diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index a0b6b3ea..8031a4fb 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.0.11</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.0.12</VersionPrefix>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Choose>
diff --git a/examples/WireMock.Net.Console.Proxy.Net452/Program.cs b/examples/WireMock.Net.Console.Proxy.Net452/Program.cs
index 5a0c5d52..d635c91a 100644
--- a/examples/WireMock.Net.Console.Proxy.Net452/Program.cs
+++ b/examples/WireMock.Net.Console.Proxy.Net452/Program.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using WireMock.Server;
 using WireMock.Settings;
 
@@ -8,14 +10,15 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Console.Proxy.Net452
     {
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            string[] urls = { "http://localhost:9091/", "https://localhost:9443/" };
             var server = FluentMockServer.Start(new FluentMockServerSettings
             {
-                Urls = new[] { "http://localhost:9091/", "https://localhost:9443/" },
+                Urls = urls,
                 StartAdminInterface = true,
                 ReadStaticMappings = false,
                 ProxyAndRecordSettings = new ProxyAndRecordSettings
                 {
-                    Url = "https://www.google.com",
+                    Url = "http://postman-echo.com/post",
                     //ClientX509Certificate2ThumbprintOrSubjectName = "www.yourclientcertname.com OR yourcertificatethumbprint (only if the service you're proxying to requires it)",
                     SaveMapping = true,
                     SaveMappingToFile = false,
@@ -28,6 +31,13 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Console.Proxy.Net452
                 System.Console.WriteLine(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(eventRecordArgs.NewItems, Formatting.Indented));
             };
 
+            var uri = new Uri(urls[0]);
+            var form = new MultipartFormDataContent
+            {
+                { new StringContent("data"), "test", "test.txt" }
+            };
+            new HttpClient().PostAsync(uri, form).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
             System.Console.WriteLine("Press any key to stop the server");
             System.Console.ReadKey();
             server.Stop();
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/ExactObjectMatcher.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/ExactObjectMatcher.cs
index 4f8847c7..bfe87509 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/ExactObjectMatcher.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/ExactObjectMatcher.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-using System.Linq;
-using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using System.Linq;
 using WireMock.Validation;
 
 namespace WireMock.Matchers
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ namespace WireMock.Matchers
     /// <seealso cref="IObjectMatcher" />
     public class ExactObjectMatcher : IObjectMatcher
     {
-        private readonly object _object;
-        private readonly byte[] _bytes;
+        public object ValueAsObject { get; }
+
+        public byte[] ValueAsBytes { get; }
 
         /// <inheritdoc cref="IMatcher.MatchBehaviour"/>
         public MatchBehaviour MatchBehaviour { get; }
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Matchers
         {
             Check.NotNull(value, nameof(value));
 
-            _object = value;
+            ValueAsObject = value;
             MatchBehaviour = matchBehaviour;
         }
 
@@ -54,14 +55,14 @@ namespace WireMock.Matchers
         {
             Check.NotNull(value, nameof(value));
 
-            _bytes = value;
+            ValueAsBytes = value;
             MatchBehaviour = matchBehaviour;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc cref="IObjectMatcher.IsMatch"/>
         public double IsMatch(object input)
         {
-            bool equals = _object != null ? Equals(_object, input) : _bytes.SequenceEqual((byte[])input);
+            bool equals = ValueAsObject != null ? Equals(ValueAsObject, input) : ValueAsBytes.SequenceEqual((byte[])input);
             return MatchBehaviourHelper.Convert(MatchBehaviour, MatchScores.ToScore(equals));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseMessageBuilder.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseMessageBuilder.cs
index b4903e89..7a14ffd9 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseMessageBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseMessageBuilder.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ namespace WireMock
     internal static class ResponseMessageBuilder
     {
         private static string ContentTypeJson = "application/json";
-        private static readonly IDictionary<string, WireMockList<string>> ContentTypeJsonHeaders = new Dictionary<string, WireMockList<string>> { { HttpKnownHeaderNames.ContentType, new WireMockList<string> { ContentTypeJson } } };
+        private static readonly IDictionary<string, WireMockList<string>> ContentTypeJsonHeaders = new Dictionary<string, WireMockList<string>>
+        {
+            { HttpKnownHeaderNames.ContentType, new WireMockList<string> { ContentTypeJson } }
+        };
 
         internal static ResponseMessage Create(string message, int statusCode = 200, Guid? guid = null)
         {
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Serialization/MatcherMapper.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Serialization/MatcherMapper.cs
index 53aabf27..57b128e5 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Serialization/MatcherMapper.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Serialization/MatcherMapper.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-using System;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using SimMetrics.Net;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using JetBrains.Annotations;
-using SimMetrics.Net;
 using WireMock.Admin.Mappings;
 using WireMock.Matchers;
 
