diff --git a/src/Message.php b/src/Message.php
index e802153..197668a 100644
--- a/src/Message.php
+++ b/src/Message.php
@@ -222,8 +222,9 @@ public static function createFromMessage($message, $boundary, $EOL = Mime::LINEE
 
         $res = new static();
         foreach ($parts as $part) {
+
             // now we build a new MimePart for the current Message Part:
-            $newPart = new Part($part['body']);
+            $properties = array();
             foreach ($part['header'] as $header) {
                 /** @var \Zend\Mail\Header\HeaderInterface $header */
                 /**
@@ -234,30 +235,48 @@ public static function createFromMessage($message, $boundary, $EOL = Mime::LINEE
                 $fieldValue = $header->getFieldValue();
                 switch (strtolower($fieldName)) {
                     case 'content-type':
-                        $newPart->type = $fieldValue;
+                        $properties['type'] = $fieldValue;
                         break;
                     case 'content-transfer-encoding':
-                        $newPart->encoding = $fieldValue;
+                        $properties['encoding'] = $fieldValue;
                         break;
                     case 'content-id':
-                        $newPart->id = trim($fieldValue,'<>');
+                        $properties['id'] = trim($fieldValue,'<>');
                         break;
                     case 'content-disposition':
-                        $newPart->disposition = $fieldValue;
+                        $properties['disposition'] = $fieldValue;
                         break;
                     case 'content-description':
-                        $newPart->description = $fieldValue;
+                        $properties['description'] = $fieldValue;
                         break;
                     case 'content-location':
-                        $newPart->location = $fieldValue;
+                        $properties['location'] = $fieldValue;
                         break;
                     case 'content-language':
-                        $newPart->language = $fieldValue;
+                        $properties['language'] = $fieldValue;
                         break;
                     default:
                         throw new Exception\RuntimeException('Unknown header ignored for MimePart:' . $fieldName);
                 }
             }
+
+            $body = $part['body'];
+
+            if (isset($properties['encoding'])) {
+                switch ($properties['encoding']) {
+                    case 'quoted-printable':
+                        $body = quoted_printable_decode($body);
+                        break;
+                    case 'base64':
+                        $body = base64_decode($body);
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            $newPart = new Part($body);
+            foreach ($properties as $key => $value) {
+                $newPart->$key = $value;
+            }
             $res->addPart($newPart);
         }
 
diff --git a/test/MimeTest.php b/test/MimeTest.php
index a108cec..1b3d94c 100644
--- a/test/MimeTest.php
+++ b/test/MimeTest.php
@@ -135,6 +135,33 @@ public static function dataTestEncodeMailHeaderBase64()
         );
     }
 
+    public static function dataTestFromMessageDecode()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array('äöü', 'quoted-printable', '=C3=A4=C3=B6=C3=BC'),
+            array('Alle meine Entchen schwimmen in dem See, schwimmen in dem See, Köpfchen in das Wasser, Schwänzchen in die Höh!', 'quoted-printable', 'Alle meine Entchen schwimmen in dem See, schwimmen in dem See, K=C3=B6pfche=
+n in das Wasser, Schw=C3=A4nzchen in die H=C3=B6h!'),
+            array('foobar', 'base64', 'Zm9vYmFyCg=='),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider dataTestFromMessageDecode
+     */
+    public function testFromMessageDecode($input, $encoding, $result)
+    {
+        $parts = Mime\Message::createFromMessage(
+            '--089e0141a1902f83ee04e0a07b7a'."\r\n"
+            .'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8'."\r\n"
+            .'Content-Transfer-Encoding: '.$encoding."\r\n"
+            ."\r\n"
+            .$result."\r\n"
+            .'--089e0141a1902f83ee04e0a07b7a--',
+            '089e0141a1902f83ee04e0a07b7a'
+        )->getParts();
+        $this->assertSame($input."\n", $parts[0]->getRawContent());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @group ZF-1688
      */