diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Formatters/InputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Formatters/InputFormatter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9962de7a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Formatters/InputFormatter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core;
+using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads an object from the request body.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class InputFormatter : IInputFormatter
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the mutable collection of character encodings supported by
+        /// this <see cref="InputFormatter"/>. The encodings are
+        /// used when reading the data.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IList<Encoding> SupportedEncodings { get; } = new List<Encoding>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the mutable collection of <see cref="MediaTypeHeaderValue"/> elements supported by
+        /// this <see cref="InputFormatter"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IList<MediaTypeHeaderValue> SupportedMediaTypes { get; } = new List<MediaTypeHeaderValue>();
+
+        protected object GetDefaultValueForType(Type modelType)
+        {
+            if (modelType.GetTypeInfo().IsValueType)
+            {
+                return Activator.CreateInstance(modelType);
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public virtual bool CanRead(InputFormatterContext context)
+        {
+            var contentType = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request.ContentType;
+            MediaTypeHeaderValue requestContentType;
+            if (!MediaTypeHeaderValue.TryParse(contentType, out requestContentType))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return SupportedMediaTypes
+                            .Any(supportedMediaType => supportedMediaType.IsSubsetOf(requestContentType));
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public virtual async Task<object> ReadAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+        {
+            var request = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request;
+            if (request.ContentLength == 0)
+            {
+                return GetDefaultValueForType(context.ModelType);
+            }
+
+            return await ReadRequestBodyAsync(context);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads the request body.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The <see cref="InputFormatterContext"/> associated with the call.</param>
+        /// <returns>A task which can read the request body.</returns>
+        public abstract Task<object> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns encoding based on content type charset parameter.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected Encoding SelectCharacterEncoding(MediaTypeHeaderValue contentType)
+        {
+            if (contentType != null)
+            {
+                var charset = contentType.Charset;
+                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(contentType.Charset))
+                {
+                    foreach (var supportedEncoding in SupportedEncodings)
+                    {
+                        if (string.Equals(charset, supportedEncoding.WebName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            return supportedEncoding;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (SupportedEncodings.Count > 0)
+            {
+                return SupportedEncodings[0];
+            }
+
+            // No supported encoding was found so there is no way for us to start reading.
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(Resources.FormatInputFormatterNoEncoding(GetType().FullName));
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Formatters/JsonInputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Formatters/JsonInputFormatter.cs
index 824947263f..79f6cefa63 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Formatters/JsonInputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Formatters/JsonInputFormatter.cs
@@ -2,29 +2,24 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core;
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
-    public class JsonInputFormatter : IInputFormatter
+    public class JsonInputFormatter : InputFormatter
     {
         private const int DefaultMaxDepth = 32;
         private JsonSerializerSettings _jsonSerializerSettings;
 
         public JsonInputFormatter()
         {
-            SupportedEncodings = new List<Encoding>();
             SupportedEncodings.Add(Encodings.UTF8EncodingWithoutBOM);
             SupportedEncodings.Add(Encodings.UTF16EncodingLittleEndian);
-            SupportedMediaTypes = new List<MediaTypeHeaderValue>();
+
             SupportedMediaTypes.Add(MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/json"));
             SupportedMediaTypes.Add(MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("text/json"));
 
@@ -42,12 +37,6 @@ public JsonInputFormatter()
             };
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public IList<MediaTypeHeaderValue> SupportedMediaTypes { get; private set; }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public IList<Encoding> SupportedEncodings { get; private set; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the <see cref="JsonSerializerSettings"/> used to configure the <see cref="JsonSerializer"/>.
         /// </summary>
@@ -72,31 +61,10 @@ public JsonSerializerSettings SerializerSettings
         public bool CaptureDeserilizationErrors { get; set; }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public bool CanRead(InputFormatterContext context)
-        {
-            var contentType = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request.ContentType;
-            MediaTypeHeaderValue requestContentType;
-            if (!MediaTypeHeaderValue.TryParse(contentType, out requestContentType))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return SupportedMediaTypes
-                            .Any(supportedMediaType => supportedMediaType.IsSubsetOf(requestContentType));
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public async Task<object> ReadAsync([NotNull] InputFormatterContext context)
+        public override Task<object> ReadRequestBodyAsync([NotNull] InputFormatterContext context)
         {
+            var type = context.ModelType;
             var request = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request;
-            if (request.ContentLength == 0)
-            {
-                var modelType = context.ModelType;
-                var model = modelType.GetTypeInfo().IsValueType ? Activator.CreateInstance(modelType) :
-                                                                      null;
-                return model;
-            }
-
             MediaTypeHeaderValue requestContentType = null;
             MediaTypeHeaderValue.TryParse(request.ContentType, out requestContentType);
 
