diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WebServer/src/ESP8266WebServer.cpp b/libraries/ESP8266WebServer/src/ESP8266WebServer.cpp
index 2aac608083..7d48e3769b 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266WebServer/src/ESP8266WebServer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266WebServer/src/ESP8266WebServer.cpp
@@ -407,6 +407,14 @@ void ESP8266WebServer::send(int code, const char* content_type, const String& co
       sendContent(content);
 }
 
+void ESP8266WebServer::send(int code, const char* content_type, const char* content, size_t contentLength) {
+  String header;
+  _prepareHeader(header, code, content_type, contentLength);
+  sendContent(header);
+
+  sendContent(content, contentLength);
+}
+
 void ESP8266WebServer::send_P(int code, PGM_P content_type, PGM_P content) {
     size_t contentLength = 0;
 
@@ -458,6 +466,20 @@ void ESP8266WebServer::sendContent(const String& content) {
   }
 }
 
+void ESP8266WebServer::sendContent(const char* content, size_t contentLength) {
+  const size_t unit_size = HTTP_DOWNLOAD_UNIT_SIZE;
+
+  while (contentLength) {
+    size_t will_send = (contentLength < unit_size) ? contentLength : unit_size;
+    size_t sent = _currentClient.write(content, will_send);
+    if (sent == 0) {
+      break;
+    }
+    contentLength -= sent;
+    content += sent;
+  }
+}
+
 void ESP8266WebServer::sendContent_P(PGM_P content) {
   sendContent_P(content, strlen_P(content));
 }
diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WebServer/src/ESP8266WebServer.h b/libraries/ESP8266WebServer/src/ESP8266WebServer.h
index 10e9a5666f..49f28e3c73 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266WebServer/src/ESP8266WebServer.h
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266WebServer/src/ESP8266WebServer.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ class ESP8266WebServer
   // content - actual content body
   void send(int code, const char* content_type = NULL, const String& content = String(""));
   void send(int code, char* content_type, const String& content);
+  void send(int code, const char* content_type, const char* content, size_t contentLength);
   void send(int code, const String& content_type, const String& content);
   void send_P(int code, PGM_P content_type, PGM_P content);
   void send_P(int code, PGM_P content_type, PGM_P content, size_t contentLength);
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ class ESP8266WebServer
   void setContentLength(const size_t contentLength);
   void sendHeader(const String& name, const String& value, bool first = false);
   void sendContent(const String& content);
+  void sendContent(const char* content, size_t contentLength);
   void sendContent_P(PGM_P content);
   void sendContent_P(PGM_P content, size_t size);