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ namespace WireMock.Serialization
                 case "ExactMatcher":
                     return new ExactMatcher(matchBehaviour, stringPatterns);
 
+                case "ExactObjectMatcher":
+                    var bytePattern = Convert.FromBase64String(stringPatterns[0]);
+                    return new ExactObjectMatcher(matchBehaviour, bytePattern);
+
                 case "RegexMatcher":
                     return new RegexMatcher(matchBehaviour, stringPatterns, matcher.IgnoreCase == true);
 
@@ -73,20 +77,33 @@ namespace WireMock.Serialization
                 return null;
             }
 
-            // If the matcher is a IStringMatcher, get the patterns.
-            // If the matcher is a IValueMatcher, get the value (can be string or object).
-            // Else empty array
-            object[] patterns = matcher is IStringMatcher stringMatcher ?
-                stringMatcher.GetPatterns().Cast<object>().ToArray() :
-                matcher is IValueMatcher valueMatcher ? new[] { valueMatcher.Value } :
-                new object[0];
-            bool? ignorecase = matcher is IIgnoreCaseMatcher ignoreCaseMatcher ? ignoreCaseMatcher.IgnoreCase : (bool?)null;
+            object[] patterns = new object[0]; // Default empty array
+            switch (matcher)
+            {
+                // If the matcher is a IStringMatcher, get the patterns.
+                case IStringMatcher stringMatcher:
+                    patterns = stringMatcher.GetPatterns().Cast<object>().ToArray();
+                    break;
+
+                // If the matcher is a IValueMatcher, get the value (can be string or object).
+                case IValueMatcher valueMatcher:
+                    patterns = new[] { valueMatcher.Value };
+                    break;
+
+                // If the matcher is a ExactObjectMatcher, get the ValueAsObject or ValueAsBytes.
+                case ExactObjectMatcher exactObjectMatcher:
+                    patterns = new[] { exactObjectMatcher.ValueAsObject ?? exactObjectMatcher.ValueAsBytes };
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            bool? ignoreCase = matcher is IIgnoreCaseMatcher ignoreCaseMatcher ? ignoreCaseMatcher.IgnoreCase : (bool?)null;
+
             bool? rejectOnMatch = matcher.MatchBehaviour == MatchBehaviour.RejectOnMatch ? true : (bool?)null;
 
             return new MatcherModel
             {
                 RejectOnMatch = rejectOnMatch,
-                IgnoreCase = ignorecase,
+                IgnoreCase = ignoreCase,
                 Name = matcher.Name,
                 Pattern = patterns.Length == 1 ? patterns.First() : null,
                 Patterns = patterns.Length > 1 ? patterns : null
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
index 84fa0057..4919d031 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
@@ -277,13 +277,19 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
                 }
             });
 
-            if (requestMessage.BodyData?.DetectedBodyType == BodyType.Json)
+            switch (requestMessage.BodyData?.DetectedBodyType)
             {
-                request.WithBody(new JsonMatcher(MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch, requestMessage.BodyData.BodyAsJson));
-            }
-            else if (requestMessage.BodyData?.DetectedBodyType == BodyType.String)
-            {
-                request.WithBody(new ExactMatcher(MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch, requestMessage.BodyData.BodyAsString));
+                case BodyType.Json:
+                    request.WithBody(new JsonMatcher(MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch, requestMessage.BodyData.BodyAsJson));
+                    break;
+
+                case BodyType.String:
+                    request.WithBody(new ExactMatcher(MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch, requestMessage.BodyData.BodyAsString));
+                    break;
+
+                case BodyType.Bytes:
+                    request.WithBody(new ExactObjectMatcher(MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch, requestMessage.BodyData.BodyAsBytes));
+                    break;
             }
 
             var response = Response.Create(responseMessage);
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
index 7bd98f74..e29a05bc 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Util
     internal static class BodyParser
     {
         private static readonly Encoding DefaultEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
+        private static readonly Encoding[] SupportedBodyAsStringEncodingForMultipart = { Encoding.UTF8, Encoding.ASCII };
 
