diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09435842..621cbd63 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 - Update to hanami-router 2.0.0 stable. Use it's BodyParser middleware to parse the body.
+- Support simple form data requests. Still have to figure out file uploads.
 
 ## 0.20.0
 - You can pass a filepath to `spec:` now so you no longer have to call `OpenapiFirst.load` anymore.
diff --git a/lib/openapi_first/operation.rb b/lib/openapi_first/operation.rb
index ff582bd1..3765d687 100644
--- a/lib/openapi_first/operation.rb
+++ b/lib/openapi_first/operation.rb
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ def name
       "#{method.upcase} #{path} (#{operation_id})"
     end
 
+    def valid_request_content_type?(request_content_type)
+      content = operation_object.dig('requestBody', 'content')
+      return unless content
+
+      !!find_content_for_content_type(content, request_content_type)
+    end
+
     private
 
     def response_by_code(status)
diff --git a/lib/openapi_first/request_validation.rb b/lib/openapi_first/request_validation.rb
index 28ac075d..d6c10fde 100644
--- a/lib/openapi_first/request_validation.rb
+++ b/lib/openapi_first/request_validation.rb
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ def call(env) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
 
     private
 
-    def parse_and_validate_request_body!(operation, request)
+    def parse_and_validate_request_body!(operation, request) # rubocop:disable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
       env = request.env
 
       body = env.delete(Hanami::Router::ROUTER_PARSED_BODY) if env.key?(Hanami::Router::ROUTER_PARSED_BODY)
+      body ||= request.POST if request.form_data?
 
       validate_request_body_presence!(body, operation)
       return if body.nil?
@@ -58,9 +59,7 @@ def parse_and_validate_request_body!(operation, request)
     end
 
     def validate_request_content_type!(operation, content_type)
-      return if operation.request_body.dig('content', content_type)
-
-      throw_error(415)
+      operation.valid_request_content_type?(content_type) || throw_error(415)
     end
 
     def validate_request_body_presence!(body, operation)
diff --git a/lib/openapi_first/router.rb b/lib/openapi_first/router.rb
index 74512477..585b13c8 100644
--- a/lib/openapi_first/router.rb
+++ b/lib/openapi_first/router.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 require 'multi_json'
 require 'hanami/router'
 require 'hanami/middleware/body_parser'
-require_relative 'body_parser_middleware'
 
 module OpenapiFirst
   class Router
@@ -57,10 +56,25 @@ def call_router(env)
       env[ORIGINAL_PATH] = env[Rack::PATH_INFO]
       env[Rack::PATH_INFO] = Rack::Request.new(env).path
       @router.call(env)
+    rescue Hanami::Middleware::BodyParser::BodyParsingError => e
+      handle_body_parsing_error(e)
     ensure
       env[Rack::PATH_INFO] = env.delete(ORIGINAL_PATH) if env[ORIGINAL_PATH]
     end
 
