diff --git a/src/framework/types.ts b/src/framework/types.ts
index b9391fea..e9bf6376 100644
--- a/src/framework/types.ts
+++ b/src/framework/types.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export type SecurityHandlers = {
 
 export interface MultipartOpts {
   multerOpts: boolean | multer.Options;
+  preMiddleware: OpenApiRequestHandler[];
+  postMiddleware: OpenApiRequestHandler[];
   ajvOpts: ajv.Options;
 }
 
@@ -65,6 +67,12 @@ export type Format = {
   validate: (v: any) => boolean;
 };
 
+export type FileUploaderOptions = {
+  multer: multer.Options;
+  preMiddleware?: OpenApiRequestHandler[];
+  postMiddleware?: OpenApiRequestHandler[];
+};
+
 export interface OpenApiValidatorOpts {
   apiSpec: OpenAPIV3.Document | string;
   validateResponses?: boolean | ValidateResponseOpts;
@@ -75,8 +83,7 @@ export interface OpenApiValidatorOpts {
   coerceTypes?: boolean | 'array';
   unknownFormats?: true | string[] | 'ignore';
   formats?: Format[];
-  fileUploader?: boolean | multer.Options;
-  multerOpts?: multer.Options;
+  fileUploader?: boolean | FileUploaderOptions;
   $refParser?: {
     mode: 'bundle' | 'dereference';
   };
diff --git a/src/middlewares/openapi.metadata.ts b/src/middlewares/openapi.metadata.ts
index 87d4fa1e..67817cd2 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/openapi.metadata.ts
+++ b/src/middlewares/openapi.metadata.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as _zipObject from 'lodash.zipobject';
 import { pathToRegexp } from 'path-to-regexp';
-import * as deepCopy from 'lodash.clonedeep';
 import { Response, NextFunction } from 'express';
 import { OpenApiContext } from '../framework/openapi.context';
 import {
diff --git a/src/middlewares/openapi.multipart.ts b/src/middlewares/openapi.multipart.ts
index 52a071bf..4b6e3ca5 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/openapi.multipart.ts
+++ b/src/middlewares/openapi.multipart.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { OpenApiContext } from '../framework/openapi.context';
 import { createRequestAjv } from '../framework/ajv';
 import {
   OpenAPIV3,
@@ -11,22 +10,27 @@ import {
   MultipartOpts,
 } from '../framework/types';
 import { MulterError } from 'multer';
-
-const multer = require('multer');
+import * as multer from 'multer';
+import { Response } from 'express';
 
 export function multipart(
   apiDoc: OpenAPIV3.Document,
   options: MultipartOpts,
 ): OpenApiRequestHandler {
-  const mult = multer(options.multerOpts);
-  const Ajv = createRequestAjv(apiDoc, { ...options.ajvOpts });
-  return (req, res, next) => {
+  const { preMiddleware, postMiddleware, multerOpts, ajvOpts } = options;
+  const mult = multer(<multer.Options>multerOpts);
+  const Ajv = createRequestAjv(apiDoc, { ...ajvOpts });
+  return async (req, res, next) => {
     // TODO check that format: binary (for upload) else do not use multer.any()
     // use multer.none() if no binary parameters exist
     if (shouldHandle(Ajv, req)) {
+      const preError = await handleMiddleware(preMiddleware, req, res);
+      if (preError) return next(error(req, preError));
+
+      let multError: any;
       mult.any()(req, res, (err) => {
         if (err) {
-          next(error(req, err));
+          return (multError = err);
         } else {
           // TODO:
           // If a form parameter 'file' is defined to take file value, but the user provides a string value instead
@@ -62,15 +66,32 @@ export function multipart(
               },
             );
           }
-          next();
         }
       });
-    } else {
-      next();
+
+      if (multError) return next(error(req, multError));
+
+      const postError = await handleMiddleware(preMiddleware, req, res);
+      if (postError) return next(error(req, postError));
     }
+
+    next();
   };
 }
 
+async function handleMiddleware(
+  middlewares: OpenApiRequestHandler[],
+  req: OpenApiRequest,
+  res: Response,
+): Promise<any> {
+  for (let mw of middlewares) {
+    let error: any;
+    const result = mw(req, res, (err: any) => (error = err));
+    if (result instanceof Promise) await result;
+    if (error) return error;
+  }
+}
+
 function shouldHandle(Ajv, req: OpenApiRequest): boolean {
   const reqContentType = req.headers['content-type'];
   if (isMultipart(req) && reqContentType?.includes('multipart/form-data')) {
diff --git a/src/openapi.validator.ts b/src/openapi.validator.ts
index 61a833b6..90a4389b 100644
--- a/src/openapi.validator.ts
+++ b/src/openapi.validator.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ import {
   RequestValidatorOptions,
 } from './framework/types';
 import { defaultResolver } from './resolvers';
-import { OperationHandlerOptions } from './framework/types';
+import {
+  OperationHandlerOptions,
+  FileUploaderOptions,
+} from './framework/types';
 import { RequestSchemaPreprocessor } from './middlewares/parsers/request.schema.preprocessor';
 
