diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/InputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/InputFormatter.cs
index f743faec66..f231f3f1eb 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/InputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/InputFormatter.cs
@@ -3,14 +3,9 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
-using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
-using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
 {
@@ -19,33 +14,24 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
     /// </summary>
     public abstract class InputFormatter : IInputFormatter, IApiRequestFormatMetadataProvider
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns UTF8 Encoding without BOM and throws on invalid bytes.
-        /// </summary>
-        protected static readonly Encoding UTF8EncodingWithoutBOM
-            = new UTF8Encoding(encoderShouldEmitUTF8Identifier: false, throwOnInvalidBytes: true);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns UTF16 Encoding which uses littleEndian byte order with BOM and throws on invalid bytes.
-        /// </summary>
-        protected static readonly Encoding UTF16EncodingLittleEndian
-            = new UnicodeEncoding(bigEndian: false, byteOrderMark: true, throwOnInvalidBytes: true);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the mutable collection of character encodings supported by
-        /// this <see cref="InputFormatter"/>. The encodings are
-        /// used when reading the data.
-        /// </summary>
-        public IList<Encoding> SupportedEncodings { get; } = new List<Encoding>();
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the mutable collection of media type elements supported by
         /// this <see cref="InputFormatter"/>.
         /// </summary>
         public MediaTypeCollection SupportedMediaTypes { get; } = new MediaTypeCollection();
 