@@ -104,38 +72,6 @@ public async Task<object> ReadAsync([NotNull] InputFormatterContext context)
             // Never non-null since SelectCharacterEncoding() throws in error / not found scenarios
             var effectiveEncoding = SelectCharacterEncoding(requestContentType);
 
-            return await ReadInternal(context, effectiveEncoding);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Called during deserialization to get the <see cref="JsonReader"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="context">The <see cref="InputFormatterContext"/> for the read.</param>
-        /// <param name="readStream">The <see cref="Stream"/> from which to read.</param>
-        /// <param name="effectiveEncoding">The <see cref="Encoding"/> to use when reading.</param>
-        /// <returns>The <see cref="JsonReader"/> used during deserialization.</returns>
-        public virtual JsonReader CreateJsonReader([NotNull] InputFormatterContext context,
-                                                   [NotNull] Stream readStream,
-                                                   [NotNull] Encoding effectiveEncoding)
-        {
-            return new JsonTextReader(new StreamReader(readStream, effectiveEncoding));
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Called during deserialization to get the <see cref="JsonSerializer"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>The <see cref="JsonSerializer"/> used during serialization and deserialization.</returns>
-        public virtual JsonSerializer CreateJsonSerializer()
-        {
-            return JsonSerializer.Create(SerializerSettings);
-        }
-
-        private Task<object> ReadInternal(InputFormatterContext context,
-                                          Encoding effectiveEncoding)
-        {
-            var type = context.ModelType;
-            var request = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request;
-
             using (var jsonReader = CreateJsonReader(context, request.Body, effectiveEncoding))
             {
                 jsonReader.CloseInput = false;
@@ -172,31 +108,27 @@ private Task<object> ReadInternal(InputFormatterContext context,
             }
         }
 
-        private Encoding SelectCharacterEncoding(MediaTypeHeaderValue contentType)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Called during deserialization to get the <see cref="JsonReader"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The <see cref="InputFormatterContext"/> for the read.</param>
+        /// <param name="readStream">The <see cref="Stream"/> from which to read.</param>
+        /// <param name="effectiveEncoding">The <see cref="Encoding"/> to use when reading.</param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="JsonReader"/> used during deserialization.</returns>
+        public virtual JsonReader CreateJsonReader([NotNull] InputFormatterContext context,
+                                                   [NotNull] Stream readStream,
+                                                   [NotNull] Encoding effectiveEncoding)
         {
-            if (contentType != null)
-            {
-                // Find encoding based on content type charset parameter
-                var charset = contentType.Charset;
-                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(contentType.Charset))
-                {
-                    foreach (var supportedEncoding in SupportedEncodings)
-                    {
-                        if (string.Equals(charset, supportedEncoding.WebName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                        {
-                            return supportedEncoding;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (SupportedEncodings.Count > 0)
-            {
-                return SupportedEncodings[0];
-            }
+            return new JsonTextReader(new StreamReader(readStream, effectiveEncoding));
+        }
 
