diff --git a/include/wx/webrequest.h b/include/wx/webrequest.h
index 239db265b7..75106322ea 100644
--- a/include/wx/webrequest.h
+++ b/include/wx/webrequest.h
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ public:
 
     void SetState(State state, const wxString& failMsg = "");
 
+    static void SplitParameters(const wxString& s, wxString& value,
+        wxWebRequestHeaderMap& parameters);
+
+    static void SplitParameters(const wxString::const_iterator& begin,
+        const wxString::const_iterator& end, wxWebRequestHeaderMap& parameters);
+
 protected:
     wxString m_method;
     Storage m_storage;
diff --git a/interface/wx/webrequest.h b/interface/wx/webrequest.h
index 03b563e48d..e97f5e85c9 100644
--- a/interface/wx/webrequest.h
+++ b/interface/wx/webrequest.h
@@ -320,6 +320,36 @@ public:
     */
     wxFileOffset GetBytesExpectedToReceive() const;
     ///@}
+
+    /**
+        Splits the given string into a value and a collection of parameters.
+        Parameters are expected to be separated by semicolons.
+        Enclosing quotes of parameter values are removed.
+
+        For example, the string
+        @code
+           multipart/mixed; boundary="MIME_boundary_01234567"
+        @endcode
+        is split into the value
+        @code
+           multipart/mixed
+        @endcode
+        and the parameter
+        @code
+            boundary -> MIME_boundary_01234567
+        @endcode
+    */
+    static void SplitParameters(const wxString& s, wxString& value,
+        wxWebRequestHeaderMap& parameters);
+
+    /**
+        Splits the given string into a collection of parameters.
+        Parameters are expected to be separated by semicolons.
+
+        Enclosing quotes of parameter values are removed.
+    */
+    static void SplitParameters(const wxString::const_iterator& begin,
+        const wxString::const_iterator& end, wxWebRequestHeaderMap& parameters);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/common/webrequest.cpp b/src/common/webrequest.cpp
index bca423a6a7..6bd870c384 100644
--- a/src/common/webrequest.cpp
+++ b/src/common/webrequest.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,69 @@ void wxWebRequest::SetState(State state, const wxString & failMsg)
     CallAfter(&wxWebRequest::ProcessStateEvent, state, failMsg);
 }
 
+// The SplitParamaters implementation is adapted to wxWidgets
+// from Poco::Net::MessageHeader::splitParameters
+
+void wxWebRequest::SplitParameters(const wxString& s, wxString& value,
+    wxWebRequestHeaderMap& parameters)
+{
+    value.clear();
+    parameters.clear();
+    wxString::const_iterator it = s.begin();
+    wxString::const_iterator end = s.end();
+    while ( it != end && wxIsspace(*it) ) ++it;
+    while ( it != end && *it != ';' ) value += *it++;
+    value.Trim();
+    if ( it != end ) ++it;
+    SplitParameters(it, end, parameters);
+}
+
+void wxWebRequest::SplitParameters(const wxString::const_iterator& begin,
+    const wxString::const_iterator& end, wxWebRequestHeaderMap& parameters)
+{
+    wxString pname;
+    wxString pvalue;
+    pname.reserve(32);
+    pvalue.reserve(64);
+    wxString::const_iterator it = begin;
+    while ( it != end )
+    {
+        pname.clear();
+        pvalue.clear();
+        while ( it != end && wxIsspace(*it) ) ++it;
+        while ( it != end && *it != '=' && *it != ';' ) pname += *it++;
+        pname.Trim();
+        if ( it != end && *it != ';' ) ++it;
+        while ( it != end && wxIsspace(*it) ) ++it;
+        while ( it != end && *it != ';' )
+        {
+            if ( *it == '"' )
+            {
+                ++it;
+                while ( it != end && *it != '"' )
+                {
+                    if ( *it == '\\' )
+                    {
+                        ++it;
+                        if ( it != end ) pvalue += *it++;
+                    }
+                    else pvalue += *it++;
+                }
+                if ( it != end ) ++it;
+            }
+            else if ( *it == '\\' )
+            {
+                ++it;
+                if ( it != end ) pvalue += *it++;
+            }
+            else pvalue += *it++;
+        }
+        pvalue.Trim();
+        if ( !pname.empty() ) parameters[pname] = pvalue;
+        if ( it != end ) ++it;
+    }
+}
+
 void wxWebRequest::ProcessStateEvent(State state, const wxString& failMsg)
 {
     if (!IsActiveState(state) && GetResponse())
diff --git a/tests/net/webrequest.cpp b/tests/net/webrequest.cpp
index bb297c0ebc..175fd071fc 100644
--- a/tests/net/webrequest.cpp
+++ b/tests/net/webrequest.cpp
@@ -197,4 +197,17 @@ TEST_CASE_METHOD(RequestFixture, "WebRequest", "[net][.]")
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("WebRequestUtils", "[net]")
+{
+    wxString value;
+    wxWebRequestHeaderMap params;
+
+    wxString header = "multipart/mixed; boundary=\"MIME_boundary_01234567\"";
+
+    wxWebRequest::SplitParameters(header, value, params);
+    REQUIRE( value == "multipart/mixed" );
+    REQUIRE( params.size() == 1 );
+    REQUIRE( params["boundary"] == "MIME_boundary_01234567" );
+}
+
 #endif // wxUSE_WEBREQUEST