-        protected object GetDefaultValueForType(Type modelType)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the default value for a given type. Used to return a default value when the body contains no content.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="modelType">The type of the value.</param>
+        /// <returns>The default value for the <paramref name="modelType"/> type.</returns>
+        protected virtual object GetDefaultValueForType(Type modelType)
         {
+            if (modelType == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(modelType));
+            }
+
             if (modelType.GetTypeInfo().IsValueType)
             {
                 return Activator.CreateInstance(modelType);
@@ -101,6 +87,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public virtual Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
         {
+            if (context == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
             var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
             if (request.ContentLength == 0)
             {
@@ -117,50 +108,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> that on completion deserializes the request body.</returns>
         public abstract Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context);
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns an <see cref="Encoding"/> based on <paramref name="context"/>'s
-        /// character set.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="context">The <see cref="InputFormatterContext"/>.</param>
-        /// <returns>
-        /// An <see cref="Encoding"/> based on <paramref name="context"/>'s
-        /// character set. <c>null</c> if no supported encoding was found.
-        /// </returns>
-        protected Encoding SelectCharacterEncoding(InputFormatterContext context)
-        {
-            var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
-
-            if (request.ContentType != null)
-            {
-                var encoding = MediaType.GetEncoding(request.ContentType);
-                if (encoding != null)
-                {
-                    foreach (var supportedEncoding in SupportedEncodings)
-                    {
-                        if (string.Equals(
-                            encoding.WebName,
-                            supportedEncoding.WebName,
-                            StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                        {
-                            return supportedEncoding;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (SupportedEncodings.Count > 0)
-            {
-                return SupportedEncodings[0];
-            }
-
-            // No supported encoding was found so there is no way for us to start reading.
-            context.ModelState.TryAddModelError(
-                context.ModelName,
-                Resources.FormatInputFormatterNoEncoding(GetType().FullName));
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public IReadOnlyList<string> GetSupportedContentTypes(string contentType, Type objectType)
         {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/TextInputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/TextInputFormatter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8967511c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Formatters/TextInputFormatter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads an object from a request body with a text format.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class TextInputFormatter : InputFormatter
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns UTF8 Encoding without BOM and throws on invalid bytes.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected static readonly Encoding UTF8EncodingWithoutBOM
+            = new UTF8Encoding(encoderShouldEmitUTF8Identifier: false, throwOnInvalidBytes: true);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns UTF16 Encoding which uses littleEndian byte order with BOM and throws on invalid bytes.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected static readonly Encoding UTF16EncodingLittleEndian
+            = new UnicodeEncoding(bigEndian: false, byteOrderMark: true, throwOnInvalidBytes: true);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the mutable collection of character encodings supported by
+        /// this <see cref="TextInputFormatter"/>. The encodings are
+        /// used when reading the data.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IList<Encoding> SupportedEncodings { get; } = new List<Encoding>();
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+        {
+            if (context == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
+            var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
+            var selectedEncoding = SelectCharacterEncoding(context);
+            if (selectedEncoding == null)
+            {
+                var message = Resources.FormatUnsupportedContentType(
+                    context.HttpContext.Request.ContentType);
+
+                var exception = new UnsupportedContentTypeException(message);
+                context.ModelState.AddModelError(context.ModelName, exception, context.Metadata);
+
+                return InputFormatterResult.FailureAsync();
+            }
+
+            return ReadRequestBodyAsync(context, selectedEncoding);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads an object from the request body.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <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);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns an <see cref="Encoding"/> based on <paramref name="context"/>'s
+        /// character set.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The <see cref="InputFormatterContext"/>.</param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// An <see cref="Encoding"/> based on <paramref name="context"/>'s
+        /// character set. <c>null</c> if no supported encoding was found.
+        /// </returns>
+        protected Encoding SelectCharacterEncoding(InputFormatterContext context)
+        {
+            if (context == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
+            if (SupportedEncodings?.Count == 0)
+            {
+                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)
+            {
+                for (int i = 0; i < SupportedEncodings.Count; i++)
+                {
+                    if (string.Equals(
+                        requestEncoding.WebName,
+                        SupportedEncodings[i].WebName,
+                        StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        return SupportedEncodings[i];
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // The client specified an encoding in the content type header of the request
+                // but we don't understand it. In this situation we don't try to pick any other encoding
+                // from the list of supported encodings and read the body with that encoding.
+                // Instead, we return null and that will translate later on into a 415 Unsupported Media Type
+                // response.
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            // We want to do our best effort to read the body of the request even in the
+            // 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
+            // encoding.
+            return SupportedEncodings[0];
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index 65d7e0b324..74eff64d28 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -1098,6 +1098,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core
             return string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, GetString("HtmlGeneration_ValueMustBeNumber"), p0);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The list of '{0}' must not be empty. Add at least one supported encoding.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string TextInputFormatter_SupportedEncodingsMustNotBeEmpty
+        {
+            get { return GetString("TextInputFormatter_SupportedEncodingsMustNotBeEmpty"); }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The list of '{0}' must not be empty. Add at least one supported encoding.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string FormatTextInputFormatter_SupportedEncodingsMustNotBeEmpty(object p0)
+        {
+            return string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, GetString("TextInputFormatter_SupportedEncodingsMustNotBeEmpty"), p0);
+        }
+
         private static string GetString(string name, params string[] formatterNames)
         {
             var value = _resourceManager.GetString(name);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Resources.resx b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Resources.resx
index 9bb383b191..da40c89bc1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Resources.resx
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <root>
-  <!--
-    Microsoft ResX Schema
-
+  <!-- 
+    Microsoft ResX Schema 
+    
     Version 2.0
-
-    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format
-    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the
-    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes
+    
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
     associated with the data types.
-
+    
     Example:
-
+    
     ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
     <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
     <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
@@ -26,36 +26,36 @@
         <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
         <comment>This is a comment</comment>
     </data>
-
-    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple
+                
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
     name/value pairs.
-
-    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a
-    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support
-    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture.
-    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the
+    
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
     mimetype set.
-
-    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the
-    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not
+    
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
     extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
-
-    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format
-    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can
+    
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
     read any of the formats listed below.
-
+    
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
             : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
-
+    
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
             : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
 
