diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
index b6aa5cb0e3b..e176a798f64 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ public class MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder extends MockHttpServletReque
 		this(HttpMethod.POST, urlTemplate, uriVariables);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Variant of {@link #MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder(String, Object...)}
+	 * that also accepts an {@link HttpMethod}.
+	 * @since 5.3.22
+	 */
 	MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod httpMethod, String urlTemplate, Object... uriVariables) {
 		super(httpMethod, urlTemplate, uriVariables);
 		super.contentType(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA);
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMvcRequestBuilders.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMvcRequestBuilders.java
index 94d78b5b20c..bb8356a3065 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMvcRequestBuilders.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMvcRequestBuilders.java
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ public abstract class MockMvcRequestBuilders {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Create a {@link MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a multipart request.
+	 * Create a {@link MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a multipart request,
+	 * using POST as the HTTP method.
 	 * @param urlTemplate a URL template; the resulting URL will be encoded
 	 * @param uriVars zero or more URI variables
 	 * @since 5.0
@@ -215,7 +216,8 @@ public abstract class MockMvcRequestBuilders {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Create a {@link MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a multipart request.
+	 * Variant of {@link #multipart(String, Object...)} that also accepts an
+	 * {@link HttpMethod}.
 	 * @param httpMethod the HTTP method to use
 	 * @param urlTemplate a URL template; the resulting URL will be encoded
 	 * @param uriVars zero or more URI variables
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/samples/standalone/MultipartControllerTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/samples/standalone/MultipartControllerTests.java
index f525ac79712..03495b20b26 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/samples/standalone/MultipartControllerTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/samples/standalone/MultipartControllerTests.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartFile;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockPart;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StreamUtils;
 import org.springframework.validation.BindingResult;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PutMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestPart;
 import org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter;
@@ -61,20 +63,30 @@ import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders.standal
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Jaebin Joo
+ * @author Sam Brannen
  */
 public class MultipartControllerTests {
 
 	@ParameterizedTest
-	@ValueSource(strings = {"/multipartfile", "/part"})
-	public void multipartRequestWithSingleFileOrPart(String url) throws Exception {
+	@ValueSource(strings = {"/multipartfile", "/multipartfile-via-put", "/part"})
+	void multipartRequestWithSingleFileOrPart(String url) throws Exception {
 		byte[] fileContent = "bar".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 
 		byte[] json = "{\"name\":\"yeeeah\"}".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 		MockMultipartFile jsonPart = new MockMultipartFile("json", "json", "application/json", json);
 
-		MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder requestBuilder = (url.endsWith("file") ?
-				multipart(url).file(new MockMultipartFile("file", "orig", null, fileContent)) :
-				multipart(url).part(new MockPart("part", "orig", fileContent)));
+		MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder requestBuilder;
+		switch (url) {
+			case "/multipartfile":
+				requestBuilder = multipart(url).file(new MockMultipartFile("file", "orig", null, fileContent));
+				break;
+			case "/multipartfile-via-put":
+				requestBuilder = multipart(HttpMethod.PUT, url).file(new MockMultipartFile("file", "orig", null, fileContent));
+				break;
+			default:
+				requestBuilder = multipart(url).part(new MockPart("part", "orig", fileContent));
+				break;
+		}
 
 		standaloneSetup(new MultipartController()).build()
 				.perform(requestBuilder.file(jsonPart))
@@ -275,6 +287,13 @@ public class MultipartControllerTests {
 		}
 
 		@RequestMapping(value = "/multipartfilearray", method = RequestMethod.POST)
+		@PutMapping("/multipartfile-via-put")
+		public String processMultipartFileViaHttpPut(@RequestParam(required = false) MultipartFile file,
+				@RequestPart(required = false) Map<String, String> json, Model model) throws IOException {
+
+			return processMultipartFile(file, json, model);
+		}
+
 		public String processMultipartFileArray(@RequestParam(required = false) MultipartFile[] file,
 				@RequestPart(required = false) Map<String, String> json, Model model) throws IOException {