diff --git a/lib/webmock.rb b/lib/webmock.rb
index 3fafa2f5e..7adeaa526 100644
--- a/lib/webmock.rb
+++ b/lib/webmock.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 require 'webmock/util/headers'
 require 'webmock/util/hash_counter'
 require 'webmock/util/hash_keys_stringifier'
+require 'webmock/util/values_stringifier'
 require 'webmock/util/json'
 require 'webmock/util/version_checker'
 require 'webmock/util/hash_validator'
diff --git a/lib/webmock/request_pattern.rb b/lib/webmock/request_pattern.rb
index 4e1ff5681..c7c4aa6d7 100644
--- a/lib/webmock/request_pattern.rb
+++ b/lib/webmock/request_pattern.rb
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def matches?(body, content_type = "")
 
       if (@pattern).is_a?(Hash)
         return true if @pattern.empty?
-        matching_hashes?(body_as_hash(body, content_type), @pattern)
+        matching_body_hashes?(body_as_hash(body, content_type), @pattern, content_type)
       elsif (@pattern).is_a?(WebMock::Matchers::HashIncludingMatcher)
         @pattern == body_as_hash(body, content_type)
       else
@@ -298,15 +298,16 @@ def assert_non_multipart_body(content_type)
     #
     # @return [Boolean] true if the paramaters match the comparison
     #   hash, false if not.
-    def matching_hashes?(query_parameters, pattern)
+    def matching_body_hashes?(query_parameters, pattern, content_type)
       return false unless query_parameters.is_a?(Hash)
       return false unless query_parameters.keys.sort == pattern.keys.sort
       query_parameters.each do |key, actual|
         expected = pattern[key]
 
         if actual.is_a?(Hash) && expected.is_a?(Hash)
-          return false unless matching_hashes?(actual, expected)
+          return false unless matching_body_hashes?(actual, expected, content_type)
         else
+          expected = WebMock::Util::ValuesStringifier.stringify_values(expected) if url_encoded_body?(content_type)
           return false unless expected === actual
         end
       end
@@ -321,6 +322,9 @@ def normalize_hash(hash)
       Hash[WebMock::Util::HashKeysStringifier.stringify_keys!(hash, deep: true).sort]
     end
 
+    def url_encoded_body?(content_type)
+      content_type =~ %r{^application/x-www-form-urlencoded}
+    end
   end
 
   class HeadersPattern
diff --git a/lib/webmock/util/values_stringifier.rb b/lib/webmock/util/values_stringifier.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6eea0e6b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/webmock/util/values_stringifier.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+class WebMock::Util::ValuesStringifier
+  def self.stringify_values(value)
+    case value
+    when nil
+      value
+    when Hash
+      Hash[
+        value.map do |k, v|
+          [k, stringify_values(v)]
+        end
+      ]
+    when Array
+      value.map do |v|
+        stringify_values(v)
+      end
+    else
+      value.to_s
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/shared/stubbing_requests.rb b/spec/acceptance/shared/stubbing_requests.rb
index da2dfa6dd..28c3a2447 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/shared/stubbing_requests.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/shared/stubbing_requests.rb
@@ -155,6 +155,24 @@
               body: 'c[d][]=f&a=1&c[d][]=e')
             }.to raise_error(WebMock::NetConnectNotAllowedError, %r(Real HTTP connections are disabled. Unregistered request: POST http://www.example.com/ with body 'c\[d\]\[\]=f&a=1&c\[d\]\[\]=e'))
           end
+
+          describe "for request with form url encoded body and content type" do
+            it "should match if stubbed request body hash has string values matching string values in request body" do
+              WebMock.reset!
+              stub_request(:post, "www.example.com").with(body: {"foo" => '1'})
+              expect(http_request(
+                :post, "http://www.example.com/", headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
+              body: "foo=1").status).to eq("200")
+            end
+
+            it "should match if stubbed request body hash has NON string values matching string values in request body" do
+              WebMock.reset!
+              stub_request(:post, "www.example.com").with(body: {"foo" => 1})
+              expect(http_request(
+                :post, "http://www.example.com/", headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
+              body: "foo=1").status).to eq("200")
+            end
+          end
         end
 
 
@@ -187,6 +205,30 @@
               :post, "http://www.example.com/", headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'},
             body: "{\"foo\":\"a b c\"}").status).to eq("200")
           end
+
+          it "should match if stubbed request body hash has NON string values matching NON string values in request body" do
+            WebMock.reset!
+            stub_request(:post, "www.example.com").with(body: {"foo" => 1})
+            expect(http_request(
+              :post, "http://www.example.com/", headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'},
+            body: "{\"foo\":1}").status).to eq("200")
+          end
+
+          it "should not match if stubbed request body hash has string values matching NON string values in request body" do
+            WebMock.reset!
+            stub_request(:post, "www.example.com").with(body: {"foo" => '1'})
+            expect{http_request(
+              :post, "http://www.example.com/", headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'},
+            body: "{\"foo\":1}") }.to raise_error(WebMock::NetConnectNotAllowedError)
+          end
+
+          it "should not match if stubbed request body hash has NON string values matching string values in request body" do
+            WebMock.reset!
+            stub_request(:post, "www.example.com").with(body: {"foo" => 1})
+            expect{http_request(
+              :post, "http://www.example.com/", headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'},
+            body: "{\"foo\":\"1\"}") }.to raise_error(WebMock::NetConnectNotAllowedError)
+          end
         end
 
         describe "for request with xml body and content type is set to xml" do