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
             : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
     -->
@@ -331,4 +331,7 @@
   <data name="HtmlGeneration_ValueMustBeNumber" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The field {0} must be a number.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="TextInputFormatter_SupportedEncodingsMustNotBeEmpty" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The list of '{0}' must not be empty. Add at least one supported encoding.</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/JsonInputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/JsonInputFormatter.cs
index 98ab34056c..45cb73608a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/JsonInputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/JsonInputFormatter.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Buffers;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding;
@@ -13,9 +14,9 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// An <see cref="InputFormatter"/> for JSON content.
+    /// An <see cref="TextInputFormatter"/> for JSON content.
     /// </summary>
-    public class JsonInputFormatter : InputFormatter
+    public class JsonInputFormatter : TextInputFormatter
     {
         private readonly IArrayPool<char> _charPool;
         private readonly ILogger _logger;
@@ -116,22 +117,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+        public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(
+            InputFormatterContext context,
+            Encoding encoding)
         {
             if (context == null)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
             }
 
-            // Get the character encoding for the content.
-            var effectiveEncoding = SelectCharacterEncoding(context);
-            if (effectiveEncoding == null)
+            if (encoding == null)
             {
-                return InputFormatterResult.FailureAsync();
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(encoding));
             }
 
             var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
-            using (var streamReader = context.ReaderFactory(request.Body, effectiveEncoding))
+            using (var streamReader = context.ReaderFactory(request.Body, encoding))
             {
                 using (var jsonReader = new JsonTextReader(streamReader))
                 {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/JsonPatchInputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/JsonPatchInputFormatter.cs
index ab6c79ea7f..dde4b56291 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/JsonPatchInputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json/JsonPatchInputFormatter.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Buffers;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.Internal;
@@ -38,14 +39,21 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public async override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+        public async override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(
+            InputFormatterContext context,
+            Encoding encoding)
         {
             if (context == null)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
             }
 
-            var result = await base.ReadRequestBodyAsync(context);
+            if (encoding == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(encoding));
+            }
+
+            var result = await base.ReadRequestBodyAsync(context, encoding);
             if (!result.HasError)
             {
                 var jsonPatchDocument = (IJsonPatchDocument)result.Model;
@@ -61,6 +69,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override bool CanRead(InputFormatterContext context)
         {
+            if (context == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
             var modelTypeInfo = context.ModelType.GetTypeInfo();
             if (!typeof(IJsonPatchDocument).GetTypeInfo().IsAssignableFrom(modelTypeInfo) ||
                 !modelTypeInfo.IsGenericType)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter.cs
index 50a8cb7f45..73e6ba165b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ using System.Xml;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal;
-using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
 {
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
     /// This class handles deserialization of input XML data
     /// to strongly-typed objects using <see cref="DataContractSerializer"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    public class XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter : InputFormatter
+    public class XmlDataContractSerializerInputFormatter : TextInputFormatter
     {
         private DataContractSerializerSettings _serializerSettings;
         private ConcurrentDictionary<Type, object> _serializerCache = new ConcurrentDictionary<Type, object>();
@@ -86,16 +85,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+        public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context, Encoding encoding)
         {
-            var effectiveEncoding = SelectCharacterEncoding(context);
-            if (effectiveEncoding == null)
+            if (context == null)
             {
-                return InputFormatterResult.FailureAsync();
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
+            if (encoding == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(encoding));
             }
 
