diff --git a/examples/msgpack/msgpack_entity.go b/examples/msgpack/msgpack_entity.go
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+++ b/examples/msgpack/msgpack_entity.go
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+package restPack
+
+import (
+	restful "github.com/emicklei/go-restful"
+	"gopkg.in/vmihailenco/msgpack.v2"
+)
+
+// NewEntityAccessorMPack returns a new EntityReaderWriter for accessing MessagePack content.
+// This package is not initialized with such an accessor using the MIME_MSGPACK contentType.
+func NewEntityAccessorMsgPack(contentType string) restful.EntityReaderWriter {
+	return entityMsgPackAccess{ContentType: contentType}
+}
+
+// entityOctetAccess is a EntityReaderWriter for Octet encoding
+type entityMsgPackAccess struct {
+	// This is used for setting the Content-Type header when writing
+	ContentType string
+}
+
+// Read unmarshalls the value from byte slice and using msgpack to unmarshal
+func (e entityMsgPackAccess) Read(req *restful.Request, v interface{}) error {
+	return msgpack.NewDecoder(req.Request.Body).Decode(v)
+}
+
+// Write marshals the value to byte slice and set the Content-Type Header.
+func (e entityMsgPackAccess) Write(resp *restful.Response, status int, v interface{}) error {
+	return writeMsgPack(resp, status, e.ContentType, v)
+}
+
+// writeMsgPack marshals the value to byte slice and set the Content-Type Header.
+func writeMsgPack(resp *restful.Response, status int, contentType string, v interface{}) error {
+	if v == nil {
+		resp.WriteHeader(status)
+		// do not write a nil representation
+		return nil
+	}
+	resp.Header().Set(restful.HEADER_ContentType, contentType)
+	resp.WriteHeader(status)
+	return msgpack.NewEncoder(resp).Encode(v)
+}
diff --git a/examples/msgpack/msgpack_entity_test.go b/examples/msgpack/msgpack_entity_test.go
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+package restPack
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	restful "github.com/emicklei/go-restful"
+)
+
+const MIME_MSGPACK = "application/x-msgpack" // Accept or Content-Type used in Consumes() and/or Produces()
+
+func TestMsgPack(t *testing.T) {
+
+	// register msg pack entity
+	restful.RegisterEntityAccessor(MIME_MSGPACK, NewEntityAccessorMsgPack(MIME_MSGPACK))
+	type Tool struct {
+		Name   string
+		Vendor string
+	}
+
+	// Write
+	httpWriter := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	mpack := &Tool{Name: "json", Vendor: "apple"}
+	resp := restful.NewResponse(httpWriter)
+	resp.SetRequestAccepts("application/x-msgpack,*/*;q=0.8")
+
+	err := resp.WriteEntity(mpack)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("err %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Read
+	bodyReader := bytes.NewReader(httpWriter.Body.Bytes())
+	httpRequest, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/test", bodyReader)
+	httpRequest.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-msgpack; charset=UTF-8")
+	request := restful.NewRequest(httpRequest)
+	readMsgPack := new(Tool)
+	err = request.ReadEntity(&readMsgPack)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("err %v", err)
+	}
+	if equal := reflect.DeepEqual(mpack, readMsgPack); !equal {
+		t.Fatalf("should not be error")
+	}
+}