diff --git a/lib/src/binding_coap/coap_client.dart b/lib/src/binding_coap/coap_client.dart
index 0bf5a828..b9b7d818 100644
--- a/lib/src/binding_coap/coap_client.dart
+++ b/lib/src/binding_coap/coap_client.dart
@@ -531,12 +531,10 @@ final class CoapClient implements ProtocolClient {
   }
 
   @override
-  Future<Content> requestThingDescription(Uri url) async =>
-      // TODO(JKRhb): Implement a different method here.
-      _sendDiscoveryRequest(
+  Future<Content> requestThingDescription(Uri url) async => _sendRequest(
         url,
         coap.RequestMethod.get,
         form: null,
-        format: coap.CoapMediaType.applicationTdJson,
+        accept: coap.CoapMediaType.applicationTdJson,
       );
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/binding_http/http_client.dart b/lib/src/binding_http/http_client.dart
index c3909ff6..b2b3aeeb 100644
--- a/lib/src/binding_http/http_client.dart
+++ b/lib/src/binding_http/http_client.dart
@@ -328,8 +328,16 @@ final class HttpClient implements ProtocolClient {
   }
 
   @override
-  Future<Content> requestThingDescription(Uri url) {
-    // TODO: implement requestThingDescription
-    throw UnimplementedError();
+  Future<Content> requestThingDescription(Uri url) async {
+    final request = Request(HttpRequestMethod.get.methodName, url);
+    const tdContentType = 'application/td+json';
+    request.headers['Accept'] = tdContentType;
+
+    final response = await _client.send(request);
+
+    return Content(
+      response.headers['Content-Type'] ?? tdContentType,
+      response.stream,
+    );
   }
 }