diff --git a/parsemail.go b/parsemail.go
index d37e82c..1cde6c8 100644
--- a/parsemail.go
+++ b/parsemail.go
@@ -241,6 +241,13 @@
 			if err != nil {
 				return textBody, htmlBody, attachments, embeddedFiles, err
 			}
+		} else if contentType == contentTypeTextPlain {
+			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(part)
+			if err != nil {
+				return textBody, htmlBody, attachments, embeddedFiles, err
+			}
+
+			textBody += strings.TrimSuffix(string(ppContent[:]), "\n")
 		} else if isAttachment(part) {
 			at, err := decodeAttachment(part)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/parsemail_test.go b/parsemail_test.go
index 6796a29..944c0b7 100644
--- a/parsemail_test.go
+++ b/parsemail_test.go
@@ -275,6 +275,25 @@
 			contentType: `image/jpeg; x-unix-mode=0644; name="image.gif"`,
 			content: `GIF89a;`,
 		},
+		9: {
+			contentType: `multipart/mixed; boundary="0000000000007e2bb40587e36196"`,
+			mailData: textPlainInMultipart,
+			subject:  "Re: kern/54143 (virtualbox)",
+			from: []mail.Address{
+				{
+					Name:    "Rares",
+					Address: "rares@example.com",
+				},
+			},
+			to: []mail.Address{
+				{
+					Name:    "",
+					Address: "bugs@example.com",
+				},
+			},
+			date:       parseDate("Fri, 02 May 2019 11:25:35 +0300"),
+			textBody: `plain text part`,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for index, td := range testData {
@@ -626,6 +645,19 @@
 --------------C70C0458A558E585ACB75FB4--
 `
 
+var textPlainInMultipart = `From: Rares <rares@example.com>
+Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 11:25:35 +0300
+Subject: Re: kern/54143 (virtualbox)
+To: bugs@example.com
+Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="0000000000007e2bb40587e36196"
+
+--0000000000007e2bb40587e36196
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
+
+plain text part
+--0000000000007e2bb40587e36196--
+`
+
 var rfc5322exampleA11 = `From: John Doe <jdoe@machine.example>
 Sender: Michael Jones <mjones@machine.example>
 To: Mary Smith <mary@example.net>