diff --git a/encodingapi/request/json_request.py b/encodingapi/request/json_request.py
index 1d27fe1..badedfe 100644
--- a/encodingapi/request/json_request.py
+++ b/encodingapi/request/json_request.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ def build(self,
               data=None):
 
         if data is not None:
+      
+            self.request[constants.ENCODING_API_REQUEST_TYPE]['notify_format'] = self.request_type
 
             for k,v in data.items():
                     self.request[constants.ENCODING_API_REQUEST_TYPE][k] = v
diff --git a/encodingapi/request/xml_request.py b/encodingapi/request/xml_request.py
index aaed2b9..9c0145a 100644
--- a/encodingapi/request/xml_request.py
+++ b/encodingapi/request/xml_request.py
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ def build(self,
         
         if data is not None:
 
+            element = lxml.etree.Element('notify_format')
+            element.text = self.request_type
+            self.request.append(element)
+
             for k,v in data.items():
                 if isinstance(v, list):
                     for item in v: