diff --git a/lib/payload.js b/lib/payload.js
index bef5222e1..543c1e03a 100755
--- a/lib/payload.js
+++ b/lib/payload.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // Load modules
 
+var Stream = require('stream');
 var Zlib = require('zlib');
 var Querystring = require('querystring');
-var Formidable = require('formidable');
+var Multiparty = require('multiparty');
 var Boom = require('boom');
 var Utils = require('./utils');
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ exports.read = function (request, next) {
 
     // Levels are: 'stream', 'raw', 'parse', 'try'
 
-    var level = request.route.payload.mode || (request.route.validate.payload || request.method === 'post' || request.method === 'put'|| request.method === 'patch' ? 'parse' : 'stream');
+    var level = request.route.payload.mode || (request.route.validate.payload || request.method === 'post' || request.method === 'put' || request.method === 'patch' ? 'parse' : 'stream');
     if (level === 'stream') {
         return next();
     }
@@ -223,38 +224,70 @@ internals.parse = function (payload, mime, headers, callback) {
 
     if (mime === 'multipart/form-data') {
 
+        var stream = new internals.Replay(headers, payload);
+
+        var form = new Multiparty.Form();
         var data = {};
-        var form = new Formidable.IncomingForm();
 
-        var processData = function (name, val) {
+        form.once('error', function (err) {
+
+            return callback(Boom.badRequest('Invalid request multipart payload format'));
+        });
+
+        var set = function (name, value) {
 
-            if (data[name]) {
-                data[name] = [data[name], val];
+            if (!data.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
+                data[name] = value;
+            }
+            else if (data[name] instanceof Array) {
+                data[name].push(value);
             }
             else {
-                data[name] = val;
+                data[name] = [data[name], value];
             }
         };
 
-        form.on('field', processData);
-        form.on('file', processData);
+        form.on('file', function (name, value) {
 
-        form.once('error', function () {
+            value.name = value.originalFilename;                            // For backwards compatibility with formidable
+            value.type = value.headers && value.headers['content-type'];
+            delete value.ws;
+            set(name, value);
+        });
 
-            form.removeAllListeners();
-            return callback(Boom.badRequest('Invalid request multipart payload format'));
+        form.on('field', function (name, value) {
+
+            set(name, value);
         });
 
-        form.once('end', function () {
+        form.once('close', function () {
 
+            stream.removeAllListeners();
             form.removeAllListeners();
             return callback(null, data);
         });
 
-        form.writeHeaders(headers);
-        form.write(payload);
+        form.parse(stream);
+
         return;
     }
 
     return callback(new Boom(415));     // Unsupported Media Type
 };
+
+
+internals.Replay = function (headers, payload) {
+
+    Stream.Readable.call(this);
+    this.headers = headers;
+    this.__payload = payload;
+};
+
+Utils.inherits(internals.Replay, Stream.Readable);
+
+
+internals.Replay.prototype._read = function (size) {
+
+    this.push(this.__payload);
+    this.push(null);
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3bcf85fb3..2c1c37f70 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "router"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": "0.10.x"
+    "node": ">=0.10.5"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "hoek": "0.8.x",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "cryptiles": "0.2.x",
     "iron": "0.3.x",
     "async": "0.2.x",
-    "formidable": "1.0.13",
+    "multiparty": "2.1.x",
     "mime": "1.2.x",
     "lru-cache": "2.3.x",
     "optimist": "0.4.x",
diff --git a/test/integration/payload.js b/test/integration/payload.js
index 73fd1cc86..9f74cf710 100755
--- a/test/integration/payload.js
+++ b/test/integration/payload.js
@@ -554,11 +554,23 @@ describe('Payload', function () {
             request.reply(request.payload);
         };
 
-        var _server = new Hapi.Server('0.0.0.0', 0);
-        _server.route({ method: 'POST', path: '/invalid', handler: invalidHandler });
-        _server.route({ method: 'POST', path: '/echo', handler: echo });
+        var server = new Hapi.Server('0.0.0.0', 0);
+        server.route({ method: 'POST', path: '/invalid', handler: invalidHandler });
+        server.route({ method: 'POST', path: '/echo', handler: echo });
 
         var multipartPayload =
+                '--AaB03x\r\n' +
+                'content-disposition: form-data; name="x"\r\n' +
+                '\r\n' +
+                'First\r\n' +
+                '--AaB03x\r\n' +
+                'content-disposition: form-data; name="x"\r\n' +
+                '\r\n' +
+                'Second\r\n' +
+                '--AaB03x\r\n' +
+                'content-disposition: form-data; name="x"\r\n' +
+                '\r\n' +
+                'Third\r\n' +
                 '--AaB03x\r\n' +
                 'content-disposition: form-data; name="field1"\r\n' +
                 '\r\n' +
@@ -576,7 +588,7 @@ describe('Payload', function () {
 
         it('returns an error on missing boundary in content-type header', function (done) {
 
-            _server.inject({ method: 'POST', url: '/invalid', payload: multipartPayload, headers: { 'content-type': 'multipart/form-data' } }, function (res) {
+            server.inject({ method: 'POST', url: '/invalid', payload: multipartPayload, headers: { 'content-type': 'multipart/form-data' } }, function (res) {
 
                 expect(res.result).to.exist;
                 expect(res.result.code).to.equal(400);
@@ -586,7 +598,7 @@ describe('Payload', function () {
 
         it('returns an error on empty separator in content-type header', function (done) {
 
-            _server.inject({ method: 'POST', url: '/invalid', payload: multipartPayload, headers: { 'content-type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=' } }, function (res) {
+            server.inject({ method: 'POST', url: '/invalid', payload: multipartPayload, headers: { 'content-type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=' } }, function (res) {
 
                 expect(res.result).to.exist;
                 expect(res.result.code).to.equal(400);
@@ -596,9 +608,9 @@ describe('Payload', function () {
 
         it('returns parsed multipart data', function (done) {
 
-            _server.inject({ method: 'POST', url: '/echo', payload: multipartPayload, headers: { 'content-type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=AaB03x' } }, function (res) {
+            server.inject({ method: 'POST', url: '/echo', payload: multipartPayload, headers: { 'content-type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=AaB03x' } }, function (res) {
 
-                expect(Object.keys(res.result).length).to.equal(2);
+                expect(Object.keys(res.result).length).to.equal(3);
                 expect(res.result.field1).to.exist;
                 expect(res.result.field1.length).to.equal(2);
                 expect(res.result.field1[1]).to.equal('Repeated name segment');