diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/MultiPartFilter.java b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/MultiPartFilter.java
index d58811f9a26..70dcc7b8109 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/MultiPartFilter.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/MultiPartFilter.java
@@ -159,7 +159,11 @@ public class MultiPartFilter implements Filter
                     {
                         request.setAttribute(mp.getName(),mp.getFile());
                         if (mp.getContentDispositionFilename() != null)
+                        {
                             params.add(mp.getName(), mp.getContentDispositionFilename());
+                            if (mp.getContentType() != null)
+                                params.add(mp.getName()+CONTENT_TYPE_SUFFIX, mp.getContentType());
+                        }
                         if (_deleteFiles)
                         {
                             mp.getFile().deleteOnExit();
@@ -178,6 +182,8 @@ public class MultiPartFilter implements Filter
                         ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                         IO.copy(p.getInputStream(), bytes);
                         params.add(p.getName(), bytes.toByteArray());
+                        if (p.getContentType() != null)
+                            params.add(p.getName()+CONTENT_TYPE_SUFFIX, p.getContentType());
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/MultipartFilterTest.java b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/MultipartFilterTest.java
index 97d948a97dd..fad0306325e 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/MultipartFilterTest.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/MultipartFilterTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,19 @@ public class MultipartFilterTest
     private ServletTester tester;
 
   
- 
+    public static class TestServlet extends DumpServlet
+    {
+
+        @Override
+        protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException
+        {
+            assertNotNull(req.getParameter("fileup"));
+            assertNotNull(req.getParameter("fileup"+MultiPartFilter.CONTENT_TYPE_SUFFIX));
+            assertEquals(req.getParameter("fileup"+MultiPartFilter.CONTENT_TYPE_SUFFIX), "application/octet-stream");
+            super.doPost(req, resp);
+        }
+        
+    }
     
 
     
@@ -63,7 +75,7 @@ public class MultipartFilterTest
         tester=new ServletTester();
         tester.setContextPath("/context");
         tester.setResourceBase(_dir.getCanonicalPath());
-        tester.addServlet(DumpServlet.class, "/");
+        tester.addServlet(TestServlet.class, "/");
         tester.setAttribute("javax.servlet.context.tempdir", _dir);
         FilterHolder multipartFilter = tester.addFilter(MultiPartFilter.class,"/*", EnumSet.of(DispatcherType.REQUEST));
         multipartFilter.setInitParameter("deleteFiles", "true");
@@ -253,7 +265,6 @@ public class MultipartFilterTest
         protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException
         {
             assertEquals("How now brown cow.", req.getParameterMap().get("strupContent-Type:"));
-                   
             super.doPost(req, resp);
         }