-            // No supported encoding was found so there is no way for us to start reading.
-            throw new InvalidOperationException(Resources.FormatInputFormatterNoEncoding(GetType().FullName));
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Called during deserialization to get the <see cref="JsonSerializer"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="JsonSerializer"/> used during serialization and deserialization.</returns>
+        public virtual JsonSerializer CreateJsonSerializer()
+        {
+            return JsonSerializer.Create(SerializerSettings);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Formatters/OutputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Formatters/OutputFormatter.cs
index 81ef066f9d..247c58a03f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Formatters/OutputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Formatters/OutputFormatter.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ protected OutputFormatter()
         /// this <see cref="OutputFormatter"/>. The encodings are
         /// used when writing the data.
         /// </summary>
-        public IList<Encoding> SupportedEncodings { get; private set; }
+        public IList<Encoding> SupportedEncodings { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the mutable collection of <see cref="MediaTypeHeaderValue"/> elements supported by
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml/XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml/XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter.cs
index 8b0aad030c..810fdabec5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml/XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml/XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter.cs
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
-using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Xml;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Internal;
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
     /// This class handles deserialization of input XML data
     /// to strongly-typed objects using <see cref="DataContractSerializer"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    public class XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter : IInputFormatter
+    public class XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter : InputFormatter
     {
         private DataContractSerializerSettings _serializerSettings;
         private readonly XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas _readerQuotas = FormattingUtilities.GetDefaultXmlReaderQuotas();
@@ -29,11 +26,9 @@ public class XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter : IInputFormatter
         /// </summary>
         public XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter()
         {
-            SupportedEncodings = new List<Encoding>();
             SupportedEncodings.Add(Encodings.UTF8EncodingWithoutBOM);
             SupportedEncodings.Add(Encodings.UTF16EncodingLittleEndian);
 
-            SupportedMediaTypes = new List<MediaTypeHeaderValue>();
             SupportedMediaTypes.Add(MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/xml"));
             SupportedMediaTypes.Add(MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("text/xml"));
 
@@ -49,12 +44,6 @@ public XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter()
         /// </summary>
         public IList<IWrapperProviderFactory> WrapperProviderFactories { get; }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public IList<MediaTypeHeaderValue> SupportedMediaTypes { get; }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public IList<Encoding> SupportedEncodings { get; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Indicates the acceptable input XML depth.
         /// </summary>
@@ -73,20 +62,6 @@ public XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas
             get { return _readerQuotas; }
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public bool CanRead(InputFormatterContext context)
-        {
-            var contentType = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request.ContentType;
-            MediaTypeHeaderValue requestContentType;
-            if (!MediaTypeHeaderValue.TryParse(contentType, out requestContentType))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return SupportedMediaTypes
-                            .Any(supportedMediaType => supportedMediaType.IsSubsetOf(requestContentType));
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the <see cref="DataContractSerializerSettings"/> used to configure the 
         /// <see cref="DataContractSerializer"/>.
@@ -110,15 +85,30 @@ public DataContractSerializerSettings SerializerSettings
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="context">The input formatter context which contains the body to be read.</param>
         /// <returns>Task which reads the input.</returns>
-        public async Task<object> ReadAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+        public override Task<object> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
         {
             var request = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request;
-            if (request.ContentLength == 0)
+
+            using (var xmlReader = CreateXmlReader(new NonDisposableStream(request.Body)))
             {
-                return GetDefaultValueForType(context.ModelType);
-            }
+                var type = GetSerializableType(context.ModelType);
+
+                var serializer = CreateSerializer(type);
+
+                var deserializedObject = serializer.ReadObject(xmlReader);
 
