diff --git a/tests/test_middleware.py b/tests/test_middleware.py
index 9f75cffe6..9df7d8e3e 100644
--- a/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.test import override_settings
 
 from rest_framework.authentication import TokenAuthentication
 from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
+from rest_framework.request import is_form_media_type
+from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
+
+class PostView(APIView):
+    def post(self, request):
+        return Response(data=request.data, status=200)
+
+
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r'^$', APIView.as_view(authentication_classes=(TokenAuthentication,))),
+    url(r'^auth$', APIView.as_view(authentication_classes=(TokenAuthentication,))),
+    url(r'^post$', PostView.as_view()),
 ]
 
 
-class MyMiddleware(object):
+class RequestUserMiddleware(object):
     def __init__(self, get_response):
         self.get_response = get_response
 
@@ -24,13 +34,43 @@ class MyMiddleware(object):
         return response
 
 
+class RequestPOSTMiddleware(object):
+    def __init__(self, get_response):
+        self.get_response = get_response
+
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        assert isinstance(request, HttpRequest)
+
+        # Parse body with underlying Django request
+        request.body
+
+        # Process request with DRF view
+        response = self.get_response(request)
+
+        # Ensure request.POST is set as appropriate
+        if is_form_media_type(request.content_type):
+            assert request.POST == {'foo': ['bar']}
+        else:
+            assert request.POST == {}
+
+        return response
+
+
 @override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='tests.test_middleware')
 class TestMiddleware(APITestCase):
 
-    @override_settings(MIDDLEWARE=('tests.test_middleware.MyMiddleware',))
+    @override_settings(MIDDLEWARE=('tests.test_middleware.RequestUserMiddleware',))
     def test_middleware_can_access_user_when_processing_response(self):
         user = User.objects.create_user('john', 'john@example.com', 'password')
         key = 'abcd1234'
         Token.objects.create(key=key, user=user)
 
         self.client.get('/auth', HTTP_AUTHORIZATION='Token %s' % key)
+
+    @override_settings(MIDDLEWARE=('tests.test_middleware.RequestPOSTMiddleware',))
+    def test_middleware_can_access_request_post_when_processing_response(self):
+        response = self.client.post('/post', {'foo': 'bar'})
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+
+        response = self.client.post('/post', {'foo': 'bar'}, format='json')
+        assert response.status_code == 200