diff --git a/spec/std/http/request_spec.cr b/spec/std/http/request_spec.cr
index b030692fc842..f997ca8998bc 100644
--- a/spec/std/http/request_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/std/http/request_spec.cr
@@ -438,7 +438,30 @@ module HTTP
         request.query = new_query
         request.query_params.to_s.should eq(new_query)
       end
+    end
+
+    describe "#form_params" do
+      it "returns can safely be called on get requests" do
+        request = Request.from_io(IO::Memory.new("GET /api/v3/some/resource HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n")).as(Request)
+        request.form_params?.should eq(nil)
+        request.form_params.size.should eq(0)
+      end
+
+      it "returns parsed HTTP::Params" do
+        request = Request.new("POST", "/form", HTTP::Headers{"Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}, HTTP::Params.encode({"test" => "foobar"}))
+        request.form_params?.should_not eq(nil)
+        request.form_params.size.should eq(1)
+        request.form_params["test"].should eq("foobar")
+      end
 
+      it "returns ignors invalid content-type" do
+        request = Request.new("POST", "/form", nil, HTTP::Params.encode({"test" => "foobar"}))
+        request.form_params?.should eq(nil)
+        request.form_params.size.should eq(0)
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "#hostname" do
       it "gets request hostname from the headers" do
         request = Request.from_io(IO::Memory.new("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: host.example.org:3000\r\nReferer:\r\n\r\n")).as(Request)
         request.hostname.should eq("host.example.org")
@@ -472,7 +495,9 @@ module HTTP
         request = Request.new("GET", "/")
         request.hostname.should be_nil
       end
+    end
 
+    describe "#host_with_port" do
       it "gets request host with port from the headers" do
         request = Request.from_io(IO::Memory.new("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: host.example.org:3000\r\nReferer:\r\n\r\n")).as(Request)
         request.host_with_port.should eq("host.example.org:3000")
diff --git a/src/http/request.cr b/src/http/request.cr
index c6a72d3469c0..185ee99c56bf 100644
--- a/src/http/request.cr
+++ b/src/http/request.cr
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class HTTP::Request
   property version : String
   @cookies : Cookies?
   @query_params : URI::Params?
+  @form_params : HTTP::Params?
   @uri : URI?
 
   # The network address that sent the request to an HTTP server.
@@ -80,6 +81,24 @@ class HTTP::Request
     @query_params ||= uri.query_params
   end
 
+  # Returns a convenience wrapper to parse form params, see `URI::Params`.
+  # Returns `nil` in case the content type `"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"`
+  # is not present or the body is `nil`.
+  def form_params? : HTTP::Params?
+    @form_params ||= begin
+      if headers["Content-Type"]? == "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
+        if body = self.body
+          HTTP::Params.parse(body.gets_to_end)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Returns a convenience wrapper to parse form params, see `URI::Params`.
+  def form_params : HTTP::Params
+    form_params? || HTTP::Params.new
+  end
+
   def resource : String
     update_uri
     @uri.try(&.request_target) || @resource