             var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
-            using (var xmlReader = CreateXmlReader(new NonDisposableStream(request.Body), effectiveEncoding))
+            using (var xmlReader = CreateXmlReader(new NonDisposableStream(request.Body), encoding))
             {
                 var type = GetSerializableType(context.ModelType);
                 var serializer = GetCachedSerializer(type);
@@ -197,6 +200,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         /// <returns>The <see cref="DataContractSerializer"/> instance.</returns>
         protected virtual DataContractSerializer GetCachedSerializer(Type type)
         {
+            if (type == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(type));
+            }
+
             object serializer;
             if (!_serializerCache.TryGetValue(type, out serializer))
             {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/XmlSerializerInputFormatter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/XmlSerializerInputFormatter.cs
index a8c65c16b0..92e1eee58b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/XmlSerializerInputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml/XmlSerializerInputFormatter.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ using System.Xml.Serialization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal;
-using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
 {
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
     /// This class handles deserialization of input XML data
     /// to strongly-typed objects using <see cref="XmlSerializer"/>
     /// </summary>
-    public class XmlSerializerInputFormatter : InputFormatter
+    public class XmlSerializerInputFormatter : TextInputFormatter
     {
         private ConcurrentDictionary<Type, object> _serializerCache = new ConcurrentDictionary<Type, object>();
         private readonly XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas _readerQuotas = FormattingUtilities.GetDefaultXmlReaderQuotas();
@@ -65,16 +64,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+        public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(
+            InputFormatterContext context,
+            Encoding encoding)
         {
-            var effectiveEncoding = SelectCharacterEncoding(context);
-            if (effectiveEncoding == null)
+            if (context == null)
             {
-                return InputFormatterResult.FailureAsync();
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
+            if (encoding == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(encoding));
             }
 
             var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
-            using (var xmlReader = CreateXmlReader(new NonDisposableStream(request.Body), effectiveEncoding))
+            using (var xmlReader = CreateXmlReader(new NonDisposableStream(request.Body), encoding))
             {
                 var type = GetSerializableType(context.ModelType);
 
@@ -171,6 +176,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         /// <returns>The <see cref="XmlSerializer"/> instance.</returns>
         protected virtual XmlSerializer GetCachedSerializer(Type type)
         {
+            if (type == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(type));
+            }
+
             object serializer;
             if (!_serializerCache.TryGetValue(type, out serializer))
             {
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test/DefaultApiDescriptionProviderTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test/DefaultApiDescriptionProviderTest.cs
index b6ad84694f..eeaeabe56d 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test/DefaultApiDescriptionProviderTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.Test/DefaultApiDescriptionProviderTest.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ActionConstraints;
@@ -1455,11 +1456,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Description
             public int Id { get; set; }
         }
 
-        private class MockInputFormatter : InputFormatter
+        private class MockInputFormatter : TextInputFormatter
         {
             public List<Type> SupportedTypes { get; } = new List<Type>();
 
