diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/HttpServerFileUploadImpl.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/HttpServerFileUploadImpl.java
index aa8125317..6ce902066 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/HttpServerFileUploadImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/HttpServerFileUploadImpl.java
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
 import io.vertx.core.file.AsyncFile;
 import io.vertx.core.file.OpenOptions;
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServerFileUpload;
-import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServerRequest;
 import io.vertx.core.streams.Pump;
-import io.vertx.core.streams.impl.InboundBuffer;
+import io.vertx.core.streams.ReadStream;
 
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ import java.nio.charset.Charset;
  */
 class HttpServerFileUploadImpl implements HttpServerFileUpload {
 
-  private final HttpServerRequest req;
+  private final ReadStream<Buffer> stream;
   private final Context context;
   private final String name;
   private final String filename;
@@ -42,33 +41,78 @@ class HttpServerFileUploadImpl implements HttpServerFileUpload {
   private final String contentTransferEncoding;
   private final Charset charset;
 
+  private Handler<Buffer> dataHandler;
   private Handler<Void> endHandler;
   private AsyncFile file;
   private Handler<Throwable> exceptionHandler;
 
   private long size;
-  private InboundBuffer<Buffer> pending;
-  private boolean ended;
-  private boolean completed;
   private boolean lazyCalculateSize;
 
-  HttpServerFileUploadImpl(Context context, HttpServerRequest req, String name, String filename, String contentType,
+  HttpServerFileUploadImpl(Context context, ReadStream<Buffer> stream, String name, String filename, String contentType,
                            String contentTransferEncoding,
                            Charset charset, long size) {
     this.context = context;
-    this.req = req;
+    this.stream = stream;
     this.name = name;
     this.filename = filename;
     this.contentType = contentType;
     this.contentTransferEncoding = contentTransferEncoding;
     this.charset = charset;
     this.size = size;
-    this.pending = new InboundBuffer<Buffer>(context)
-      .drainHandler(v -> req.resume())
-      .emptyHandler(v -> checkComplete());
     if (size == 0) {
       lazyCalculateSize = true;
     }
+
+    stream.handler(this::handleData);
+    stream.endHandler(this::handleEnd);
+  }
+
+  private void handleData(Buffer data) {
+    Handler<Buffer> h;
+    synchronized (HttpServerFileUploadImpl.this) {
+      h = dataHandler;
+      if (lazyCalculateSize) {
+        this.size += data.length();
+      }
+    }
+    if (h != null) {
+      h.handle(data);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void handleEnd(Void v) {
+    AsyncFile toClose;
+    synchronized (this) {
+      lazyCalculateSize = false;
+      toClose = file;
+    }
+    if (toClose != null) {
+      toClose.close(ar -> {
+        if (ar.failed()) {
+          notifyExceptionHandler(ar.cause());
+        }
+        notifyEndHandler();
+      });
+    } else {
+      notifyEndHandler();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void notifyEndHandler() {
+    Handler<Void> handler;
+    synchronized (this) {
+      handler = endHandler;
+    }
+    if (handler != null) {
+      handler.handle(null);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void notifyExceptionHandler(Throwable cause) {
+    if (exceptionHandler != null) {
+      exceptionHandler.handle(cause);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -102,27 +146,26 @@ class HttpServerFileUploadImpl implements HttpServerFileUpload {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public HttpServerFileUpload handler(Handler<Buffer> handler) {
-    pending.handler(handler);
+  public synchronized HttpServerFileUpload handler(Handler<Buffer> handler) {
+    dataHandler = handler;
     return this;
   }
 
   @Override
   public HttpServerFileUpload pause() {
-    pending.pause();
+    stream.pause();
     return this;
   }
 
   @Override
   public HttpServerFileUpload fetch(long amount) {
-    pending.resume();
+    stream.fetch(amount);
     return this;
   }
 
   @Override
   public HttpServerFileUpload resume() {
-    pending.resume();
-    checkComplete();
+    stream.resume();
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -159,67 +202,6 @@ class HttpServerFileUploadImpl implements HttpServerFileUpload {
     return !lazyCalculateSize;
   }
 
-  synchronized void receiveData(Buffer data) {
-    if (data.length() != 0) {
-      // Can sometimes receive zero length packets from Netty!
-      if (lazyCalculateSize) {
-        size += data.length();
-      }
-      doReceiveData(data);
-    }
-  }
-
-  private synchronized void doReceiveData(Buffer data) {
-    if (!pending.write(data)) {
-      req.pause();
-    }
-  }
-
-  void end() {
-    synchronized (this) {
-      ended = true;
-    }
-    checkComplete();
-  }
-
-  private void checkComplete() {
-    AsyncFile toClose;
-    synchronized (this) {
-      if (!pending.isEmpty() || pending.isPaused() || !ended || completed) {
-        return;
-      }
-      completed = true;
-      lazyCalculateSize = false;
-      toClose = file;
-    }
-    if (toClose != null) {
-      toClose.close(ar -> {
-        if (ar.failed()) {
-          notifyExceptionHandler(ar.cause());
-        }
-        notifyEndHandler();
-      });
-    } else {
-      notifyEndHandler();
-    }
-  }
-
-  private void notifyEndHandler() {
-    Handler<Void> handler;
-    synchronized (this) {
-      handler = endHandler;
-    }
-    if (handler != null) {
-      handler.handle(null);
-    }
-  }
-
-  private void notifyExceptionHandler(Throwable cause) {
-    if (exceptionHandler != null) {
-      exceptionHandler.handle(cause);
-    }
-  }
-
   @Override
   public synchronized AsyncFile file() {
     return file;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/NettyFileUpload.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/NettyFileUpload.java
index 7c83c5661..9b35279b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/NettyFileUpload.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/NettyFileUpload.java
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ package io.vertx.core.http.impl;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.FileUpload;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.InterfaceHttpData;
+import io.vertx.core.Context;
+import io.vertx.core.Handler;
 import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
+import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServerRequest;
+import io.vertx.core.streams.ReadStream;
+import io.vertx.core.streams.impl.InboundBuffer;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -24,9 +29,8 @@ import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:julien@julienviet.com">Julien Viet</a>
  */
-final class NettyFileUpload implements FileUpload {
+final class NettyFileUpload implements FileUpload, ReadStream<Buffer> {
 
