diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb
index 3c9f8cd9e4468258ace888ce85258ce1543f297a..3867e514a2d623e428f95ebb99e2f535e9acdcec 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@ module Http
     module Parameters
       PARAMETERS_KEY = 'action_dispatch.request.path_parameters'
 
+      DEFAULT_PARSERS = {
+        Mime::JSON => lambda { |raw_post|
+          data = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(raw_post)
+          data.is_a?(Hash) ? data : {:_json => data}
+        }
+      }
+
+      def self.included(klass)
+        class << klass
+          attr_accessor :parameter_parsers
+        end
+
+        klass.parameter_parsers = DEFAULT_PARSERS
+      end
       # Returns both GET and POST \parameters in a single hash.
       def parameters
         params = get_header("action_dispatch.request.parameters")
@@ -31,6 +45,27 @@ def path_parameters=(parameters) #:nodoc:
       def path_parameters
         get_header(PARAMETERS_KEY) || {}
       end
+
+      private
+
+      def parse_formatted_parameters(request, parsers)
+        return yield if request.content_length.zero?
+
+        strategy = parsers.fetch(request.content_mime_type) { return yield }
+
+        begin
+          strategy.call(request.raw_post)
+        rescue => e # JSON or Ruby code block errors
+          my_logger = logger || ActiveSupport::Logger.new($stderr)
+          my_logger.debug "Error occurred while parsing request parameters.\nContents:\n\n#{request.raw_post}"
+
+          raise ParamsParser::ParseError.new(e.message, e)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def params_parsers
+        ActionDispatch::Request.parameter_parsers
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
index ea083425bac8f2e50270bc932e1e44a98ffaf0ba..cb5951061348dc737b1f775c09be593c9f606faf 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
@@ -361,16 +361,6 @@ def POST
     end
     alias :request_parameters :POST
 
-    def params_parsers
-      fetch_header "action_dispatch.request.params_parsers" do
-        {}
-      end
-    end
-
-    def params_parsers= hash
-      set_header "action_dispatch.request.params_parsers", hash
-    end
-
     # Returns the authorization header regardless of whether it was specified directly or through one of the
     # proxy alternatives.
     def authorization
@@ -399,20 +389,5 @@ def check_method(name)
         HTTP_METHOD_LOOKUP[name] || raise(ActionController::UnknownHttpMethod, "#{name}, accepted HTTP methods are #{HTTP_METHODS[0...-1].join(', ')}, and #{HTTP_METHODS[-1]}")
         name
       end
-
-    def parse_formatted_parameters(request, parsers)
-      return yield if request.content_length.zero?
-
-      strategy = parsers.fetch(request.content_mime_type) { return yield }
-
-      begin
-        strategy.call(request.raw_post)
-      rescue => e # JSON or Ruby code block errors
-        my_logger = logger || ActiveSupport::Logger.new($stderr)
-        my_logger.debug "Error occurred while parsing request parameters.\nContents:\n\n#{request.raw_post}"
-
-        raise ParamsParser::ParseError.new(e.message, e)
-      end
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/params_parser.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/params_parser.rb
index 00c3324b068dc90fee31039560d6d072170d89d0..ef554010158517d8e2827b44322cfe866c986ad9 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/params_parser.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/params_parser.rb
@@ -18,26 +18,16 @@ def initialize(message, original_exception)
       end
     end
 
-    DEFAULT_PARSERS = {
-      Mime::JSON => lambda { |raw_post|
-        data = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(raw_post)
-        data.is_a?(Hash) ? data : {:_json => data}
-      }
-    }
-
     # Create a new +ParamsParser+ middleware instance.
     #
     # The +parsers+ argument can take Hash of parsers where key is identifying
     # content mime type, and value is a lambda that is going to process data.
     def initialize(app, parsers = {})
-      @app, @parsers = app, DEFAULT_PARSERS.merge(parsers)
+      @app = app
+      ActionDispatch::Request.parameter_parsers = ActionDispatch::Request::DEFAULT_PARSERS.merge(parsers)
     end
 
     def call(env)
-      request = Request.new(env)
-
-      request.params_parsers = @parsers
-
       @app.call(env)
     end
   end