diff --git a/Code/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistry.h b/Code/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistry.h
index d0ef74096f..36c1e812aa 100644
--- a/Code/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistry.h
+++ b/Code/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistry.h
@@ -22,39 +22,76 @@
 #import "RKParser.h"
 
 /**
- The Parser Registry provides for the registration of RKParser classes
- for a particular MIME Type. This enables
- */
+ RKParserRegistry provides for the registration of RKParser classes
+ that handle parsing/serializing for content by MIME Type. Registration
+ is configured via exact string matches (i.e. application/json) or via regular
+ expression.
+*/
 @interface RKParserRegistry : NSObject {
     NSMutableDictionary *_MIMETypeToParserClasses;
+	NSMutableArray *_MIMETypeToParserClassesRegularExpressions;
 }
 
 /**
  Return the global shared singleton registry for MIME Type to Parsers
+ 
+ @return The global shared RKParserRegistry instance.
  */
 + (RKParserRegistry *)sharedRegistry;
 
 /**
  Sets the global shared registry singleton to a new instance of RKParserRegistry
+ 
+ @param registry A new parser registry object to configure as the shared instance.
  */
 + (void)setSharedRegistry:(RKParserRegistry *)registry;
 
 /**
- Instantiate and return a Parser for the given MIME Type
+ Returns an instance of the RKParser conformant class registered to handle content 
+ with the given MIME Type.
+ 
+ MIME Types are searched in the order in which they are registered and exact
+ string matches are favored over regular expressions.
+ 
+ @param MIMEType The MIME Type of the content to be parsed/serialized.
+ @return An instance of the RKParser conformant class registered to handle the given MIME Type.
  */
 - (id<RKParser>)parserForMIMEType:(NSString *)MIMEType;
 
 /**
- Return the class registered for handling parser/encoder operations
- for a given MIME Type
+ Returns an instance of the RKParser conformant class registered to handle content 
+ with the given MIME Type. 
+ 
+ MIME Types are searched in the order in which they are registered and exact
+ string matches are favored over regular expressions.
+ 
+ @param MIMEType The MIME Type of the content to be parsed/serialized.
+ @return The RKParser conformant class registered to handle the given MIME Type.
  */
 - (Class<RKParser>)parserClassForMIMEType:(NSString *)MIMEType;
 
 /**
- Registers an RKParser conformant class as the handler for the specified MIME Type
+ Registers an RKParser conformant class as the handler for MIME Types exactly matching the
+ specified MIME Type string.
+ 
+ @param parserClass The RKParser conformant class to instantiate when parsing/serializing MIME Types matching MIMETypeExpression.
+ @param MIMEType A MIME Type string for which instances of parserClass should be used for parsing/serialization.
  */
 - (void)setParserClass:(Class<RKParser>)parserClass forMIMEType:(NSString *)MIMEType;
 
+#if __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 1070 || __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 40000
+
+/**
+ Registers an RKParser conformant class as the handler for MIME Types matching the
+ specified regular expression.
+ 
+ @param parserClass The RKParser conformant class to instantiate when parsing/serializing MIME Types matching MIMETypeExpression.
+ @param MIMETypeRegex A regular expression that matches MIME Types that should be handled by instances of parserClass.
+ */
+- (void)setParserClass:(Class<RKParser>)parserClass forMIMETypeRegularExpression:(NSRegularExpression *)MIMETypeRegex;
+
+#endif
+
 /**
  Automatically configure the registry via run-time reflection of the RKParser classes
  available that ship with RestKit. This happens automatically when the shared registry
diff --git a/Code/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistry.m b/Code/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistry.m
index 80ce3c12af..0f76d69374 100644
--- a/Code/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistry.m
+++ b/Code/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistry.m
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 #import "RKParserRegistry.h"
 
-RKParserRegistry* gSharedRegistry;
+RKParserRegistry *gSharedRegistry;
 
 @implementation RKParserRegistry
 
-+ (RKParserRegistry*)sharedRegistry {
++ (RKParserRegistry *)sharedRegistry {
     if (gSharedRegistry == nil) {
         gSharedRegistry = [RKParserRegistry new];
         [gSharedRegistry autoconfigure];
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ + (RKParserRegistry*)sharedRegistry {
     return gSharedRegistry;
 }
 
-+ (void)setSharedRegistry:(RKParserRegistry*)registry {
++ (void)setSharedRegistry:(RKParserRegistry *)registry {
     [registry retain];
     [gSharedRegistry release];
     gSharedRegistry = registry;
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ - (id)init {
     self = [super init];
     if (self) {
         _MIMETypeToParserClasses = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
+        _MIMETypeToParserClassesRegularExpressions = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
     }
     
     return self;
@@ -50,18 +51,42 @@ - (id)init {
 
 - (void)dealloc {
     [_MIMETypeToParserClasses release];
+	[_MIMETypeToParserClassesRegularExpressions release];
     [super dealloc];
 }
 
