diff --git a/src/assay.cc b/src/assay.cc
index 3b6e7bd8..8a33f504 100644
--- a/src/assay.cc
+++ b/src/assay.cc
@@ -664,6 +664,9 @@ int Assay::addResponseHeader(const std::string& key,
 
     this->store_variable("RESPONSE_HEADERS:" + key, value);
 
+    if (tolower(key) == "content-type") {
+        this->store_variable("RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE", value);
+    }
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -748,6 +751,10 @@ int Assay::processResponseBody() {
         store_variable("OUTBOUND_DATA_ERROR", "0");
     }
 
+    store_variable("RESPONSE_BODY", m_responseBody.str());
+    store_variable("RESPONSE_CONTENT_LENGTH",
+        std::to_string(m_responseBody.str().size()));
+
     this->m_rules->evaluate(ModSecurity::ResponseBodyPhase, this);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/test/test-cases/regression/variable-RESPONSE_BODY.json b/test/test-cases/regression/variable-RESPONSE_BODY.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a6fe2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-cases/regression/variable-RESPONSE_BODY.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[  
+  {  
+    "enabled":1,
+    "version_min":300000,
+    "title":"Testing Variables :: RESPONSE_BODY",
+    "client":{  
+      "ip":"200.249.12.31",
+      "port":123
+    },
+    "server":{  
+      "ip":"200.249.12.31",
+      "port":80
+    },
+    "request":{  
+      "headers":{  
+        "Host":"localhost",
+        "User-Agent":"curl/7.38.0",
+        "Accept":"*/*"
+      },
+      "uri":"/?key=value&key=other_value",
+      "protocol":"GET",
+      "http_version":1.1
+    },
+    "response":{  
+      "headers":{  
+        "Date":"Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:02:41 GMT",
+        "Last-Modified":"Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:33:37 GMT",
+        "Content-Type":"text/html"
+      },
+      "body":[  
+        "no need."
+      ]
+    },
+    "expected":{  
+      "debug_log":"Target value: \"no need.\" \\(Variable: RESPONSE_BODY\\)"
+    },
+    "rules":[  
+      "SecRuleEngine On",
+      "SecDebugLog \/tmp\/modsec_debug.log",
+      "SecDebugLogLevel 9",
+      "SecRule RESPONSE_BODY \"@contains test \" \"phase:4,pass,t:trim\""
+    ]
+  }
+]
+
diff --git a/test/test-cases/regression/variable-RESPONSE_CONTENT_LENGTH.json b/test/test-cases/regression/variable-RESPONSE_CONTENT_LENGTH.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fde10a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-cases/regression/variable-RESPONSE_CONTENT_LENGTH.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[  
+  {  
+    "enabled":1,
+    "version_min":300000,
+    "title":"Testing Variables :: RESPONSE_CONTENT_LENGTH",
+    "client":{  
+      "ip":"200.249.12.31",
+      "port":123
+    },
+    "server":{  
+      "ip":"200.249.12.31",
+      "port":80
+    },
+    "request":{  
+      "headers":{  
+        "Host":"localhost",
+        "User-Agent":"curl/7.38.0",
+        "Accept":"*/*"
+      },
+      "uri":"/?key=value&key=other_value",
+      "protocol":"GET",
+      "http_version":1.1
+    },
+    "response":{  
+      "headers":{  
+        "Date":"Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:02:41 GMT",
+        "Last-Modified":"Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:33:37 GMT",
+        "Content-Type":"text/html"
+      },
+      "body":[  
+        "no need."
+      ]
+    },
+    "expected":{  
+      "debug_log":"Target value: \"9\" \\(Variable: RESPONSE_CONTENT_LENGTH\\)"
+    },
+    "rules":[  
+      "SecRuleEngine On",
+      "SecDebugLog \/tmp\/modsec_debug.log",
+      "SecDebugLogLevel 9",
+      "SecRule RESPONSE_CONTENT_LENGTH \"@contains test \" \"phase:4,pass,t:trim\""
+    ]
+  }
+]
+
diff --git a/test/test-cases/regression/variable-RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE.json b/test/test-cases/regression/variable-RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..109086fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-cases/regression/variable-RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[  
+  {  
+    "enabled":1,
+    "version_min":300000,
+    "title":"Testing Variables :: RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE",
+    "client":{  
+      "ip":"200.249.12.31",
+      "port":123
+    },
+    "server":{  
+      "ip":"200.249.12.31",
+      "port":80
+    },
+    "request":{  
+      "headers":{  
+        "Host":"localhost",
+        "User-Agent":"curl/7.38.0",
+        "Accept":"*/*"
+      },
+      "uri":"/?key=value&key=other_value",
+      "protocol":"GET",
+      "http_version":1.1
+    },
+    "response":{  
+      "headers":{  
+        "Date":"Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:02:41 GMT",
+        "Last-Modified":"Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:33:37 GMT",
+        "Content-Type":"text/html"
+      },
+      "body":[  
+        "no need."
+      ]
+    },
+    "expected":{  
+      "debug_log":"Target value: \"text/html\" \\(Variable: RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE\\)"
+    },
+    "rules":[  
+      "SecRuleEngine On",
+      "SecDebugLog \/tmp\/modsec_debug.log",
+      "SecDebugLogLevel 9",
+      "SecRule RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE \"@contains test \" \"phase:3,pass,t:trim\""
+    ]
+  }
+]
+