diff --git a/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/code/docs/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectivesExamplesSpec.scala b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/code/docs/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectivesExamplesSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dba56ff2b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/code/docs/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectivesExamplesSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package docs.http.scaladsl.server.directives
+
+import java.io.File
+
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.{ MediaTypes, HttpEntity, Multipart, StatusCodes }
+import akka.stream.io.Framing
+import akka.util.ByteString
+import docs.http.scaladsl.server.RoutingSpec
+
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+import scala.util.{ Success, Failure }
+
+class FileUploadDirectivesExamplesSpec extends RoutingSpec {
+
+  override def testConfigSource = "akka.actor.default-mailbox.mailbox-type = \"akka.dispatch.UnboundedMailbox\""
+
+  "uploadedFile" in {
+
+    val route =
+      uploadedFile("csv") {
+        case (metadata, file) =>
+          // do something with the file and file metadata ...
+          file.delete()
+          complete(StatusCodes.OK)
+      }
+
+    // tests:
+    val multipartForm =
+      Multipart.FormData(
+        Multipart.FormData.BodyPart.Strict(
+          "csv",
+          HttpEntity(MediaTypes.`text/plain`, "1,5,7\n11,13,17"),
+          Map("filename" -> "data.csv")))
+
+    Post("/", multipartForm) ~> route ~> check {
+      status shouldEqual StatusCodes.OK
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  "fileUpload" in {
+
+    // adding integers as a service ;)
+    val route =
+      extractRequestContext { ctx =>
+        implicit val mat = ctx.materializer
+        implicit val ec = ctx.executionContext
+
+        fileUpload("csv") {
+          case (metadata, byteSource) =>
+
+            val sumF: Future[Int] =
+              // sum the numbers as they arrive so that we can
+              // accept any size of file
+              byteSource.via(Framing.delimiter(ByteString("\n"), 1024))
+                .mapConcat(_.utf8String.split(",").toVector)
+                .map(_.toInt)
+                .runFold(0) { (acc, n) => acc + n }
+
+            onSuccess(sumF) { sum => complete(s"Sum: $sum") }
+        }
+      }
+
+    // tests:
+    val multipartForm =
+      Multipart.FormData(Multipart.FormData.BodyPart.Strict(
+        "csv",
+        HttpEntity(MediaTypes.`text/plain`, "2,3,5\n7,11,13,17,23\n29,31,37\n"),
+        Map("filename" -> "primes.csv")))
+
+    Post("/", multipartForm) ~> route ~> check {
+      status shouldEqual StatusCodes.OK
+      responseAs[String] shouldEqual "Sum: 178"
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/alphabetically.rst b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/alphabetically.rst
index dbedb4cfc7..276f7dc681 100644
--- a/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/alphabetically.rst
+++ b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/alphabetically.rst
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Directive                                   Description
 :ref:`-extractUri-`                         Extracts the complete request URI
 :ref:`-failWith-`                           Bubbles the given error up the response chain where it is dealt with by the
                                             closest :ref:`-handleExceptions-` directive and its ``ExceptionHandler``
+:ref:`-fileUpload-`                         Provides a stream of an uploaded file from a multipart request
 :ref:`-formField-`                          Extracts an HTTP form field from the request
 :ref:`-formFields-`                         Extracts a number of HTTP form field from the request
 :ref:`-get-`                                Rejects all non-GET requests
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ Directive                                   Description
 :ref:`-setCookie-`                          Adds a ``Set-Cookie`` response header with the given cookies
 :ref:`-textract-`                           Extracts a number of values using a ``RequestContext ⇒ Tuple`` function
 :ref:`-tprovide-`                           Injects a given tuple of values into a directive
+:ref:`-uploadedFile-`                       Streams one uploaded file from a multipart request to a file on disk
 :ref:`-validate-`                           Checks a given condition before running its inner route
 :ref:`-withExecutionContext-`               Runs its inner route with the given alternative ``ExecutionContext``
 :ref:`-withMaterializer-`                   Runs its inner route with the given alternative ``Materializer``
diff --git a/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/by-trait.rst b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/by-trait.rst
index 6d2aff8a15..46552c0f73 100644
--- a/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/by-trait.rst
+++ b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/by-trait.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ Directives filtering or extracting from the request
 :ref:`BasicDirectives` and :ref:`MiscDirectives`
   Directives handling request properties.
