diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/MultipartBodyBuilder.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/MultipartBodyBuilder.java
index 8c8f67432ea..97011e72d21 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/MultipartBodyBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/MultipartBodyBuilder.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
-import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterizedTypeReference;
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBuffer;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.codec.multipart.FilePart;
 import org.springframework.http.codec.multipart.Part;
 import org.springframework.lang.NonNull;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ public final class MultipartBodyBuilder {
 	 * <li>String -- form field
 	 * <li>{@link org.springframework.core.io.Resource Resource} -- file part
 	 * <li>Object -- content to be encoded (e.g. to JSON)
-	 * <li>HttpEntity -- part content and headers although generally it's
-	 * easier to add headers through the returned builder</li>
+	 * <li>{@link HttpEntity} -- part content and headers although generally it's
+	 * easier to add headers through the returned builder
+	 * <li>{@link Part} -- a part from a server request
 	 * </ul>
 	 * @param name the name of the part to add
 	 * @param part the part data
@@ -117,10 +118,21 @@ public final class MultipartBodyBuilder {
 		Assert.hasLength(name, "'name' must not be empty");
 		Assert.notNull(part, "'part' must not be null");
 
-		if (part instanceof PublisherEntity<?,?>) {
-			PublisherPartBuilder<?, ?> builder = new PublisherPartBuilder<>((PublisherEntity<?, ?>) part);
+		if (part instanceof Part) {
+			PartBuilder builder = asyncPart(name, ((Part) part).content(), DataBuffer.class);
 			if (contentType != null) {
-				builder.header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, contentType.toString());
+				builder.contentType(contentType);
+			}
+			if (part instanceof FilePart) {
+				builder.filename(((FilePart) part).filename());
+			}
+			return builder;
+		}
+
+		if (part instanceof PublisherEntity<?,?>) {
+			PublisherPartBuilder<?, ?> builder = new PublisherPartBuilder<>(name, (PublisherEntity<?, ?>) part);
+			if (contentType != null) {
+				builder.contentType(contentType);
 			}
 			this.parts.add(name, builder);
 			return builder;
@@ -144,9 +156,9 @@ public final class MultipartBodyBuilder {
 							" or MultipartBodyBuilder.PublisherEntity");
 		}
 
-		DefaultPartBuilder builder = new DefaultPartBuilder(partHeaders, partBody);
+		DefaultPartBuilder builder = new DefaultPartBuilder(name, partHeaders, partBody);
 		if (contentType != null) {
-			builder.header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, contentType.toString());
+			builder.contentType(contentType);
 		}
 		this.parts.add(name, builder);
 		return builder;
@@ -165,15 +177,9 @@ public final class MultipartBodyBuilder {
 		Assert.notNull(publisher, "'publisher' must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(elementClass, "'elementClass' must not be null");
 
-		if (Part.class.isAssignableFrom(elementClass)) {
-			publisher = (P) Mono.from(publisher).flatMapMany(p -> ((Part) p).content());
-			elementClass = (Class<T>) DataBuffer.class;
-		}
-
-		PublisherPartBuilder<T, P> builder = new PublisherPartBuilder<>(null, publisher, elementClass);
+		PublisherPartBuilder<T, P> builder = new PublisherPartBuilder<>(name, null, publisher, elementClass);
 		this.parts.add(name, builder);
 		return builder;
-
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -191,7 +197,7 @@ public final class MultipartBodyBuilder {
 		Assert.notNull(publisher, "'publisher' must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(typeReference, "'typeReference' must not be null");
 
-		PublisherPartBuilder<T, P> builder = new PublisherPartBuilder<>(null, publisher, typeReference);
+		PublisherPartBuilder<T, P> builder = new PublisherPartBuilder<>(name, null, publisher, typeReference);
 		this.parts.add(name, builder);
 		return builder;
 	}
@@ -216,6 +222,24 @@ public final class MultipartBodyBuilder {
 	 */
 	public interface PartBuilder {
 
+		/**
+		 * Set the {@linkplain MediaType media type} of the part.
+		 * @param contentType the content type
+		 * @see HttpHeaders#setContentType(MediaType)
+		 * @since 5.2
+		 */
+		PartBuilder contentType(MediaType contentType);
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the filename parameter for a file part. This should not be
+		 * necessary with {@link org.springframework.core.io.Resource Resource}
+		 * based parts that expose a filename but may be useful for
+		 * {@link Publisher} parts.
+		 * @param filename the filename to set on the Content-Disposition
+		 * @since 5.2
+		 */
+		PartBuilder filename(String filename);
+
 		/**
 		 * Add part header values.
 		 * @param headerName the part header name
@@ -236,17 +260,32 @@ public final class MultipartBodyBuilder {
 
 	private static class DefaultPartBuilder implements PartBuilder {
 
+		private final String name;
+
 		@Nullable
 		protected HttpHeaders headers;
 
