diff --git a/lib/browser/browser-layer.js b/lib/browser/browser-layer.js
index d13123ae..f6c3c85e 100644
--- a/lib/browser/browser-layer.js
+++ b/lib/browser/browser-layer.js
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ function sendRequestXhr(request, xhr) {
 function createRequestXhr(request, accessToken) {
   var url = request.url(accessToken);
   var xhr = new window.XMLHttpRequest();
+  xhr.responseType = ["arraybuffer", "blob", "document", "json", "text"].includes(request.responseType) ? request.responseType : ""
+  
   xhr.open(request.method, url);
   Object.keys(request.headers).forEach(function(key) {
     xhr.setRequestHeader(key, request.headers[key]);