 
+:ref:`FileUploadDirectives`
+  Handle file uploads.
+
 
 .. _Response Directives:
 
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ List of predefined directives by trait
    debugging-directives/index
    execution-directives/index
    file-and-resource-directives/index
+   file-upload-directives/index
    form-field-directives/index
    future-directives/index
    header-directives/index
diff --git a/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/file-upload-directives/fileUpload.rst b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/file-upload-directives/fileUpload.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0256781dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/file-upload-directives/fileUpload.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+.. _-fileUpload-:
+
+fileUpload
+==========
+
+Signature
+---------
+
+.. includecode2:: /../../akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectives.scala
+   :snippet: fileUpload
+
+Description
+-----------
+Simple access to the stream of bytes for a file uploaded as a multipart form together with metadata
+about the upload as extracted value.
+
+If there is no field with the given name the request will be rejected, if there are multiple file parts
+with the same name, the first one will be used and the subsequent ones ignored.
+
+
+Example
+-------
+
+.. includecode2:: ../../../../code/docs/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectivesExamplesSpec.scala
+   :snippet: fileUpload
diff --git a/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/file-upload-directives/index.rst b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/file-upload-directives/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1af52aaeab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/file-upload-directives/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.. _FileUploadDirectives:
+
+FileUploadDirectives
+====================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   uploadedFile
+   fileUpload
diff --git a/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/file-upload-directives/uploadedFile.rst b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/file-upload-directives/uploadedFile.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99216da5ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/directives/file-upload-directives/uploadedFile.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+.. _-uploadedFile-:
+
+uploadedFile
+============
+
+Signature
+---------
+
+.. includecode2:: /../../akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectives.scala
+   :snippet: uploadedFile
+
+Description
+-----------
+Streams the contents of a file uploaded as a multipart form into a temporary file on disk and provides the file and
+metadata about the upload as extracted value.
+
+If there is an error writing to disk the request will be failed with the thrown exception, if there is no field
+with the given name the request will be rejected, if there are multiple file parts with the same name, the first
+one will be used and the subsequent ones ignored.
+
+.. note::
+   This directive will stream contents of the request into a file, however one can not start processing these
+   until the file has been written completely. For streaming APIs it is preferred to use the :ref:`-fileUpload-`
+   directive, as it allows for streaming handling of the incoming data bytes.
+
+
+Example
+-------
+
+.. includecode2:: ../../../../code/docs/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectivesExamplesSpec.scala
+   :snippet: uploadedFile
diff --git a/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/index.rst b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/index.rst
index d962292cee..f1e1ca5dc2 100644
--- a/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/index.rst
+++ b/akka-docs-dev/rst/scala/http/routing-dsl/index.rst
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ in the :ref:`exception-handling-scala` section of the documtnation. You can use
 
 File uploads
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
+For high level directives to handle uploads see the :ref:`FileUploadDirectives`.