+    def handle_body_parsing_error(exception)
+      err = { title: 'Failed to parse body as JSON', status: '400' }
+      err[:detail] = exception.cause unless ENV['RACK_ENV'] == 'production'
+      errors = [err]
+      raise RequestInvalidError, errors if @raise
+
+      Rack::Response.new(
+        MultiJson.dump(errors: errors),
+        400,
+        Rack::CONTENT_TYPE => 'application/vnd.api+json'
+      ).finish
+    end
+
     def build_router(operations)
       router = Hanami::Router.new.tap do |r|
         operations.each do |operation|
@@ -72,9 +86,8 @@ def build_router(operations)
           )
         end
       end
-      raise_error = @raise
       Rack::Builder.app do
-        use BodyParserMiddleware, { raise_error: raise_error }
+        use Hanami::Middleware::BodyParser, %i[json form]
         run router
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/data/foo.txt b/spec/data/foo.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5716ca59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/data/foo.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bar
diff --git a/spec/data/request-body-validation.yaml b/spec/data/request-body-validation.yaml
index e01e6539..8bc2c064 100644
--- a/spec/data/request-body-validation.yaml
+++ b/spec/data/request-body-validation.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,34 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+  /json_api:
+    post:
+      description: Creates a new pet in the store.  Duplicates are allowed
+      operationId: create_pet_json_api
+      requestBody:
+        description: Pet to add to the store
+        required: true
+        content:
+          application/vnd.api+json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: "#/components/schemas/NewPet"
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: ok
+  /custom-json-type:
+    post:
+      description: Creates a new pet in the store.  Duplicates are allowed
+      operationId: create_pet_custom-json-type
+      requestBody:
+        description: Pet to add to the store
+        required: true
+        content:
+          application/prs.custom-json-type+json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: "#/components/schemas/NewPet"
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: ok
   /pets/{id}:
     parameters:
       - name: id
@@ -89,6 +117,44 @@ paths:
       responses:
         200:
           description: Ok
+  /with-form-data:
+    post:
+      requestBody:
+        description: Pet to add to the store
+        required: true
+        content:
+          multipart/form-data:
+            schema:
+              $ref: "#/components/schemas/NewPet"
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: ok
+  /with-form-urlencoded:
+    post:
+      requestBody:
+        description: Pet to add to the store
+        required: true
+        content:
+          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
+            schema:
+              $ref: "#/components/schemas/NewPet"
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: ok
+  /with-multipart-file:
+    post:
+      requestBody:
+        description: Pet to add to the store
+        required: true
+        content:
+          multipart/form-data:
+            schema:
+              properties:
+                  file:
+                    description: The file
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: pet response
 components:
   schemas:
     Pet:
diff --git a/spec/operation_spec.rb b/spec/operation_spec.rb
index 0d552b6b..53353869 100644
--- a/spec/operation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/operation_spec.rb
@@ -364,4 +364,32 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#valid_request_content_type?' do
+    it 'returns true for an exact match' do
+      operation = described_class.new('/', 'get',
+                                      { 'get' => { 'requestBody' => { 'content' => { 'application/json' => {} } } } })
+      valid = operation.valid_request_content_type?('application/json')
+      expect(valid).to be true
+    end
+
+    it 'ignores content type parameters' do
+      operation = described_class.new('/', 'get',
+                                      { 'get' => { 'requestBody' => { 'content' => { 'application/json' => {} } } } })
+      valid = operation.valid_request_content_type?('application/json; charset=UTF8')
+      expect(valid).to be true
+    end
+
+    it 'matches type/*' do
+      operation = described_class.new('/', 'get', { 'get' => { 'requestBody' => { 'content' => { 'text/*' => {} } } } })
+      valid = operation.valid_request_content_type?('text/plain')
+      expect(valid).to be true
+    end
+
+    it 'matches */*' do
+      operation = described_class.new('/', 'get', { 'get' => { 'requestBody' => { 'content' => { '*/*' => {} } } } })
+      valid = operation.valid_request_content_type?('application/json')
+      expect(valid).to be true
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/request_validation/request_body_validation_spec.rb b/spec/request_validation/request_body_validation_spec.rb
index 851206fe..7143c967 100644
--- a/spec/request_validation/request_body_validation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/request_validation/request_body_validation_spec.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,23 @@
       expect(last_response.status).to be 200
     end
 
+    it 'works with json:api media type' do
+      header Rack::CONTENT_TYPE, 'application/vnd.api+json'
+      post '/json_api', json_dump(request_body)
+
+      expect(last_response.status).to be 200
+      expect(last_request.env[OpenapiFirst::REQUEST_BODY]).to eq request_body
+    end
+
+    pending 'works with a custom json media type' do
+      header Rack::CONTENT_TYPE, 'application/vnd.my-custom+json'
+      post '/custom-json-type', json_dump(request_body)
+
+      expect(last_response.status).to be 200
+      expect(last_request.env[OpenapiFirst::REQUEST_BODY]).to eq request_body
+    end
+
+
     it 'adds parsed request body to env' do
       header Rack::CONTENT_TYPE, 'application/json'
       post path, json_dump(request_body)
@@ -166,6 +183,32 @@
       end
     end
 
+    it 'ignores content type parameters' do
+      header Rack::CONTENT_TYPE, 'application/json; encoding=utf-8'
+      post '/pets', json_dump(request_body)
+
+      expect(last_response.status).to be 200
+    end
+
+    it 'succeeds with simple multipart form data' do
+      header Rack::CONTENT_TYPE, 'multipart/form-data'
+      post '/with-form-data', request_body
+
+      expect(last_response.status).to be(200), last_response.body
+      expect(last_request.env[OpenapiFirst::REQUEST_BODY]).to eq request_body
+    end
+
+
+    it 'succeeds with form-urlencoded data' do
+      header Rack::CONTENT_TYPE, 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
+      post '/with-form-urlencoded', request_body
+
+      expect(last_response.status).to be(200), last_response.body
+      expect(last_request.env[OpenapiFirst::REQUEST_BODY]).to eq request_body
+    end
+
+    it "handles file uploads"
+
     it 'returns 415 if required request body is missing' do
       header Rack::CONTENT_TYPE, 'application/json'
       post path