         /*
             HEAD - No defined body semantics.
@@ -91,9 +92,19 @@ namespace WireMock.Util
                 DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType = DetectBodyTypeFromContentType(contentType)
             };
 
-            // In case of MultiPart: never try to read as String but keep as-is
+            // In case of MultiPart: check if the BodyAsBytes is a valid UTF8 or ASCII string, in that case read as String else keep as-is
             if (data.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType == BodyType.MultiPart)
             {
+                if (BytesEncodingUtils.TryGetEncoding(data.BodyAsBytes, out Encoding encoding) &&
+                    SupportedBodyAsStringEncodingForMultipart.Select(x => x.Equals(encoding)).Any())
+                {
+                    data.BodyAsString = encoding.GetString(data.BodyAsBytes);
+                    data.Encoding = encoding;
+                    data.DetectedBodyType = BodyType.String;
+
+                    return data;
+                }
+
                 return data;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BytesEncodingUtils.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BytesEncodingUtils.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8635448b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BytesEncodingUtils.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace WireMock.Util
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Based on:
+    /// http://utf8checker.codeplex.com
+    /// https://github.com/0x53A/Mvvm/blob/master/src/Mvvm/src/Utf8Checker.cs
+    ///
+    /// References:
+    /// http://anubis.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/n1335
+    /// http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/ISO-10646-UTF-8.html
+    /// http://www.unicode.org/versions/corrigendum1.html
+    /// http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2279.txt
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class BytesEncodingUtils
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tries the get the Encoding from an array of bytes.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="bytes">The bytes.</param>
+        /// <param name="encoding">The output encoding.</param>
+        public static bool TryGetEncoding(byte[] bytes, out Encoding encoding)
+        {
+            encoding = null;
+            if (bytes.All(b => b < 80))
+            {
+                encoding = Encoding.ASCII;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (StartsWith(bytes, new byte[] { 0xff, 0xfe, 0x00, 0x00 }))
+            {
+                encoding = Encoding.UTF32;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (StartsWith(bytes, new byte[] { 0xfe, 0xff }))
+            {
+                encoding = Encoding.BigEndianUnicode;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (StartsWith(bytes, new byte[] { 0xff, 0xfe }))
+            {
+                encoding = Encoding.Unicode;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (StartsWith(bytes, new byte[] { 0xef, 0xbb, 0xbf }))
+            {
+                encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (IsUtf8(bytes, bytes.Length))
+            {
+                encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private static bool StartsWith(IEnumerable<byte> data, IReadOnlyCollection<byte> other)
+        {
+            byte[] arraySelf = data.Take(other.Count).ToArray();
+            return other.SequenceEqual(arraySelf);
+        }
+
+        private static bool IsUtf8(IReadOnlyList<byte> buffer, int length)
+        {
+            int position = 0;
+            int bytes = 0;
+            while (position < length)
+            {
+                if (!IsValid(buffer, position, length, ref bytes))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                position += bytes;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+#pragma warning disable S3776 // Cognitive Complexity of methods should not be too high
+        private static bool IsValid(IReadOnlyList<byte> buffer, int position, int length, ref int bytes)
+        {
+            if (length > buffer.Count)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Invalid length");
+            }
+
+            if (position > length - 1)
+            {
+                bytes = 0;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            byte ch = buffer[position];
+            if (ch <= 0x7F)
+            {
+                bytes = 1;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (ch >= 0xc2 && ch <= 0xdf)
+            {
+                if (position >= length - 2)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                if (buffer[position + 1] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 1] > 0xbf)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                bytes = 2;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (ch == 0xe0)
+            {
+                if (position >= length - 3)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                if (buffer[position + 1] < 0xa0 || buffer[position + 1] > 0xbf ||
+                    buffer[position + 2] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 2] > 0xbf)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                bytes = 3;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (ch >= 0xe1 && ch <= 0xef)
+            {
+                if (position >= length - 3)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                if (buffer[position + 1] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 1] > 0xbf ||
+                    buffer[position + 2] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 2] > 0xbf)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                bytes = 3;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (ch == 0xf0)
+            {
+                if (position >= length - 4)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                if (buffer[position + 1] < 0x90 || buffer[position + 1] > 0xbf ||
+                    buffer[position + 2] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 2] > 0xbf ||