 
 Handling a simple file upload from for example a browser form with a `file` input can be done
 by accepting a `Multipart.FormData` entity, note that the body parts are `Source` rather than
diff --git a/akka-http-tests/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectivesSpec.scala b/akka-http-tests/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectivesSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23f6f5d290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http-tests/src/test/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectivesSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http.scaladsl.server.directives
+
+import java.io.{ FileInputStream, File }
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model._
+import akka.http.scaladsl.server.{ MissingFormFieldRejection, RoutingSpec }
+import akka.util.ByteString
+
+class FileUploadDirectivesSpec extends RoutingSpec {
+
+  "the uploadedFile directive" should {
+
+    "write a posted file to a temporary file on disk" in {
+
+      val xml = "<int>42</int>"
+
+      val simpleMultipartUpload =
+        Multipart.FormData(Multipart.FormData.BodyPart.Strict(
+          "fieldName",
+          HttpEntity(MediaTypes.`text/xml`, xml),
+          Map("filename" -> "age.xml")))
+
+      @volatile var file: Option[File] = None
+
+      try {
+        Post("/", simpleMultipartUpload) ~> {
+          uploadedFile("fieldName") {
+            case (info, tmpFile) ⇒
+              file = Some(tmpFile)
+              complete(info.toString)
+          }
+        } ~> check {
+          file.isDefined === true
+          responseAs[String] === FileInfo("fieldName", "age.xml", ContentTypes.`text/xml`).toString
+          read(file.get) === xml
+        }
+      } finally {
+        file.foreach(_.delete())
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  "the fileUpload directive" should {
+
+    def echoAsAService =
+      extractRequestContext { ctx ⇒
+        implicit val mat = ctx.materializer
+
+        fileUpload("field1") {
+          case (info, bytes) ⇒
+            // stream the bytes somewhere
+            val allBytesF = bytes.runFold(ByteString()) { (all, bytes) ⇒ all ++ bytes }
+
+            // sum all individual file sizes
+            onSuccess(allBytesF) { allBytes ⇒
+              complete(allBytes)
+            }
+        }
+      }
+
+    "stream the file upload" in {
+      // byte count as a service ;)
+      val route = echoAsAService
+
+      // tests:
+      val str1 = "some data"
+      val multipartForm =
+        Multipart.FormData(Multipart.FormData.BodyPart.Strict(
+          "field1",
+          HttpEntity(MediaTypes.`text/plain`, str1),
+          Map("filename" -> "data1.txt")))
+
+      Post("/", multipartForm) ~> route ~> check {
+        status shouldEqual StatusCodes.OK
+        responseAs[String] shouldEqual str1
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    "stream the first file upload if multiple with the same name are posted" in {
+      // byte count as a service ;)
+      val route = echoAsAService
+
+      // tests:
+      val str1 = "some data"
+      val str2 = "other data"
+      val multipartForm =
+        Multipart.FormData(
+          Multipart.FormData.BodyPart.Strict(
+            "field1",
+            HttpEntity(MediaTypes.`text/plain`, str1),
+            Map("filename" -> "data1.txt")),
+          Multipart.FormData.BodyPart.Strict(
+            "field1",
+            HttpEntity(MediaTypes.`text/plain`, str2),
+            Map("filename" -> "data2.txt")))
+
+      Post("/", multipartForm) ~> route ~> check {
+        status shouldEqual StatusCodes.OK
+        responseAs[String] shouldEqual str1
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    "reject the file upload if the field name is missing" in {
+      // byte count as a service ;)
+      val route =
+        extractRequestContext { ctx ⇒
+          implicit val mat = ctx.materializer
+
+          fileUpload("missing") {
+            case (info, bytes) ⇒
+              // stream the bytes somewhere
+              val allBytesF = bytes.runFold(ByteString()) { (all, bytes) ⇒ all ++ bytes }
+
+              // sum all individual file sizes
+              onSuccess(allBytesF) { allBytes ⇒
+                complete(allBytes)
+              }
+          }
+        }
+
+      // tests:
+      val str1 = "some data"
+      val multipartForm =
+        Multipart.FormData(Multipart.FormData.BodyPart.Strict(
+          "field1",
+          HttpEntity(MediaTypes.`text/plain`, str1),
+          Map("filename" -> "data1.txt")))
+
+      Post("/", multipartForm) ~> route ~> check {
+        rejection === MissingFormFieldRejection("missing")
+      }
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  private def read(file: File): String = {
+    val in = new FileInputStream(file)
+    try {
+      val buffer = new Array[Byte](1024)
+      in.read(buffer)
+      new String(buffer, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+    } finally {
+      in.close()
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/Directives.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/Directives.scala
index ece3426bbc..30a0c9affe 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/Directives.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/Directives.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ trait Directives extends RouteConcatenation
   with CodingDirectives
   with ExecutionDirectives
   with FileAndResourceDirectives
+  with FileUploadDirectives
   with FormFieldDirectives
   with FutureDirectives
   with HeaderDirectives
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectives.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectives.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8db4667f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/FileUploadDirectives.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.http.scaladsl.server.directives
+
+import java.io.File
+
+import akka.http.scaladsl.server.{ MissingFormFieldRejection, Directive1 }
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.{ ContentType, Multipart }
+import akka.util.ByteString
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+import scala.util.{ Failure, Success, Try }
+import akka.stream.scaladsl._
+
+trait FileUploadDirectives {
+
+  import BasicDirectives._
+  import RouteDirectives._
+  import FutureDirectives._
+  import MarshallingDirectives._
+
+  /**
+   * Streams the bytes of the file submitted using multipart with the given file name into a temporary file on disk.
