diff --git a/CHANGES/2549.feature b/CHANGES/2549.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..680d8a1e63b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/2549.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Make the `aiohttp.ClientResponse.get_encoding` method public with
+the processing of invalid charset while detecting content encoding.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 6a50505ef96..51f79744bc4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ Ludovic Gasc
 Lukasz Marcin Dobrzanski
 Makc Belousow
 Manuel Miranda
+Marat Sharafutdinov
 Marco Paolini
 Mariano Anaya
 Martin Melka
diff --git a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
index 35695de98cc..d6429d6531e 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
+import codecs
 import collections
 import io
 import json
@@ -756,11 +757,16 @@ async def read(self):
 
         return self._content
 
-    def _get_encoding(self):
+    def get_encoding(self):
         ctype = self.headers.get(hdrs.CONTENT_TYPE, '').lower()
         mimetype = helpers.parse_mimetype(ctype)
 
         encoding = mimetype.parameters.get('charset')
+        if encoding:
+            try:
+                codecs.lookup(encoding)
+            except LookupError:
+                encoding = None
         if not encoding:
             if mimetype.type == 'application' and mimetype.subtype == 'json':
                 # RFC 7159 states that the default encoding is UTF-8.
@@ -778,7 +784,7 @@ async def text(self, encoding=None, errors='strict'):
             await self.read()
 
         if encoding is None:
-            encoding = self._get_encoding()
+            encoding = self.get_encoding()
 
         return self._content.decode(encoding, errors=errors)
 
@@ -803,7 +809,7 @@ async def json(self, *, encoding=None, loads=json.loads,
             return None
 
         if encoding is None:
-            encoding = self._get_encoding()
+            encoding = self.get_encoding()
 
         return loads(stripped.decode(encoding))
 
diff --git a/docs/client_reference.rst b/docs/client_reference.rst
index a91c9241424..572a3567229 100644
--- a/docs/client_reference.rst
+++ b/docs/client_reference.rst
@@ -1162,6 +1162,14 @@ Response object
        A namedtuple with request URL and headers from :class:`ClientRequest`
        object, :class:`aiohttp.RequestInfo` instance.
 
+   .. method:: get_encoding()
+
+      Automatically detect content encoding using ``charset`` info in
+      ``Content-Type`` HTTP header. If this info is not exists or there
+      are no appropriate codecs for encoding then :term:`cchardet` /
+      :term:`chardet` is used.
+      
+      .. versionadded:: 3.0
 
 
 ClientWebSocketResponse
diff --git a/tests/test_client_response.py b/tests/test_client_response.py
index 4765265e058..602691cc5ab 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_response.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_response.py
@@ -256,12 +256,12 @@ def side_effect(*args, **kwargs):
         'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
     content = response.content = mock.Mock()
     content.read.side_effect = side_effect
-    response._get_encoding = mock.Mock()
+    response.get_encoding = mock.Mock()
 
     res = await response.text(encoding='cp1251')
     assert res == '{"тест": "пройден"}'
     assert response._connection is None
-    assert not response._get_encoding.called
+    assert not response.get_encoding.called
 
 
 async def test_text_detect_encoding(loop, session):
@@ -283,6 +283,26 @@ def side_effect(*args, **kwargs):
     assert response._connection is None
 
 
+async def test_text_detect_encoding_if_invalid_charset(loop, session):
+    response = ClientResponse('get', URL('http://def-cl-resp.org'))
+    response._post_init(loop, session)
+
+    def side_effect(*args, **kwargs):
+        fut = loop.create_future()
+        fut.set_result('{"тест": "пройден"}'.encode('cp1251'))
+        return fut
+
+    response.headers = {'Content-Type': 'text/plain;charset=invalid'}
+    content = response.content = mock.Mock()
+    content.read.side_effect = side_effect
+
+    await response.read()
+    res = await response.text()
+    assert res == '{"тест": "пройден"}'
+    assert response._connection is None
+    assert response.get_encoding().lower() == 'windows-1251'
+
+
 async def test_text_after_read(loop, session):
     response = ClientResponse('get', URL('http://def-cl-resp.org'))
     response._post_init(loop, session)
@@ -372,12 +392,12 @@ def side_effect(*args, **kwargs):
         'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=utf8'}
     content = response.content = mock.Mock()
     content.read.side_effect = side_effect
-    response._get_encoding = mock.Mock()
+    response.get_encoding = mock.Mock()
 
     res = await response.json(encoding='cp1251')
     assert res == {'тест': 'пройден'}
     assert response._connection is None
-    assert not response._get_encoding.called
+    assert not response.get_encoding.called
 
 
 @pytest.mark.xfail
@@ -398,7 +418,7 @@ def test_get_encoding_unknown(loop, session):
     response.headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
     with mock.patch('aiohttp.client_reqrep.chardet') as m_chardet:
         m_chardet.detect.return_value = {'encoding': None}
-        assert response._get_encoding() == 'utf-8'
+        assert response.get_encoding() == 'utf-8'
 
 
 def test_raise_for_status_2xx():