 		@Nullable
 		protected final Object body;
 
-		public DefaultPartBuilder(@Nullable HttpHeaders headers, @Nullable Object body) {
+		public DefaultPartBuilder(String name, @Nullable HttpHeaders headers, @Nullable Object body) {
+			this.name = name;
 			this.headers = headers;
 			this.body = body;
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		public PartBuilder contentType(MediaType contentType) {
+			initHeadersIfNecessary().setContentType(contentType);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public PartBuilder filename(String filename) {
+			initHeadersIfNecessary().setContentDispositionFormData(this.name, filename);
+			return this;
+		}
+
 		@Override
 		public PartBuilder header(String headerName, String... headerValues) {
 			initHeadersIfNecessary().addAll(headerName, Arrays.asList(headerValues));
@@ -276,18 +315,20 @@ public final class MultipartBodyBuilder {
 
 		private final ResolvableType resolvableType;
 
-		public PublisherPartBuilder(@Nullable HttpHeaders headers, P body, Class<S> elementClass) {
-			super(headers, body);
+		public PublisherPartBuilder(String name, @Nullable HttpHeaders headers, P body, Class<S> elementClass) {
+			super(name, headers, body);
 			this.resolvableType = ResolvableType.forClass(elementClass);
 		}
 
-		public PublisherPartBuilder(@Nullable HttpHeaders headers, P body, ParameterizedTypeReference<S> typeRef) {
-			super(headers, body);
+		public PublisherPartBuilder(String name, @Nullable HttpHeaders headers, P body,
+				ParameterizedTypeReference<S> typeRef) {
+
+			super(name, headers, body);
 			this.resolvableType = ResolvableType.forType(typeRef);
 		}
 
-		public PublisherPartBuilder(PublisherEntity<S, P> other) {
-			super(other.getHeaders(), other.getBody());
+		public PublisherPartBuilder(String name, PublisherEntity<S, P> other) {
+			super(name, other.getHeaders(), other.getBody());
 			this.resolvableType = other.getResolvableType();
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/MultipartHttpMessageWriterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/MultipartHttpMessageWriterTests.java
index 0886d2c83fb..af07aa25126 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/MultipartHttpMessageWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/MultipartHttpMessageWriterTests.java
@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ public class MultipartHttpMessageWriterTests extends AbstractLeakCheckingTestCas
 				this.bufferFactory.wrap("Bb".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)),
 				this.bufferFactory.wrap("Cc".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
 		);
-		Part mockPart = mock(Part.class);
+		FilePart mockPart = mock(FilePart.class);
 		given(mockPart.content()).willReturn(bufferPublisher);
+		given(mockPart.filename()).willReturn("file.txt");
 
 		MultipartBodyBuilder bodyBuilder = new MultipartBodyBuilder();
 		bodyBuilder.part("name 1", "value 1");
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ public class MultipartHttpMessageWriterTests extends AbstractLeakCheckingTestCas
 		bodyBuilder.part("utf8", utf8);
 		bodyBuilder.part("json", new Foo("bar"), MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
 		bodyBuilder.asyncPart("publisher", Flux.just("foo", "bar", "baz"), String.class);
-		bodyBuilder.asyncPart("partPublisher", Mono.just(mockPart), Part.class);
+		bodyBuilder.part("filePublisher", mockPart);
 		Mono<MultiValueMap<String, HttpEntity<?>>> result = Mono.just(bodyBuilder.build());
 
 		Map<String, Object> hints = Collections.emptyMap();
@@ -159,8 +160,9 @@ public class MultipartHttpMessageWriterTests extends AbstractLeakCheckingTestCas
 		value = decodeToString(part);
 		assertThat(value).isEqualTo("foobarbaz");
 
-		part = requestParts.getFirst("partPublisher");
-		assertThat(part.name()).isEqualTo("partPublisher");
+		part = requestParts.getFirst("filePublisher");
+		assertThat(part.name()).isEqualTo("filePublisher");
+		assertThat(((FilePart) part).filename()).isEqualTo("file.txt");
 		value = decodeToString(part);
 		assertThat(value).isEqualTo("AaBbCc");
 	}
diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webflux-webclient.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webflux-webclient.adoc
index b3519ba4ef1..7050c1cacfe 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webflux-webclient.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/web/webflux-webclient.adoc
@@ -414,8 +414,9 @@ multipart request. The following example shows how to create a `MultiValueMap<St
 ----
 	MultipartBodyBuilder builder = new MultipartBodyBuilder();
 	builder.part("fieldPart", "fieldValue");
-	builder.part("filePart", new FileSystemResource("...logo.png"));
+	builder.part("filePart1", new FileSystemResource("...logo.png"));
 	builder.part("jsonPart", new Person("Jason"));
+	builder.part("myPart", part); // Part from a server request
 
 	MultiValueMap<String, HttpEntity<?>> parts = builder.build();
 ----