-            return await ReadInternalAsync(context);
+                // Unwrap only if the original type was wrapped.
+                if (type != context.ModelType)
+                {
+                    var unwrappable = deserializedObject as IUnwrappable;
+                    if (unwrappable != null)
+                    {
+                        deserializedObject = unwrappable.Unwrap(declaredType: context.ModelType);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return Task.FromResult(deserializedObject);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -154,41 +144,5 @@ protected virtual DataContractSerializer CreateSerializer([NotNull] Type type)
         {
             return new DataContractSerializer(type, _serializerSettings);
         }
-
-        private object GetDefaultValueForType(Type modelType)
-        {
-            if (modelType.GetTypeInfo().IsValueType)
-            {
-                return Activator.CreateInstance(modelType);
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        private Task<object> ReadInternalAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
-        {
-            var request = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request;
-
-            using (var xmlReader = CreateXmlReader(new NonDisposableStream(request.Body)))
-            {
-                var type = GetSerializableType(context.ModelType);
-
-                var serializer = CreateSerializer(type);
-
-                var deserializedObject = serializer.ReadObject(xmlReader);
-
-                // Unwrap only if the original type was wrapped.
-                if (type != context.ModelType)
-                {
-                    var unwrappable = deserializedObject as IUnwrappable;
-                    if (unwrappable != null)
-                    {
-                        deserializedObject = unwrappable.Unwrap(declaredType: context.ModelType);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                return Task.FromResult(deserializedObject);
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml/XmlSerializerInputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml/XmlSerializerInputFormatter.cs
index c187a0412c..bc661b4f91 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml/XmlSerializerInputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml/XmlSerializerInputFormatter.cs
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
-using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.Xml.Serialization;
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Xml
     /// This class handles deserialization of input XML data
     /// to strongly-typed objects using <see cref="XmlSerializer"/>
     /// </summary>
-    public class XmlSerializerInputFormatter : IInputFormatter
+    public class XmlSerializerInputFormatter : InputFormatter
     {
         private readonly XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas _readerQuotas = FormattingUtilities.GetDefaultXmlReaderQuotas();
 
@@ -28,11 +25,9 @@ public class XmlSerializerInputFormatter : IInputFormatter
         /// </summary>
         public XmlSerializerInputFormatter()
         {
-            SupportedEncodings = new List<Encoding>();
             SupportedEncodings.Add(Encodings.UTF8EncodingWithoutBOM);
             SupportedEncodings.Add(Encodings.UTF16EncodingLittleEndian);
 
-            SupportedMediaTypes = new List<MediaTypeHeaderValue>();
             SupportedMediaTypes.Add(MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/xml"));
             SupportedMediaTypes.Add(MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("text/xml"));
 
@@ -46,12 +41,6 @@ public XmlSerializerInputFormatter()
         /// </summary>
         public IList<IWrapperProviderFactory> WrapperProviderFactories { get; }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public IList<MediaTypeHeaderValue> SupportedMediaTypes { get; }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public IList<Encoding> SupportedEncodings { get; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Indicates the acceptable input XML depth.
         /// </summary>
@@ -70,34 +59,35 @@ public XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas
             get { return _readerQuotas; }
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public bool CanRead(InputFormatterContext context)
-        {
-            var contentType = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request.ContentType;
-            MediaTypeHeaderValue requestContentType;
-            if (!MediaTypeHeaderValue.TryParse(contentType, out requestContentType))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return SupportedMediaTypes
-                .Any(supportedMediaType => supportedMediaType.IsSubsetOf(requestContentType));
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Reads the input XML.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="context">The input formatter context which contains the body to be read.</param>
         /// <returns>Task which reads the input.</returns>
-        public async Task<object> ReadAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+        public override Task<object> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
         {
             var request = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request;
-            if (request.ContentLength == 0)
+
+            using (var xmlReader = CreateXmlReader(new NonDisposableStream(request.Body)))
             {
-                return GetDefaultValueForType(context.ModelType);
-            }
+                var type = GetSerializableType(context.ModelType);
+
+                var serializer = CreateSerializer(type);
+
+                var deserializedObject = serializer.Deserialize(xmlReader);
 