-  private final HttpServerFileUploadImpl upload;
   private final String name;
   private String contentType;
   private String filename;
@@ -35,28 +39,108 @@ final class NettyFileUpload implements FileUpload {
   private boolean completed;
   private long maxSize = -1;
 
-  NettyFileUpload(HttpServerFileUploadImpl upload, String name, String filename, String contentType, String contentTransferEncoding, Charset charset) {
-    this.upload = upload;
+  private final HttpServerRequest request;
+  private final InboundBuffer<Buffer> pending;
+  private boolean ended;
+  private Handler<Void> endHandler;
+  private Handler<Throwable> exceptionHandler;
+
+  NettyFileUpload(Context context, HttpServerRequest request, String name, String filename, String contentType, String contentTransferEncoding, Charset charset) {
     this.name = name;
     this.filename = filename;
     this.contentType = contentType;
     this.contentTransferEncoding = contentTransferEncoding;
     this.charset = charset;
+
+    this.request = request;
+    this.pending = new InboundBuffer<Buffer>(context)
+      .drainHandler(v -> request.resume())
+      .emptyHandler(v -> checkComplete());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public synchronized NettyFileUpload exceptionHandler(Handler<Throwable> handler) {
+    exceptionHandler = handler;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public NettyFileUpload handler(Handler<Buffer> handler) {
+    pending.handler(handler);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public NettyFileUpload pause() {
+    pending.pause();
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public NettyFileUpload resume() {
+    return fetch(Long.MAX_VALUE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public NettyFileUpload fetch(long amount) {
+    pending.fetch(amount);
+    checkComplete();
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public synchronized NettyFileUpload endHandler(Handler<Void> handler) {
+    endHandler = handler;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  private void receiveData(Buffer data) {
+    if (data.length() != 0) {
+      if (!pending.write(data)) {
+        request.pause();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void end() {
+    synchronized (this) {
+      ended = true;
+    }
+    checkComplete();
+  }
+
+  private void checkComplete() {
+    synchronized (this) {
+      if (!pending.isEmpty() || pending.isPaused() || !ended) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    notifyEndHandler();
+  }
+
+  private void notifyEndHandler() {
+    Handler<Void> handler;
+    synchronized (this) {
+      handler = endHandler;
+    }
+    if (handler != null) {
+      handler.handle(null);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
   public void setContent(ByteBuf channelBuffer) throws IOException {
     completed = true;
-    upload.receiveData(Buffer.buffer(channelBuffer));
-    upload.end();
+    receiveData(Buffer.buffer(channelBuffer));
+    end();
   }
 
   @Override
   public void addContent(ByteBuf channelBuffer, boolean last) throws IOException {
-    upload.receiveData(Buffer.buffer(channelBuffer));
+    receiveData(Buffer.buffer(channelBuffer));
     if (last) {
       completed = true;
-      upload.end();
+      end();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/NettyFileUploadDataFactory.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/NettyFileUploadDataFactory.java
index 10d467743..560997696 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/NettyFileUploadDataFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/NettyFileUploadDataFactory.java
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ class NettyFileUploadDataFactory extends DefaultHttpDataFactory {
 
   @Override
   public FileUpload createFileUpload(HttpRequest httpRequest, String name, String filename, String contentType, String contentTransferEncoding, Charset charset, long size) {
-    HttpServerFileUploadImpl upload = new HttpServerFileUploadImpl(context, request, name, filename, contentType, contentTransferEncoding, charset,
-        size);
-    NettyFileUpload nettyUpload = new NettyFileUpload(upload, name, filename, contentType,
+    NettyFileUpload nettyUpload = new NettyFileUpload(context, request, name, filename, contentType,
         contentTransferEncoding, charset);
+    HttpServerFileUploadImpl upload = new HttpServerFileUploadImpl(context, nettyUpload, name, filename, contentType, contentTransferEncoding, charset,
+      size);
     Handler<HttpServerFileUpload> uploadHandler = lazyUploadHandler.get();
     if (uploadHandler != null) {
       uploadHandler.handle(upload);
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpTest.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpTest.java
index c10966081..7fa324596 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpTest.java
@@ -2769,7 +2769,7 @@ public abstract class HttpTest extends HttpTestBase {
 
   @Test
   public void testFormUploadEmptyFile() throws Exception {
-    testFormUploadFile("", false);
+    testFormUploadFile("", false, false);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -2789,7 +2789,7 @@ public abstract class HttpTest extends HttpTestBase {
 
   @Test
   public void testFormUploadEmptyFileStreamToDisk() throws Exception {
-    testFormUploadFile("", true);
+    testFormUploadFile("", true, false);
   }
 
   @Test