diff --git a/rowers/imports.py b/rowers/imports.py
index 44453c72..c1e150cc 100644
--- a/rowers/imports.py
+++ b/rowers/imports.py
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ def imports_do_refresh_token(refreshtoken,oauth_data,access_token=''):
 	       'Accept': 'application/json',
 	       'Content-Type': oauth_data['content_type']}
 
+    # for Strava
+    if 'grant_type' in oauth_data:
+        if oauth_data['grant_type']:
+            post_data['grant_type'] = oauth_data['grant_type']
+        else:
+            grant_type = post_data.pop('grant_type',None)
+
     if oauth_data['bearer_auth']:        
         headers['authorization'] = 'Bearer %s' % access_token
 
@@ -193,6 +200,13 @@ def imports_get_token(
 	           'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                    'user-agent': 'sanderroosendaal'}
 
+    if 'grant_type' in oauth_data:
+        if oauth_data['grant_type']:
+            post_data['grant_type'] = oauth_data['grant_type']
+        else:
+            grant_type = post_data.pop('grant_type',None)
+
+            
     if 'json' in oauth_data['content_type']:
         response = requests.post(
             base_uri,
diff --git a/rowers/stravastuff.py b/rowers/stravastuff.py
index de47568d..32587db8 100644
--- a/rowers/stravastuff.py
+++ b/rowers/stravastuff.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ oauth_data = {
     'expirydatename': '',
     'bearer_auth': True,
     'base_url': "https://www.strava.com/oauth/token",
+    'grant_type': None,
     }