diff --git a/lib/mongoid.rb b/lib/mongoid.rb
index 2637d9295a4..4f6ee24773f 100644
--- a/lib/mongoid.rb
+++ b/lib/mongoid.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 require "mongoid/sessions"
 require "mongoid/document"
 require "mongoid/unit_of_work"
+require "mongoid/multi_parameter_attributes"
 
 # If we are using Rails then we will include the Mongoid railtie. This has all
 # the nifty initializers that Mongoid needs.
diff --git a/lib/mongoid/multi_parameter_attributes.rb b/lib/mongoid/multi_parameter_attributes.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..653378d02b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mongoid/multi_parameter_attributes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+module Mongoid
+
+  # Adds Rails' multi-parameter attribute support to Mongoid.
+  #
+  # @todo: Durran: This module needs an overhaul.
+  module MultiParameterAttributes
+
+    module Errors
+
+      # Raised when an error occurred while doing a mass assignment to an
+      # attribute through the <tt>attributes=</tt> method. The exception
+      # has an +attribute+ property that is the name of the offending attribute.
+      class AttributeAssignmentError < Mongoid::Errors::MongoidError
+        attr_reader :exception, :attribute
+
+        def initialize(message, exception, attribute)
+          @exception = exception
+          @attribute = attribute
+          @message = message
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Raised when there are multiple errors while doing a mass assignment
+      # through the +attributes+ method. The exception has an +errors+
+      # property that contains an array of AttributeAssignmentError
+      # objects, each corresponding to the error while assigning to an
+      # attribute.
+      class MultiparameterAssignmentErrors < Mongoid::Errors::MongoidError
+        attr_reader :errors
+
+        def initialize(errors)
+          @errors = errors
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Process the provided attributes casting them to their proper values if a
+    # field exists for them on the document. This will be limited to only the
+    # attributes provided in the suppied +Hash+ so that no extra nil values get
+    # put into the document's attributes.
+    #
+    # @example Process the attributes.
+    #   person.process_attributes(:title => "sir", :age => 40)
+    #
+    # @param [ Hash ] attrs The attributes to set.
+    #
+    # @since 2.0.0.rc.7
+    def process_attributes(attrs = nil)
+      if attrs
+        errors = []
+        attributes = attrs.class.new
+        attributes.permit! if attrs.respond_to?(:permitted?) && attrs.permitted?
+        multi_parameter_attributes = {}
+
+        attrs.each_pair do |key, value|
+          if key =~ /\A([^\(]+)\((\d+)([if])\)$/
+            key, index = $1, $2.to_i
+            (multi_parameter_attributes[key] ||= {})[index] = value.empty? ? nil : value.send("to_#{$3}")
+          else
+            attributes[key] = value
+          end
+        end
+
+        multi_parameter_attributes.each_pair do |key, values|
+          begin
+            values = (values.keys.min..values.keys.max).map { |i| values[i] }
+            field = self.class.fields[database_field_name(key)]
+            attributes[key] = instantiate_object(field, values)
+          rescue => e
+            errors << Errors::AttributeAssignmentError.new(
+              "error on assignment #{values.inspect} to #{key}", e, key
+            )
+          end
+        end
+
+        unless errors.empty?
+          raise Errors::MultiparameterAssignmentErrors.new(errors),
+            "#{errors.size} error(s) on assignment of multiparameter attributes"
+        end
+        super(attributes)
+      else
+        super
+      end
+    end
+
+    protected
+
+    def instantiate_object(field, values_with_empty_parameters)
+      return nil if values_with_empty_parameters.all? { |v| v.nil? }
+      values = values_with_empty_parameters.collect { |v| v.nil? ? 1 : v }
+      klass = field.type
+      if klass == DateTime || klass == Date || klass == Time
+        field.mongoize(values)
+      elsif klass
+        klass.new(*values)
+      else
+        values
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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