diff --git a/packages/rest/test/acceptance/validation/validation.acceptance.ts b/packages/rest/test/acceptance/validation/validation.acceptance.ts
index c537a02096ce..ea7ccb4d3e51 100644
--- a/packages/rest/test/acceptance/validation/validation.acceptance.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/test/acceptance/validation/validation.acceptance.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,14 @@ describe('Validation at REST level', () => {
 
   const PRODUCT_SPEC = jsonToSchemaObject(getJsonSchema(Product));
 
+  // Add a schema that requires `description`
+  const PRODUCT_SPEC_WITH_DESCRIPTION = jsonToSchemaObject(
+    getJsonSchema(Product),
+  );
+  PRODUCT_SPEC_WITH_DESCRIPTION.required!.push('description');
+
   // This is the standard use case that most LB4 applications should use.
-  // The request body specification is infered from a decorated model class.
+  // The request body specification is inferred from a decorated model class.
   context('for request body specified via model definition', () => {
     class ProductController {
       @post('/products')
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ describe('Validation at REST level', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  // A request body schema can be provied explicitly by the user
+  // A request body schema can be provided explicitly by the user
   // as an inlined content[type].schema property.
   context('for fully-specified request body', () => {
     class ProductControllerWithFullSchema {
@@ -111,6 +117,37 @@ describe('Validation at REST level', () => {
       serverRejectsRequestWithMissingRequiredValues());
   });
 
+  context('for different schemas per media type', () => {
+    let spec = aBodySpec(PRODUCT_SPEC, {}, 'application/json');
+    spec = aBodySpec(
+      PRODUCT_SPEC_WITH_DESCRIPTION,
+      spec,
+      'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+    );
+    class ProductControllerWithFullSchema {
+      @post('/products')
+      async create(
+        @requestBody(spec) data: object,
+        //    ^^^^^^
+        // use "object" instead of "Product" to verify the situation when
+        // body schema cannot be inferred from the argument type
+      ): Promise<Product> {
+        return new Product(data);
+      }
+    }
+
+    before(() => givenAnAppAndAClient(ProductControllerWithFullSchema));
+    after(() => app.stop());
+
+    it('accepts valid values for json', () => serverAcceptsValidRequestBody());
+
+    it('accepts valid values for urlencoded', () =>
+      serverAcceptsValidRequestBodyForUrlencoded());
+
+    it('rejects missing required properties for urlencoded', () =>
+      serverRejectsMissingDescriptionForUrlencoded());
+  });
+
   // A request body schema can be provided explicitly by the user as a reference
   // to a schema shared in the global `components.schemas` object.
   context('for request body specified via a reference', () => {
@@ -156,6 +193,29 @@ describe('Validation at REST level', () => {
       .expect(200, DATA);
   }
 
+  async function serverAcceptsValidRequestBodyForUrlencoded() {
+    const DATA =
+      'name=Pencil&price=10&description=An optional description of a pencil';
+    await client
+      .post('/products')
+      .set('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
+      .send(DATA)
+      .expect(200, {
+        name: 'Pencil',
+        description: 'An optional description of a pencil',
+        price: 10,
+      });
+  }
+
+  async function serverRejectsMissingDescriptionForUrlencoded() {
+    const DATA = 'name=Pencil&price=10';
+    await client
+      .post('/products')
+      .set('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
+      .send(DATA)
+      .expect(422);
+  }
+
   async function serverRejectsRequestWithMissingRequiredValues() {
     await client
       .post('/products')
diff --git a/packages/rest/test/helpers.ts b/packages/rest/test/helpers.ts
index f245403e7af0..972b5044719d 100644
--- a/packages/rest/test/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/test/helpers.ts
@@ -31,15 +31,23 @@ export function createUnexpectedHttpErrorLogger(
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Create an OpenAPI request body spec with the given content
+ * @param schema The schema object
+ * @param options Other attributes for the spec
+ * @param mediaType Optional media type, default to `application/json`
+ */
 export function aBodySpec(
   schema: SchemaObject | ReferenceObject,
-  options?: Partial<RequestBodyObject>,
+  options: Partial<RequestBodyObject> = {},
+  mediaType: string = 'application/json',
 ): RequestBodyObject {
-  return Object.assign({}, options, {
-    content: {
-      'application/json': {
-        schema: schema,
-      },
+  const spec = Object.assign({}, options);
+  spec.content = spec.content || {};
+  Object.assign(spec.content, {
+    [mediaType]: {
+      schema: schema,
     },
   });
+  return spec as RequestBodyObject;
 }