diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 8ba3c1d..500e89d 100755
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ const internals = {};
     parameter  = token "=" ( token / quoted-string )
 */
 
-//                             1: type/subtype                              2: "b"   3: b
-internals.contentTypeRegex = /^([^\/\s]+\/[^\s;]+)(?:(?:\s*;\s*boundary=(?:"([^"]+)"|([^;"\s]+)))|(?:\s*;[^=]+=(?:(?:"(?:[^"]+)")|(?:[^;"\s]+))))*$/i;
+//                             1: type/subtype    2: params
+internals.contentTypeRegex = /^([^\/\s]+\/[^\s;]+)(.*)?$/;
+
+//                                        1: "b"   2: b
+internals.paramsRegex = /;\s*boundary=(?:"([^"]+)"|([^;"\s]+))/i;
+
 
 exports.type = function (header) {
 
@@ -29,15 +33,25 @@ exports.type = function (header) {
         return Boom.badRequest('Invalid content-type header');
     }
 
-    const mime = match[1].toLowerCase();
-    const boundary = match[2] || match[3];
-    if (mime.indexOf('multipart/') === 0 &&
-        !boundary) {
+    const result = {
+        mime: match[1].toLowerCase()
+    };
 
-        return Boom.badRequest('Invalid content-type header: multipart missing boundary');
+    if (result.mime.indexOf('multipart/') === 0) {
+        const params = match[2];
+        if (params) {
+            const param = params.match(internals.paramsRegex);
+            if (param) {
+                result.boundary = param[1] || param[2];
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!result.boundary) {
+            return Boom.badRequest('Invalid content-type header: multipart missing boundary');
+        }
     }
 
-    return { mime, boundary };
+    return result;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 89c76fc..07b20c4 100755
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -40,34 +40,59 @@ describe('type()', () => {
         done();
     });
 
-    it('parses header (boundary)', (done) => {
+    it('parses header (not multipart)', (done) => {
+
+        const type = Content.type('application/json');
+        expect(type.isBoom).to.not.exist();
+        expect(type.mime).to.equal('application/json');
+        expect(type.boundary).to.not.exist();
+        done();
+    });
+
+    it('parses header (not multipart with boundary)', (done) => {
 
         const type = Content.type('application/json; boundary=abcdefghijklm');
         expect(type.isBoom).to.not.exist();
         expect(type.mime).to.equal('application/json');
+        expect(type.boundary).to.not.exist();
+        done();
+    });
+
+    it('parses header (boundary)', (done) => {
+
+        const type = Content.type('multipart/form-data; boundary=abcdefghijklm');
+        expect(type.isBoom).to.not.exist();
+        expect(type.mime).to.equal('multipart/form-data');
         expect(type.boundary).to.equal('abcdefghijklm');
         done();
     });
 
     it('parses header (quoted boundary)', (done) => {
 
-        const type = Content.type('application/json; boundary="abcdefghijklm"');
+        const type = Content.type('multipart/form-data; boundary="abcdefghijklm"');
         expect(type.isBoom).to.not.exist();
-        expect(type.mime).to.equal('application/json');
+        expect(type.mime).to.equal('multipart/form-data');
         expect(type.boundary).to.equal('abcdefghijklm');
         done();
     });
 
-    it('errors on invalid header', (done) => {
+    it('errors on multipart missing boundary', (done) => {
 
-        const type = Content.type('application/json; some');
+        const type = Content.type('multipart/form-data');
         expect(type.isBoom).to.exist();
         done();
     });
 
-    it('errors on multipart missing boundary', (done) => {
+    it('errors on multipart missing boundary (with params)', (done) => {
 
-        const type = Content.type('multipart/form-data');
+        const type = Content.type('multipart/form-data; some=thing');
+        expect(type.isBoom).to.exist();
+        done();
+    });
+
+    it('errors on invalid header', (done) => {
+
+        const type = Content.type('multipart');
         expect(type.isBoom).to.exist();
         done();
     });