diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/TextInputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/TextInputFormatter.cs
index 8967511c00..9296bb68c1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/TextInputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/TextInputFormatter.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         /// <param name="context">The <see cref="InputFormatterContext"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="encoding">The <see cref="Encoding"/> used to read the request body.</param>
         /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> that on completion deserializes the request body.</returns>
-        public abstract Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context, Encoding encoding);
+        public abstract Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(
+            InputFormatterContext context,
+            Encoding encoding);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns an <see cref="Encoding"/> based on <paramref name="context"/>'s
@@ -82,25 +84,31 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
             }
 
-            if (SupportedEncodings?.Count == 0)
+            if (SupportedEncodings.Count == 0)
             {
-                var message = Resources.FormatTextInputFormatter_SupportedEncodingsMustNotBeEmpty(nameof(SupportedEncodings));
+                var message = Resources.FormatTextInputFormatter_SupportedEncodingsMustNotBeEmpty(
+                    nameof(SupportedEncodings));
                 throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
             }
 
-            var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
-
-            var requestEncoding = request.ContentType == null ? null : MediaType.GetEncoding(request.ContentType);
-            if (requestEncoding != null)
+            var requestContentType = context.HttpContext.Request.ContentType;
+            var requestMediaType = requestContentType == null ? default(MediaType) : new MediaType(requestContentType);
+            if (requestMediaType.Charset.HasValue)
             {
-                for (int i = 0; i < SupportedEncodings.Count; i++)
+                // Create Encoding based on requestMediaType.Charset to support charset aliases and custom Encoding
+                // providers. Charset -> Encoding -> encoding.WebName chain canonicalizes the charset name.
+                var requestEncoding = requestMediaType.Encoding;
+                if (requestEncoding != null)
                 {
-                    if (string.Equals(
-                        requestEncoding.WebName,
-                        SupportedEncodings[i].WebName,
-                        StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    for (int i = 0; i < SupportedEncodings.Count; i++)
                     {
-                        return SupportedEncodings[i];
+                        if (string.Equals(
+                            requestEncoding.WebName,
+                            SupportedEncodings[i].WebName,
+                            StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            return SupportedEncodings[i];
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -116,7 +124,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
             // cases where the client doesn't send a content type header or sends a content
             // type header without encoding. For that reason we pick the first encoding of the
             // list of supported encodings and try to use that to read the body. This encoding
-            // is UTF-8 by default on our formatters, which generally is a safe choice for the
+            // is UTF-8 by default in our formatters, which generally is a safe choice for the
             // encoding.
             return SupportedEncodings[0];
         }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Formatters/TextInputFormatterTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Formatters/TextInputFormatterTest.cs
index c44135c856..f781cdf303 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Formatters/TextInputFormatterTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Formatters/TextInputFormatterTest.cs
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
             Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => formatter.TestSelectCharacterEncoding(context));
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void SelectCharacterEncoding_ReturnsNull_IfItCanNotUnderstandContentTypeEncoding()
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("utf-8")]
+        [InlineData("invalid")]
+        public void SelectCharacterEncoding_ReturnsNull_IfItCanNotUnderstandContentTypeEncoding(string charset)
         {
             // Arrange
             var formatter = new TestFormatter();
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
                 new EmptyModelMetadataProvider().GetMetadataForType(typeof(object)),
                 (stream, encoding) => new StreamReader(stream, encoding));
 
-            context.HttpContext.Request.ContentType = "application/json;charset=utf-8";
+            context.HttpContext.Request.ContentType = "application/json;charset=" + charset;
 
             // Act
             var result = formatter.TestSelectCharacterEncoding(context);
@@ -110,9 +112,79 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         }
 
         [Theory]
-        [InlineData("application/json")]
+        [InlineData("unicode-1-1-utf-8")]
+        [InlineData("unicode-2-0-utf-8")]
+        [InlineData("unicode-1-1-utf-8")]
+        [InlineData("unicode-2-0-utf-8")]
+        public void SelectCharacterEncoding_ReturnsUTF8Encoding_IfContentTypeIsAnAlias(string charset)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var formatter = new TestFormatter();
+            formatter.SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.UTF32);
+            formatter.SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.UTF8);
+
+            var context = new InputFormatterContext(
+                new DefaultHttpContext(),
+                "something",
+                new ModelStateDictionary(),
+                new EmptyModelMetadataProvider().GetMetadataForType(typeof(object)),
+                (stream, encoding) => new StreamReader(stream, encoding));
+
+            context.HttpContext.Request.ContentType = "application/json;charset=" + charset;
+
+            // Act
+            var result = formatter.TestSelectCharacterEncoding(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(Encoding.UTF8, result);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("ANSI_X3.4-1968")]
+        [InlineData("ANSI_X3.4-1986")]
+        [InlineData("ascii")]
+        [InlineData("cp367")]
+        [InlineData("csASCII")]
+        [InlineData("IBM367")]
+        [InlineData("iso-ir-6")]
+        [InlineData("ISO646-US")]
+        [InlineData("ISO_646.irv:1991")]
+        [InlineData("us")]
+        public void SelectCharacterEncoding_ReturnsAsciiEncoding_IfContentTypeIsAnAlias(string charset)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var formatter = new TestFormatter();
+            formatter.SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.UTF32);
+            formatter.SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.ASCII);
+
+            var context = new InputFormatterContext(
+                new DefaultHttpContext(),
+                "something",
+                new ModelStateDictionary(),
+                new EmptyModelMetadataProvider().GetMetadataForType(typeof(object)),
+                (stream, encoding) => new StreamReader(stream, encoding));
+
+            context.HttpContext.Request.ContentType = "application/json;charset=\"" + charset + "\"";
+
+            // Act
+            var result = formatter.TestSelectCharacterEncoding(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(Encoding.ASCII, result);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
         [InlineData("")]
-        public void SelectCharacterEncoding_ReturnsFirstEncoding_IfContentTypeIsNotSpecifiedOrDoesNotHaveEncoding(string contentType)
+        [InlineData("(garbage)")]
+        [InlineData("(garbage); charset=utf-32")]
+        [InlineData("text/(garbage)")]
+        [InlineData("text/(garbage); charset=utf-32")]
+        [InlineData("application/json")]
+        [InlineData("application/json; charset")]
+        [InlineData("application/json; charset=(garbage)")]
+        [InlineData("application/json; version=(garbage); charset=utf-32")]
+        public void SelectCharacterEncoding_ReturnsFirstEncoding_IfContentTypeIsMissingInvalidOrDoesNotHaveEncoding(
+            string contentType)
         {
             // Arrange
             var formatter = new TestFormatter();