diff --git a/graphql_persist/middleware.py b/graphql_persist/middleware.py
index 548b1e3..2b7ea08 100644
--- a/graphql_persist/middleware.py
+++ b/graphql_persist/middleware.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from . import exceptions
 from .loaders import DocumentDoesNotExist, DocumentImportError
-from .parser import parse_json
+from .parser import parse_body, parse_json
 from .query import QueryKey
 from .settings import persist_settings
 
@@ -45,12 +45,11 @@ def __call__(self, request):
 
     def process_view(self, request, view_func, *args):
         if (hasattr(view_func, 'view_class') and
-                issubclass(view_func.view_class, GraphQLView) and
-                request.content_type == 'application/json'):
+                issubclass(view_func.view_class, GraphQLView)):
 
-            try:
-                data = parse_json(request.body)
-            except ValueError:
+            data = parse_body(request)
+
+            if data is None:
                 return None
 
             query_id = data.get('id', data.get('operationName'))
@@ -68,7 +67,11 @@ def process_view(self, request, view_func, *args):
                     return exceptions.DocumentSyntaxError(str(e))
 
                 request.persisted_query = PersistedQuery(document, data)
-                request._body = json.dumps(data).encode()
+
+                if request.content_type == 'application/json':
+                    request._body = json.dumps(data).encode()
+                else:
+                    request.POST = data
         return None
 
     def get_query_key(self, query_id, request):
diff --git a/graphql_persist/parser.py b/graphql_persist/parser.py
index 600d1ab..10f454c 100644
--- a/graphql_persist/parser.py
+++ b/graphql_persist/parser.py
@@ -7,3 +7,18 @@
 def parse_json(content, **kwargs):
     content = force_text(content, **kwargs)
     return json.loads(content, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
+
+
+def parse_body(request):
+    if request.content_type == 'application/json':
+        try:
+            return parse_json(request.body)
+        except ValueError:
+            return None
+
+    elif request.content_type in (
+            'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+            'multipart/form-data'):
+
+        return request.POST.dict()
+    return None
diff --git a/tests/test_middleware.py b/tests/test_middleware.py
index 17ed004..e6b73d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -9,18 +9,21 @@
 
 from graphql_persist import exceptions, versioning
 from graphql_persist.middleware import PersistedQuery, PersistMiddleware
-from graphql_persist.parser import parse_json
+from graphql_persist.parser import parse_body, parse_json
 from graphql_persist.renderers import BaseRenderer
 from graphql_persist.settings import persist_settings
 
 from .decorators import override_persist_settings
 
 
-class JSONRequestFactory(RequestFactory):
+class VersioningRequestFactory(RequestFactory):
 
     def request(self, **request):
         return VersioningRequest(self._base_environ(**request))
 
+
+class JSONRequestFactory(VersioningRequestFactory):
+
     def post(self, path, data=None, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs.setdefault('content_type', 'application/json')
 
@@ -62,12 +65,29 @@ def test_process_view(self):
         result = self.middleware.process_view(request, self.view_func)
         persisted_query = request.persisted_query
         document = persisted_query.document
-        request_body = parse_json(request._body)
+        body = parse_body(request)
+
+        self.assertIsNone(result)
+        self.assertEqual(persisted_query.id, 'schema')
+        self.assertEqual(document.origin.query_key._keys, ['schema'])
+        self.assertEqual(document.source.body, body['query'])
+
+    @override_settings(INSTALLED_APPS=['tests'])
+    def test_process_view_x_www_form_urlencoded(self):
+        data = {
+            'id': 'schema',
+        }
+
+        request = VersioningRequestFactory().post('/', data=data)
+        result = self.middleware.process_view(request, self.view_func)
+        persisted_query = request.persisted_query
+        document = persisted_query.document
+        body = request.POST
 
         self.assertIsNone(result)
         self.assertEqual(persisted_query.id, 'schema')
         self.assertEqual(document.origin.query_key._keys, ['schema'])
-        self.assertEqual(document.source.body, request_body['query'])
+        self.assertEqual(document.source.body, body['query'])
 
     def test_missing_id(self):
         request = self.factory.post('/', data={})
diff --git a/tests/test_parser.py b/tests/test_parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24af541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import json
+
+from django.test import RequestFactory, testcases
+
+from graphql_persist import parser
+
+
+class ParserTests(testcases.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.factory = RequestFactory()
+
+    def test_application_json(self):
+        request = self.factory.post(
+            '/',
+            data=json.dumps({'test': True}),
+            content_type='application/json')
+
+        result = parser.parse_body(request)
+        self.assertTrue(result['test'])
+
+    def test_json_decode_error(self):
+        request = self.factory.post(
+            '/',
+            data='error',
+            content_type='application/json')
+
+        result = parser.parse_body(request)
+        self.assertIsNone(result)
+
+    def test_x_www_form_urlencoded(self):
+        request = self.factory.post('/', data={'test': True})
+        result = parser.parse_body(request)
+
+        self.assertTrue(eval(result['test']))
+
+    def test_unknown_content_type(self):
+        request = self.factory.post(
+            '/',
+            data={'test': True},
+            content_type='unknown')
+
+        result = parser.parse_body(request)
+        self.assertIsNone(result)