 export {
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ export class OpenApiValidator {
     if (options.validateRequests == null) options.validateRequests = true;
     if (options.validateResponses == null) options.validateResponses = false;
     if (options.validateSecurity == null) options.validateSecurity = true;
-    if (options.fileUploader == null) options.fileUploader = {};
+    if (options.fileUploader == null) options.fileUploader = { multer: {} };
     if (options.$refParser == null) options.$refParser = { mode: 'bundle' };
     if (options.unknownFormats == null) options.unknownFormats === true;
     if (options.validateFormats == null) options.validateFormats = 'fast';
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ export class OpenApiValidator {
       options.validateResponses = {
         removeAdditional: false,
         coerceTypes: false,
-        onError: null
+        onError: null,
       };
     }
 
@@ -249,7 +252,11 @@ export class OpenApiValidator {
 
   private multipartMiddleware(apiDoc: OpenAPIV3.Document) {
     return middlewares.multipart(apiDoc, {
-      multerOpts: this.options.fileUploader,
+      multerOpts: (<FileUploaderOptions>this.options.fileUploader).multer,
+      preMiddleware: (<FileUploaderOptions>this.options.fileUploader)
+        .preMiddleware,
+      postMiddleware: (<FileUploaderOptions>this.options.fileUploader)
+        .postMiddleware,
       ajvOpts: this.ajvOpts.multipart,
     });
   }
@@ -274,7 +281,7 @@ export class OpenApiValidator {
       apiDoc,
       this.ajvOpts.response,
       // This has already been converted from boolean if required
-      this.options.validateResponses as ValidateResponseOpts
+      this.options.validateResponses as ValidateResponseOpts,
     ).validate();
   }
 
diff --git a/test/multipart.spec.ts b/test/multipart.spec.ts
index 99b937ef..beb421f9 100644
--- a/test/multipart.spec.ts
+++ b/test/multipart.spec.ts
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@ describe(packageJson.name, () => {
       {
         apiSpec,
         fileUploader: {
-          fileFilter: (req, file, cb) => {
-            fileNames.push(file.originalname);
-            cb(null, true);
+          multer: {
+            fileFilter: (req, file, cb) => {
+              fileNames.push(file.originalname);
+              cb(null, true);
+            },
           },
         },
       },
       3003,
-      app =>
+      (app) =>
         app.use(
           `${app.basePath}`,
           express
@@ -52,10 +54,8 @@ describe(packageJson.name, () => {
         .set('Content-Type', 'multipart/form-data')
         .set('Accept', 'application/json')
         .expect(400)
-        .then(e => {
-          expect(e.body)
-            .has.property('errors')
-            .with.length(1);
+        .then((e) => {
+          expect(e.body).has.property('errors').with.length(1);
           expect(e.body.errors[0])
             .has.property('message')
             .equal('multipart file(s) required');
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe(packageJson.name, () => {
         .attach('file', 'package.json')
         .expect(400));
 
-    it('should validate application/octet-stream file and metadata', done => {
+    it('should validate application/octet-stream file and metadata', (done) => {
       const testImage = `${__dirname}/assets/image.png`;
       const req = request(app)
         .post(`${app.basePath}/sample_3`)
@@ -88,14 +88,10 @@ describe(packageJson.name, () => {
         .attach('file', 'package.json')
         .field('metadata', 'some-metadata')
         .expect(200)
-        .then(r => {
+        .then((r) => {
           const b = r.body;
-          expect(b.files)
-            .to.be.an('array')
-            .with.length(1);
-          expect(b.files[0])
-            .to.have.property('fieldname')
-            .to.equal('file');
+          expect(b.files).to.be.an('array').with.length(1);
+          expect(b.files[0]).to.have.property('fieldname').to.equal('file');
           expect(b.metadata).to.equal('some-metadata');
         });
       expect(fileNames).to.deep.equal(['package.json']);
@@ -117,10 +113,8 @@ describe(packageJson.name, () => {
         .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
         .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
         .expect(415)
-        .then(r => {
-          expect(r.body)
-            .has.property('errors')
-            .with.length(1);
+        .then((r) => {
+          expect(r.body).has.property('errors').with.length(1);
           expect(r.body.errors[0])
             .has.property('message')
             .equal('unsupported media type application/json');