diff --git a/lib/plugins/bodyParser.js b/lib/plugins/bodyParser.js
index 1d77ca978..e42331fed 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/bodyParser.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/bodyParser.js
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ function bodyParser(options) {
         var parser;
         var type = req.contentType().toLowerCase();
 
+        var jsonPatternMatcher = new RegExp('^application/[a-zA-Z.]+\\+json');
+        // map any +json to application/json
+        if (jsonPatternMatcher.test(type)) {
+            type = 'application/json';
+        }
+
         switch (type) {
             case 'application/json':
                 parser = parseJson[0];
diff --git a/lib/plugins/jsonBodyParser.js b/lib/plugins/jsonBodyParser.js
index 174b5eba4..97b20eaed 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/jsonBodyParser.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/jsonBodyParser.js
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ function jsonBodyParser(options) {
         // save original body on req.rawBody and req._body
         req.rawBody = req._body = req.body;
 
-        if (req.getContentType() !== 'application/json' || !req.body) {
-            return next();
+        var jsonPatternMatcher = new RegExp('^application/[a-zA-Z.]+\\+json');
+        var contentType = req.getContentType();
+
+        if (contentType !== 'application/json' || !req.body) {
+            if (!jsonPatternMatcher.test(contentType)) {
+                return next();
+            }
         }
 
         var params;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 02430330b..bc914b33d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "Falco Nogatz",
     "Gergely Nemeth",
     "Guillaume Chauvet",
+    "Ifiok Idiang",
     "Isaac Schlueter",
     "Jacob Quatier",
     "James O'Cull",
diff --git a/test/plugins/jsonBodyParser.test.js b/test/plugins/jsonBodyParser.test.js
index c0ce2b7ca..431b477f3 100644
--- a/test/plugins/jsonBodyParser.test.js
+++ b/test/plugins/jsonBodyParser.test.js
@@ -489,4 +489,33 @@ describe('JSON body parser', function() {
         client.write('{"malformedJsonWithPercentSign":30%}');
         client.end();
     });
+
+    it('should handle application/*+json as application/json', function(done) {
+        SERVER.use(restify.plugins.bodyParser({ maxBodySize: 1024 }));
+
+        SERVER.post('/', function(req, res, next) {
+            res.send(200, { length: req.body.length });
+            next();
+        });
+
+        var opts = {
+            hostname: '127.0.0.1',
+            port: PORT,
+            path: '/',
+            method: 'POST',
+            agent: false,
+            headers: {
+                accept: 'application/json',
+                'content-type': 'application/hal+json',
+                'transfer-encoding': 'chunked'
+            }
+        };
+        var client = http.request(opts, function(res) {
+            assert.equal(res.statusCode, 413);
+            res.once('end', done);
+            res.resume();
+        });
+        client.write('{"a":[' + new Array(512).join('1,') + '0]}');
+        client.end();
+    });
 });