diff --git a/rest_framework/parsers.py b/rest_framework/parsers.py
index ab74a6e58..858edc118 100644
--- a/rest_framework/parsers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/parsers.py
@@ -97,9 +97,14 @@ class MultiPartParser(BaseParser):
 
         `.data` will be a `QueryDict` containing all the form parameters.
         `.files` will be a `QueryDict` containing all the form files.
+
+        For POSTs, accept Django request parsing.  See issue #3951.
         """
         parser_context = parser_context or {}
         request = parser_context['request']
+        _request = request._request
+        if _request.method == 'POST':
+            return DataAndFiles(_request.POST, _request.FILES)
         encoding = parser_context.get('encoding', settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET)
         meta = request.META.copy()
         meta['CONTENT_TYPE'] = media_type
diff --git a/tests/test_request.py b/tests/test_request.py
index 7a0575789..33d89b3ee 100644
--- a/tests/test_request.py
+++ b/tests/test_request.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login, logout
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.sessions.middleware import SessionMiddleware
 from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test.client import RequestFactory as DjangoRequestFactory
 from django.utils import six
 
 from rest_framework import status
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient, APIRequestFactory
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
+django_factory = DjangoRequestFactory()
 factory = APIRequestFactory()
 
 
@@ -58,6 +60,19 @@ class TestContentParsing(TestCase):
         request.parsers = (FormParser(), MultiPartParser())
         self.assertEqual(list(request.data.items()), list(data.items()))
 
+    def test_request_DATA_with_form_content_after_django_peek(self):
+        """
+        Ensure request.data returns content for POST request with form content
+        after Django has had a look at the POST data (issue #3951).
+        """
+        data = {'qwerty': 'uiop'}
+        django_request = django_factory.post('/', data)
+        # Force Django to exhaust the POST stream
+        django_request.POST
+        request = Request(django_request)
+        request.parsers = (FormParser(), MultiPartParser())
+        self.assertEqual(list(request.data.items()), list(data.items()))
+
     def test_request_DATA_with_text_content(self):
         """
         Ensure request.data returns content for POST request with
@@ -78,6 +93,19 @@ class TestContentParsing(TestCase):
         request.parsers = (FormParser(), MultiPartParser())
         self.assertEqual(list(request.POST.items()), list(data.items()))
 
+    def test_request_POST_with_form_content_after_django_peek(self):
+        """
+        Ensure request.POST returns content for POST request with form content
+        after Django has had a look at the POST data (issue #3951).
+        """
+        data = {'qwerty': 'uiop'}
+        django_request = django_factory.post('/', data)
+        # Force Django to exhaust the POST stream
+        django_request.POST
+        request = Request(django_request)
+        request.parsers = (FormParser(), MultiPartParser())
+        self.assertEqual(list(request.POST.items()), list(data.items()))
+
     def test_standard_behaviour_determines_form_content_PUT(self):
         """
         Ensure request.data returns content for PUT request with form content.