-            return await ReadInternalAsync(context);
+                // Unwrap only if the original type was wrapped.
+                if (type != context.ModelType)
+                {
+                    var unwrappable = deserializedObject as IUnwrappable;
+                    if (unwrappable != null)
+                    {
+                        deserializedObject = unwrappable.Unwrap(declaredType: context.ModelType);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return Task.FromResult(deserializedObject);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -132,41 +122,5 @@ protected virtual XmlSerializer CreateSerializer(Type type)
         {
             return new XmlSerializer(type);
         }
-
-        private object GetDefaultValueForType(Type modelType)
-        {
-            if (modelType.GetTypeInfo().IsValueType)
-            {
-                return Activator.CreateInstance(modelType);
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        private Task<object> ReadInternalAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
-        {
-            var request = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request;
-
-            using (var xmlReader = CreateXmlReader(new NonDisposableStream(request.Body)))
-            {
-                var type = GetSerializableType(context.ModelType);
-
-                var serializer = CreateSerializer(type);
-
-                var deserializedObject = serializer.Deserialize(xmlReader);
-
-                // Unwrap only if the original type was wrapped.
-                if (type != context.ModelType)
-                {
-                    var unwrappable = deserializedObject as IUnwrappable;
-                    if (unwrappable != null)
-                    {
-                        deserializedObject = unwrappable.Unwrap(declaredType: context.ModelType);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                return Task.FromResult(deserializedObject);
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/InputFormatterTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/InputFormatterTests.cs
index 81bec2cac2..95060df7d2 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/InputFormatterTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/InputFormatterTests.cs
@@ -163,5 +163,42 @@ public async Task JsonInputFormatter_IsModelStateValid_ForTransferEncodingChunk(
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
             Assert.Equal(expectedSampleIntValue.ToString(), responseBody);
         }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("utf-8")]
+        [InlineData("unicode")]
+        public async Task CustomFormatter_IsSelected_ForSupportedContentTypeAndEncoding(string encoding)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var server = TestServer.Create(_services, _app);
+            var client = server.CreateClient();
+            var content = new StringContent("Test Content", Encoding.GetEncoding(encoding), "text/plain");
+
+            // Act
+            var response = await client.PostAsync("http://localhost/InputFormatter/ReturnInput/", content);
+            var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+
+            //Assert
+            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
+            Assert.Equal("Test Content", responseBody);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("image/png")]
+        [InlineData("image/jpeg")]
+        public async Task CustomFormatter_NotSelected_ForUnsupportedContentType(string contentType)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var server = TestServer.Create(_services, _app);
+            var client = server.CreateClient();
+            var content = new StringContent("Test Content", Encoding.UTF8, contentType);
+
+            // Act
+            var response = await client.PostAsync("http://localhost/InputFormatter/ReturnInput/", content);
+            var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+
+            //Assert
+            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, response.StatusCode);
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/Controllers/InputFormatterController.cs b/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/Controllers/InputFormatterController.cs
index e84973e242..a09ac4553a 100644
--- a/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/Controllers/InputFormatterController.cs
+++ b/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/Controllers/InputFormatterController.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.WebUtilities;
 
 namespace FormatterWebSite.Controllers
 {
@@ -35,5 +36,15 @@ public object ActionFilterHandlesError([FromBody] DummyClass dummy)
         {
             return dummy;
         }
+
+        public IActionResult ReturnInput([FromBody] string test)
+        {
+            if (!ModelState.IsValid)
+            {
+                return new HttpStatusCodeResult(StatusCodes.Status400BadRequest);
+            }
+
+            return Content(test);
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/Startup.cs b/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/Startup.cs
index d26a72dab9..7cfcb56a9c 100644
--- a/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/Startup.cs
+++ b/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/Startup.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
                     options.ValidationExcludeFilters.Add(typeof(Supplier));
 
                     options.AddXmlDataContractSerializerFormatter();
+                    options.InputFormatters.Add(new StringInputFormatter());
                 });
             });
 
diff --git a/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/StringInputFormatter.cs b/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/StringInputFormatter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6ea797b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/StringInputFormatter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
+
+namespace FormatterWebSite
+{
+    public class StringInputFormatter : InputFormatter
+    {
+        public StringInputFormatter()
+        {
+            SupportedMediaTypes.Add(MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("text/plain"));
+
+            SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.UTF8);
+            SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.Unicode);
+        }
+
+        public override Task<object> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+        {
+            var request = context.ActionContext.HttpContext.Request;
+            MediaTypeHeaderValue requestContentType = null;
+            MediaTypeHeaderValue.TryParse(request.ContentType, out requestContentType);
+            var effectiveEncoding = SelectCharacterEncoding(requestContentType);
+
+            using (var reader = new StreamReader(request.Body, effectiveEncoding))
+            {
+                var stringContent = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                return Task.FromResult<object>(stringContent);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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