diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/AbstractMvcView.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/AbstractMvcView.java
index 3bcd4ba1..3a366203 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/AbstractMvcView.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/AbstractMvcView.java
@@ -477,6 +477,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractMvcView implements View {
 		}
 
 		public Object execute(Object source, Object context) throws ConversionExecutionException {
+			if (!(source instanceof String)) {
+				// for the case of MultipartFile parameters; nothing to do
+				return source;
+			}
 			String formattedValue = (String) source;
 			DefaultMappingContext mappingContext = (DefaultMappingContext) context;
 			Expression target = mappingContext.getCurrentMapping().getTargetExpression();
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockExternalContext.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockExternalContext.java
index 902abd21..a9fa285e 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockExternalContext.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockExternalContext.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
 import org.springframework.binding.collection.SharedMapDecorator;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 import org.springframework.webflow.context.ExternalContext;
 import org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.LocalAttributeMap;
 import org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.LocalSharedAttributeMap;
@@ -298,6 +299,15 @@ public class MockExternalContext implements ExternalContext {
 		getMockRequestParameterMap().put(parameterName, parameterValues);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Puts a MultipartFile request parameter into the mock parameter map.
+	 * @param parameterName the parameter name
+	 * @param parameterValue the parameter value
+	 */
+	public void putRequestParameter(String parameterName, MultipartFile parameterValue) {
+		getMockRequestParameterMap().put(parameterName, parameterValue);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Sets the id of the event that should be signaled by this context. For use when resuming a flow. This method
 	 * depends on a MockViewFactory being configured for parsing the event id on a resume operation.
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockParameterMap.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockParameterMap.java
index d97ec97e..18bdbd1c 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockParameterMap.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockParameterMap.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.springframework.webflow.test;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 import org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.LocalParameterMap;
 import org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.ParameterMap;
 
@@ -57,4 +58,16 @@ public class MockParameterMap extends LocalParameterMap {
 		getMapInternal().put(parameterName, parameterValues);
 		return this;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Add a new multi-part file parameter to this map.
+	 * @param parameterName the parameter name
+	 * @param parameterValues the parameter values
+	 * @return this, to support call chaining
+	 */
+	public MockParameterMap put(String parameterName, MultipartFile parameterValues) {
+		getMapInternal().put(parameterName, parameterValues);
+		return this;
+	}
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockRequestContext.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockRequestContext.java
index 354a1470..574ed5a0 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockRequestContext.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/MockRequestContext.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.springframework.webflow.test;
 
 import org.springframework.binding.message.DefaultMessageContext;
 import org.springframework.binding.message.MessageContext;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 import org.springframework.webflow.context.ExternalContext;
 import org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.AttributeMap;
 import org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.LocalAttributeMap;
@@ -264,6 +265,15 @@ public class MockRequestContext implements RequestContext {
 		getMockExternalContext().putRequestParameter(parameterName, parameterValues);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Puts a MultipartFile request parameter into the mock parameter map.
+	 * @param parameterName the parameter name
+	 * @param parameterValue the parameter value
+	 */
+	public void putRequestParameter(String parameterName, MultipartFile parameterValue) {
+		getMockExternalContext().putRequestParameter(parameterName, parameterValue);
+	}
+
 	// convenience accessors
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/MvcViewTests.java b/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/MvcViewTests.java
index 5fc8f9ee..9dd3da98 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/MvcViewTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/MvcViewTests.java
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ import org.springframework.binding.format.formatters.DateFormatter;
 import org.springframework.binding.format.registry.DefaultFormatterRegistry;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartFile;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
 import org.springframework.validation.BindingResult;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.View;
 import org.springframework.webflow.action.ViewFactoryActionAdapter;
 import org.springframework.webflow.engine.EndState;
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ public class MvcViewTests extends TestCase {
 		context.putRequestParameter("integerProperty", "5");
 		context.putRequestParameter("dateProperty", "2007-01-01");
 		context.putRequestParameter("beanProperty.name", "foo");
+		context.putRequestParameter("multipartFile", new MockMultipartFile("foo", new byte[0]));
 		BindBean bindBean = new BindBean();
 		StaticExpression modelObject = new StaticExpression(bindBean);
 		modelObject.setExpressionString("bindBean");
@@ -183,6 +186,7 @@ public class MvcViewTests extends TestCase {
 		cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2007);
 		assertEquals(cal.getTime(), bindBean.getDateProperty());
 		assertEquals("foo", bindBean.getBeanProperty().getName());
+		assertEquals("foo", bindBean.getMultipartFile().getName());
 	}
 
 	public void testResumeEventModelBindingAllowedFields() throws Exception {
@@ -295,6 +299,7 @@ public class MvcViewTests extends TestCase {
 		private Date dateProperty;
 		private boolean booleanProperty = true;
 		private NestedBean beanProperty;
+		private MultipartFile multipartFile;
 
 		public BindBean() {
 			Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
@@ -339,6 +344,14 @@ public class MvcViewTests extends TestCase {
 		public NestedBean getBeanProperty() {
 			return beanProperty;
 		}
+
+		public MultipartFile getMultipartFile() {
+			return multipartFile;
+		}
+
+		public void setMultipartFile(MultipartFile multipartFile) {
+			this.multipartFile = multipartFile;
+		}
 	}
 
 	public static class NestedBean {