+   * If there is an error writing to disk the request will be failed with the thrown exception, if there is no such
+   * field the request will be rejected, if there are multiple file parts with the same name, the first one will be
+   * used and the subsequent ones ignored.
+   */
+  def uploadedFile(fieldName: String): Directive1[(FileInfo, File)] =
+    extractRequestContext.flatMap { ctx ⇒
+      import ctx.executionContext
+      import ctx.materializer
+
+      fileUpload(fieldName).flatMap {
+        case (fileInfo, bytes) ⇒
+
+          val destination = File.createTempFile("akka-http-upload", ".tmp")
+          val uploadedF: Future[(FileInfo, File)] = bytes.runWith(Sink.file(destination))
+            .map(_ ⇒ (fileInfo, destination))
+
+          onComplete[(FileInfo, File)](uploadedF).flatMap {
+
+            case Success(uploaded) ⇒
+              provide(uploaded)
+
+            case Failure(ex) ⇒
+              destination.delete()
+              failWith(ex)
+
+          }
+      }
+    }
+
+  /**
+   * Collects each body part that is a multipart file as a tuple containing metadata and a `Source`
+   * for streaming the file contents somewhere. If there is no such field the request will be rejected,
+   * if there are multiple file parts with the same name, the first one will be used and the subsequent
+   * ones ignored.
+   */
+  def fileUpload(fieldName: String): Directive1[(FileInfo, Source[ByteString, Any])] =
+    entity(as[Multipart.FormData]).flatMap { formData ⇒
+      extractRequestContext.flatMap { ctx ⇒
+        implicit val mat = ctx.materializer
+        implicit val ec = ctx.executionContext
+
+        val onePartSource: Source[(FileInfo, Source[ByteString, Any]), Any] = formData.parts
+          .filter(part ⇒ part.filename.isDefined && part.name == fieldName)
+          .map(part ⇒ (FileInfo(part.name, part.filename.get, part.entity.contentType), part.entity.dataBytes))
+          .take(1)
+
+        val onePartF = onePartSource.runWith(Sink.headOption[(FileInfo, Source[ByteString, Any])])
+
+        onSuccess(onePartF)
+      }
+
+    }.flatMap {
+      case Some(tuple) ⇒ provide(tuple)
+      case None        ⇒ reject(MissingFormFieldRejection(fieldName))
+    }
+
+}
+
+object FileUploadDirectives extends FileUploadDirectives
+
+/**
+ * Additional metadata about the file being uploaded/that was uploaded using the [[FileUploadDirectives]]
+ *
+ * @param fieldName Name of the form field the file was uploaded in
+ * @param fileName User specified name of the uploaded file
+ * @param contentType Content type of the file
+ */
+final case class FileInfo(fieldName: String, fileName: String, contentType: ContentType)