diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index b6c806f2..059e75a5 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.0.6</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.0.6.1</VersionPrefix>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Choose>
diff --git a/GitHubReleaseNotes.txt b/GitHubReleaseNotes.txt
index a39f929e..f4b7a6d2 100644
--- a/GitHubReleaseNotes.txt
+++ b/GitHubReleaseNotes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 https://github.com/StefH/GitHubReleaseNotes
 
-GitHubReleaseNotes.exe --output CHANGELOG.md --skip-empty-releases --version 1.0.6
\ No newline at end of file
+GitHubReleaseNotes.exe --output CHANGELOG.md --skip-empty-releases --version 1.0.6.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
index 66b80127..7bd98f74 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-using System;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using MimeKit;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using JetBrains.Annotations;
-using MimeKit;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using WireMock.Matchers;
 using WireMock.Validation;
 
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ namespace WireMock.Util
         */
         private static readonly string[] AllowedBodyParseMethods = { "PUT", "POST", "OPTIONS", "PATCH" };
 
+        private static readonly IStringMatcher[] MultipartContentTypesMatchers = {
+            new WildcardMatcher("multipart/*", true)
+        };
+
         private static readonly IStringMatcher[] JsonContentTypesMatchers = {
             new WildcardMatcher("application/json", true),
             new WildcardMatcher("application/vnd.*+json", true)
@@ -68,6 +72,11 @@ namespace WireMock.Util
                 return BodyType.Json;
             }
 
+            if (MultipartContentTypesMatchers.Any(matcher => MatchScores.IsPerfect(matcher.IsMatch(contentType.MimeType))))
+            {
+                return BodyType.MultiPart;
+            }
+
             return BodyType.Bytes;
         }
 
@@ -82,6 +91,12 @@ namespace WireMock.Util
                 DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType = DetectBodyTypeFromContentType(contentType)
             };
 
+            // In case of MultiPart: never try to read as String but keep as-is
+            if (data.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType == BodyType.MultiPart)
+            {
+                return data;
+            }
+
             // Try to get the body as String
             try
             {
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyType.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyType.cs
index 9bc53019..6c8d2e05 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyType.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyType.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
         /// <summary>
         /// Body is a File
         /// </summary>
-        File
+        File,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Body is a MultiPart
+        /// </summary>
+        MultiPart
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs
index a6e2da14..a5425b2a 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-using System.IO;
+using NFluent;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using NFluent;
 using WireMock.Util;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests.Util
         [InlineData("application/vnd.test+json", "{ \"x\": 1 }", BodyType.Json, BodyType.Json)]
         public async Task BodyParser_Parse_ContentTypeJson(string contentType, string bodyAsJson, BodyType detectedBodyType, BodyType detectedBodyTypeFromContentType)
         {
-            // Assign
+            // Arrange
             var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsJson));
 
             // Act
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests.Util
         [InlineData("something", "hello", BodyType.String, BodyType.Bytes)]
         public async Task BodyParser_Parse_ContentTypeString(string contentType, string bodyAsString, BodyType detectedBodyType, BodyType detectedBodyTypeFromContentType)
         {
-            // Assign
+            // Arrange
             var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString));
 
             // Act
@@ -50,11 +50,49 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests.Util
             Check.That(body.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyTypeFromContentType);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_ContentTypeMultipart()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            string contentType = "multipart/form-data";
+            string body = @"
+
+-----------------------------9051914041544843365972754266
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""text""
+
+text default
+-----------------------------9051914041544843365972754266
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""file1""; filename=""a.txt""
+Content-Type: text/plain
+
+Content of a txt
+
+-----------------------------9051914041544843365972754266
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""file2""; filename=""a.html""
+Content-Type: text/html
+
+<!DOCTYPE html><title>Content of a.html.</title>
+
+-----------------------------9051914041544843365972754266--";
+
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.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);
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsJson).IsNull();
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsString).IsNull();
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(null, "hello", BodyType.String, BodyType.Bytes)]
         public async Task BodyParser_Parse_ContentTypeIsNull(string contentType, string bodyAsString, BodyType detectedBodyType, BodyType detectedBodyTypeFromContentType)
         {
-            // Assign
+            // Arrange
             var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString));
 
             // Act