-            public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+            public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(
+                InputFormatterContext context,
+                Encoding effectiveEncoding)
             {
                 throw new NotImplementedException();
             }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Formatters/InputFormatterTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Formatters/InputFormatterTest.cs
index 09c210017f..6ddb2d3838 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Formatters/InputFormatterTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Formatters/InputFormatterTest.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding.Metadata;
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 using Xunit;
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Formatters/TextInputFormatterTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Formatters/TextInputFormatterTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54381d6994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Formatters/TextInputFormatterTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Internal;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
+{
+    public class TextInputFormatterTest
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadAsync_ReturnsFailure_IfItCanNotUnderstandTheContentTypeEncoding()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var formatter = new TestFormatter();
+            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=utf-8";
+            context.HttpContext.Request.ContentLength = 1;
+
+            // Act
+            var result = await formatter.ReadAsync(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(true, result.HasError);
+            Assert.Equal(true, context.ModelState.ContainsKey("something"));
+            Assert.Equal(1, context.ModelState["something"].Errors.Count);
+
+            var error = context.ModelState["something"].Errors[0];
+            Assert.IsType<UnsupportedContentTypeException>(error.Exception);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SelectCharacterEncoding_ThrowsInvalidOperationException_IfItDoesNotHaveAValidEncoding()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var formatter = new TestFormatter();
+
+            var context = new InputFormatterContext(
+                new DefaultHttpContext(),
+                "something",
+                new ModelStateDictionary(),
+                new EmptyModelMetadataProvider().GetMetadataForType(typeof(object)),
+                (stream, encoding) => new StreamReader(stream, encoding));
+
+            context.HttpContext.Request.ContentLength = 1;
+
+            // Act & Assert
+            Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => formatter.TestSelectCharacterEncoding(context));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SelectCharacterEncoding_ReturnsNull_IfItCanNotUnderstandContentTypeEncoding()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var formatter = new TestFormatter();
+            formatter.SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.UTF32);
+
+            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=utf-8";
+
+            // Act
+            var result = formatter.TestSelectCharacterEncoding(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Null(result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SelectCharacterEncoding_ReturnsContentTypeEncoding_IfItCanUnderstandIt()
+        {
+            // 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=utf-8";
+
+            // Act
+            var result = formatter.TestSelectCharacterEncoding(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(Encoding.UTF8, result);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("application/json")]
+        [InlineData("")]
+        public void SelectCharacterEncoding_ReturnsFirstEncoding_IfContentTypeIsNotSpecifiedOrDoesNotHaveEncoding(string contentType)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var formatter = new TestFormatter();
+            formatter.SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.UTF8);
+            formatter.SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.UTF32);
+
+            var context = new InputFormatterContext(
+                new DefaultHttpContext(),
+                "something",
+                new ModelStateDictionary(),
+                new EmptyModelMetadataProvider().GetMetadataForType(typeof(object)),
+                (stream, encoding) => new StreamReader(stream, encoding));
+
+            context.HttpContext.Request.ContentType = contentType;
+
+            // Act
+            var result = formatter.TestSelectCharacterEncoding(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(Encoding.UTF8, result);
+        }
+
+        private class TestFormatter : TextInputFormatter
+        {
+            private readonly object _object;
+
+            public TestFormatter() : this(null) { }
+
+            public TestFormatter(object @object)
+            {
+                _object = @object;
+            }
+
+            public IList<Type> SupportedTypes { get; } = new List<Type>();
+
+            protected override bool CanReadType(Type type)
+            {
+                return SupportedTypes.Count == 0 ? true : SupportedTypes.Contains(type);
+            }
+
+            public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context, Encoding encoding)
+            {
+                return InputFormatterResult.SuccessAsync(_object);
+            }
+
+            public Encoding TestSelectCharacterEncoding(InputFormatterContext context)
+            {
+                return SelectCharacterEncoding(context);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/ModelBinding/BodyModelBinderTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/ModelBinding/BodyModelBinderTests.cs
index b49a518293..1b72b07940 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/ModelBinding/BodyModelBinderTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/ModelBinding/BodyModelBinderTests.cs
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding
             public string Name { get; set; }
         }
 
-        private class XyzFormatter : InputFormatter
+        private class XyzFormatter : TextInputFormatter
         {
             public XyzFormatter()
             {
@@ -325,7 +325,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding
                 return true;
             }
 
-            public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+            public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(
+                InputFormatterContext context,
+                Encoding effectiveEncoding)
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException("Your input is bad!");
             }
diff --git a/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/StringInputFormatter.cs b/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/StringInputFormatter.cs
index c93abffdca..dc80e3dc62 100644
--- a/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/StringInputFormatter.cs
+++ b/test/WebSites/FormatterWebSite/StringInputFormatter.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 
 namespace FormatterWebSite
 {
-    public class StringInputFormatter : InputFormatter
+    public class StringInputFormatter : TextInputFormatter
     {
         public StringInputFormatter()
         {
@@ -20,14 +20,8 @@ namespace FormatterWebSite
             SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.Unicode);
         }
 
-        public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+        public override Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context, Encoding effectiveEncoding)
         {
-            var effectiveEncoding = SelectCharacterEncoding(context);
-            if (effectiveEncoding == null)
-            {
-                return InputFormatterResult.FailureAsync();
-            }
-
             var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
             using (var reader = new StreamReader(request.Body, effectiveEncoding))
             {