diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/pom.xml
index 804b8ae6..8692b734 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
 			<artifactId>feign-core</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.github.openfeign.form</groupId>
+			<artifactId>feign-form-spring</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.github.openfeign</groupId>
 			<artifactId>feign-slf4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringEncoder.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringEncoder.java
index 0ee52016..fa4508ab 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringEncoder.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringEncoder.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -35,10 +36,12 @@ import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.protobuf.ProtobufHttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 
 import feign.RequestTemplate;
 import feign.codec.EncodeException;
 import feign.codec.Encoder;
+import feign.form.spring.SpringFormEncoder;
 
 import static org.springframework.cloud.openfeign.support.FeignUtils.getHeaders;
 import static org.springframework.cloud.openfeign.support.FeignUtils.getHttpHeaders;
@@ -51,6 +54,8 @@ public class SpringEncoder implements Encoder {
 
 	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(SpringEncoder.class);
 
+	private final SpringFormEncoder springFormEncoder = new SpringFormEncoder();
+
 	private ObjectFactory<HttpMessageConverters> messageConverters;
 
 	public SpringEncoder(ObjectFactory<HttpMessageConverters> messageConverters) {
@@ -71,6 +76,18 @@ public class SpringEncoder implements Encoder {
 				requestContentType = MediaType.valueOf(type);
 			}
 
+			if (bodyType != null && bodyType.equals(MultipartFile.class)) {
+				if (Objects.equals(requestContentType, MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA)) {
+					springFormEncoder.encode(requestBody, bodyType, request);
+					return;
+				} else {
+					String message = "Content-Type \"" + MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA +
+									 "\" not set for request body of type " +
+									 requestBody.getClass().getSimpleName();
+					throw new EncodeException(message);
+				}
+			}
+
 			for (HttpMessageConverter<?> messageConverter : this.messageConverters
 					.getObject().getConverters()) {
 				if (messageConverter.canWrite(requestType, requestContentType)) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringEncoderTests.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringEncoderTests.java
index f3672d94..fcc9b53e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringEncoderTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringEncoderTests.java
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ import org.springframework.http.converter.AbstractGenericHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotWritableException;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartFile;
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 import feign.RequestTemplate;
+import feign.codec.EncodeException;
 
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
@@ -96,6 +99,31 @@ public class SpringEncoderTests {
 
 		assertThat("request charset is not null", request.charset(), is(nullValue()));
 	}
+
+	@Test(expected = EncodeException.class)
+	public void testMultipartFile1() {
+		SpringEncoder encoder = this.context.getInstance("foo", SpringEncoder.class);
+		assertThat(encoder, is(notNullValue()));
+		RequestTemplate request = new RequestTemplate();
+
+		MultipartFile multipartFile = new MockMultipartFile("test_multipart_file", "hi".getBytes());
+		encoder.encode(multipartFile, MultipartFile.class, request);
+
+		assertThat("request charset is not null", request.charset(), is(nullValue()));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testMultipartFile2() {
+		SpringEncoder encoder = this.context.getInstance("foo", SpringEncoder.class);
+		assertThat(encoder, is(notNullValue()));
+		RequestTemplate request = new RequestTemplate();
+		request = request.header("Content-Type", MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE);
+
+		MultipartFile multipartFile = new MockMultipartFile("test_multipart_file", "hi".getBytes());
+		encoder.encode(multipartFile, MultipartFile.class, request);
+
+		assertThat("request charset is not null", request.charset(), is(nullValue()));
+	}
 	
 	class MediaTypeMatcher implements ArgumentMatcher<MediaType> {
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-openfeign-dependencies/pom.xml
index a8de436e..17a23e53 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	<description>Spring Cloud OpenFeign Dependencies</description>
 	<properties>
 		<feign.version>9.5.1</feign.version>
+		<feign-form.version>3.3.0</feign-form.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@
 				<artifactId>feign-core</artifactId>
 				<version>${feign.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>io.github.openfeign.form</groupId>
+				<artifactId>feign-form-spring</artifactId>
+				<version>${feign-form.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.github.openfeign</groupId>
 				<artifactId>feign-slf4j</artifactId>