diff --git a/lib/plugins/multipartBodyParser.js b/lib/plugins/multipartBodyParser.js
index c94a90776..cf077d436 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/multipartBodyParser.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/multipartBodyParser.js
@@ -116,6 +116,30 @@ function multipartBodyParser(options) {
                         if (req.params[f] && !override) {
                             return;
                         }
+                        if (Array.isArray(files[f])) {
+                            req.params[f] = [];
+                            files[f].forEach(function forEach2(file) {
+                                barrier.start('fs' + file.name);
+                                fs.readFile(file.path, function readFile(
+                                    ex,
+                                    data
+                                ) {
+                                    barrier.done('fs' + file.name);
+                                    if (ex) {
+                                        return next(
+                                            new errors.InternalError(
+                                                ex,
+                                                'unable to read file' +
+                                                    file.name
+                                            )
+                                        );
+                                    }
+                                    req.params[f].push(data);
+                                    return true;
+                                });
+                            });
+                        }
+
                         barrier.start('fs' + f);
                         fs.readFile(files[f].path, function readFile(ex, data) {
                             barrier.done('fs' + f);
diff --git a/test/plugins/multipart.test.js b/test/plugins/multipart.test.js
index 257d2ce0f..33588cade 100644
--- a/test/plugins/multipart.test.js
+++ b/test/plugins/multipart.test.js
@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ describe('multipart parser', function() {
         client.write(echoes + '\r\n');
         client.write('--huff--');
 
+        client.write(
+            'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="echoes"; ' +
+                'filename="echoes2.txt"\r\n'
+        );
+        client.write('Content-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\n');
+        client.write(echoes + '\r\n');
+        client.write('--huff--');
+
         client.end();
     });