+                    buffer[position + 3] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 3] > 0xbf)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                bytes = 4;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (ch == 0xf4)
+            {
+                if (position >= length - 4)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                if (buffer[position + 1] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 1] > 0x8f ||
+                    buffer[position + 2] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 2] > 0xbf ||
+                    buffer[position + 3] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 3] > 0xbf)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                bytes = 4;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (ch >= 0xf1 && ch <= 0xf3)
+            {
+                if (position >= length - 4)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                if (buffer[position + 1] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 1] > 0xbf ||
+                    buffer[position + 2] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 2] > 0xbf ||
+                    buffer[position + 3] < 0x80 || buffer[position + 3] > 0xbf)
+                {
+                    bytes = 0;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                bytes = 4;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+#pragma warning restore S3776 // Cognitive Complexity of methods should not be too high
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.Proxy.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.Proxy.cs
index 95fd452a..bef5e04f 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.Proxy.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.Proxy.cs
@@ -290,6 +290,36 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             Check.That(response.Content.Headers.GetValues("Content-Type")).ContainsExactly("application/json; charset=utf-8");
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task FluentMockServer_Proxy_Should_set_Body_in_multipart_proxied_response()
+        {
+            // Assign
+            string path = $"/prx_{Guid.NewGuid().ToString()}";
+            var serverForProxyForwarding = FluentMockServer.Start();
+            serverForProxyForwarding
+                .Given(Request.Create().WithPath(path))
+                .RespondWith(Response.Create()
+                    .WithBodyAsJson(new { i = 42 })
+            );
+
+            var server = FluentMockServer.Start();
+            server
+                .Given(Request.Create().WithPath(path))
+                .RespondWith(Response.Create().WithProxy(serverForProxyForwarding.Urls[0]));
+
+            // Act
+            var uri = new Uri($"{server.Urls[0]}{path}");
+            var form = new MultipartFormDataContent
+            {
+                { new StringContent("data"), "test", "test.txt" }
+            };
+            var response = await new HttpClient().PostAsync(uri, form);
+
+            // Assert
+            string content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+            Check.That(content).IsEqualTo("{\"i\":42}");
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task FluentMockServer_Proxy_Should_Not_overrule_AdminMappings()
         {
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Serialization/MatcherModelMapperTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Serialization/MatcherModelMapperTests.cs
index 86a8a6a4..860571d5 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Serialization/MatcherModelMapperTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Serialization/MatcherModelMapperTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-using System;
-using NFluent;
+using NFluent;
+using System;
 using WireMock.Admin.Mappings;
 using WireMock.Matchers;
 using WireMock.Serialization;
@@ -53,6 +53,23 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests.Serialization
             Check.That(matcher.GetPatterns()).ContainsExactly("x", "y");
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void MatcherModelMapper_Map_ExactObjectMatcher_Pattern()
+        {
+            // Assign
+            var model = new MatcherModel
+            {
+                Name = "ExactObjectMatcher",
+                Patterns = new object[] { "c3RlZg==" }
+            };
+
+            // Act
+            var matcher = (ExactObjectMatcher)MatcherMapper.Map(model);
+
+            // Assert
+            Check.That(matcher.ValueAsBytes).ContainsExactly(new byte[] { 115, 116, 101, 102 });
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void MatcherModelMapper_Map_RegexMatcher()
         {
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs
index a5425b2a..62fa4ebb 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests.Util
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_ContentTypeMultipart()
+        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_WithUTF8EncodingAndContentTypeMultipart_DetectedBodyTypeEqualsString()
         {
             // Arrange
             string contentType = "multipart/form-data";
@@ -80,6 +80,26 @@ Content-Type: text/html
             // Act
             var result = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
 
+            // Assert
+            Check.That(result.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.String);
+            Check.That(result.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.MultiPart);
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsJson).IsNull();
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsString).IsNotNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_WithUTF16EncodingAndContentTypeMultipart_DetectedBodyTypeEqualsString()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            string contentType = "multipart/form-data";
+            string body = char.ConvertFromUtf32(0x1D161); //U+1D161 = MUSICAL SYMBOL SIXTEENTH NOTE
+
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF32.GetBytes(body));
+
+            // Act
+            var result = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
+
             // Assert
             Check.That(result.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.Bytes);
             Check.That(result.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.MultiPart);