used in binary file
- * signatures.
- */
-internal fun Buffer.isProbablyUtf8(): Boolean {
-    try {
-        val prefix = Buffer()
-        val byteCount = size.coerceAtMost(64)
-        copyTo(prefix, 0, byteCount)
-        for (i in 0 until 16) {
-            if (prefix.exhausted()) {
-                break
-            }
-            val codePoint = prefix.readUtf8CodePoint()
-            if (Character.isISOControl(codePoint) && !Character.isWhitespace(codePoint)) {
-                return false
-            }
-        }
-        return true
-    } catch (_: EOFException) {
-        return false // Truncated UTF-8 sequence.
-    }
-}