-- (Class<RKParser>)parserClassForMIMEType:(NSString*)MIMEType {
-    return [_MIMETypeToParserClasses objectForKey:MIMEType];
+- (Class<RKParser>)parserClassForMIMEType:(NSString *)MIMEType {
+	id parserClass = [_MIMETypeToParserClasses objectForKey:MIMEType];
+#if __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 1070 || __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 40000
+	if (!parserClass)
+	{
+		for (NSArray *regexAndClass in _MIMETypeToParserClassesRegularExpressions) {
+			NSRegularExpression *regex = [regexAndClass objectAtIndex:0];
+			NSUInteger numberOfMatches = [regex numberOfMatchesInString:MIMEType options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, [MIMEType length])];
+			if (numberOfMatches) {
+				parserClass = [regexAndClass objectAtIndex:1];
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+	return parserClass;
 }
 
-- (void)setParserClass:(Class<RKParser>)parserClass forMIMEType:(NSString*)MIMEType {
+- (void)setParserClass:(Class<RKParser>)parserClass forMIMEType:(NSString *)MIMEType {
     [_MIMETypeToParserClasses setObject:parserClass forKey:MIMEType];
 }
 
-- (id<RKParser>)parserForMIMEType:(NSString*)MIMEType {
+#if __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 1070 || __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 40000
+
+- (void)setParserClass:(Class<RKParser>)parserClass forMIMETypeRegularExpression:(NSRegularExpression *)MIMETypeRegex {
+	NSArray *expressionAndClass = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:MIMETypeRegex, parserClass, nil];
+    [_MIMETypeToParserClassesRegularExpressions addObject:expressionAndClass];
+}
+
+#endif
+
+- (id<RKParser>)parserForMIMEType:(NSString *)MIMEType {
     Class parserClass = [self parserClassForMIMEType:MIMEType];
     if (parserClass) {
         return [[[parserClass alloc] init] autorelease];
@@ -74,8 +99,8 @@ - (void)autoconfigure {
     Class parserClass = nil;
     
     // JSON
-    NSSet* JSONParserClassNames = [NSSet setWithObjects:@"RKJSONParserJSONKit", @"RKJSONParserYAJL", @"RKJSONParserSBJSON", @"RKJSONParserNXJSON", nil];    
-    for (NSString* parserClassName in JSONParserClassNames) {
+    NSSet *JSONParserClassNames = [NSSet setWithObjects:@"RKJSONParserJSONKit", @"RKJSONParserYAJL", @"RKJSONParserSBJSON", @"RKJSONParserNXJSON", nil];    
+    for (NSString *parserClassName in JSONParserClassNames) {
         parserClass = NSClassFromString(parserClassName);
         if (parserClass) {
             [self setParserClass:parserClass forMIMEType:RKMIMETypeJSON];
diff --git a/Tests/Logic/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistryTest.m b/Tests/Logic/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistryTest.m
index 83b6f85de6..b79674bd61 100644
--- a/Tests/Logic/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistryTest.m
+++ b/Tests/Logic/ObjectMapping/RKParserRegistryTest.m
@@ -53,4 +53,36 @@ - (void)testShouldAutoconfigureBasedOnReflection {
     assertThat(parser, is(instanceOf([RKXMLParserXMLReader class])));
 }
 
+- (void)testRetrievalOfExactStringMatchForMIMEType {
+    RKParserRegistry* registry = [[RKParserRegistry new] autorelease];
+    [registry setParserClass:[RKJSONParserJSONKit class] forMIMEType:RKMIMETypeJSON];    
+    id<RKParser> parser = [registry parserForMIMEType:RKMIMETypeJSON];
+    assertThat(parser, is(instanceOf([RKJSONParserJSONKit class])));
+}
+
+- (void)testRetrievalOfRegularExpressionMatchForMIMEType {
+    RKParserRegistry *registry = [[RKParserRegistry new] autorelease];
+    NSError *error = nil;
+    NSRegularExpression *regex = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:@"application/xml\\+\\w+" options:0 error:&error];
+    [registry setParserClass:[RKJSONParserJSONKit class] forMIMETypeRegularExpression:regex];
+    id<RKParser> parser = [registry parserForMIMEType:@"application/xml+whatever"];
+    assertThat(parser, is(instanceOf([RKJSONParserJSONKit class])));
+}
+
+- (void)testRetrievalOfExactStringMatchIsFavoredOverRegularExpression {
+    RKParserRegistry *registry = [[RKParserRegistry new] autorelease];
+    NSError *error = nil;
+    NSRegularExpression *regex = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:@"application/xml\\+\\w+" options:0 error:&error];
+    [registry setParserClass:[RKJSONParserJSONKit class] forMIMETypeRegularExpression:regex];    
+    [registry setParserClass:[RKXMLParserXMLReader class] forMIMEType:@"application/xml+whatever"];
+    
+    // Exact match
+    id<RKParser> exactParser = [registry parserForMIMEType:@"application/xml+whatever"];
+    assertThat(exactParser, is(instanceOf([RKXMLParserXMLReader class])));
+    
+    // Fallback to regex
+    id<RKParser> regexParser = [registry parserForMIMEType:@"application/xml+different"];
+    assertThat(regexParser, is(instanceOf([RKJSONParserJSONKit class])));
+}
+
 @end