diff --git a/go/hummingbird/multipart.go b/go/hummingbird/multipart.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfb2aa87bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/hummingbird/multipart.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+//  Copyright (c) 2015 Rackspace
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+//  implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+
+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// TODO: Some of this code was pulled from the go stdlib and modified. figure out how to attribute this.
+// https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/LegalIssuesFAQ#Incorporating_BSD.2FMIT_Licensed_Code
+
+package hummingbird
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/textproto"
+)
+
+type MultiWriter struct {
+	w        io.Writer
+	boundary string
+	lastpart *part
+}
+
+func NewMultiWriter(w io.Writer) *MultiWriter {
+	var buf [32]byte
+	_, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, buf[:])
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return &MultiWriter{
+		w:        w,
+		boundary: fmt.Sprintf("%x", buf[:]),
+	}
+}
+
+func (w *MultiWriter) Boundary() string {
+	return w.boundary
+}
+
+func (w *MultiWriter) CreatePart(header textproto.MIMEHeader) (io.Writer, error) {
+	if w.lastpart != nil {
+		if err := w.lastpart.close(); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	b := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	if w.lastpart != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(b, "\r\n--%s\r\n", w.boundary)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintf(b, "--%s\r\n", w.boundary)
+	}
+	for k, vv := range header {
+		for _, v := range vv {
+			fmt.Fprintf(b, "%s: %s\r\n", k, v)
+		}
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(b, "\r\n")
+	_, err := io.Copy(w.w, b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	p := &part{
+		mw: w,
+	}
+	w.lastpart = p
+	return p, nil
+}
+
+func (w *MultiWriter) Close() error {
+	if w.lastpart != nil {
+		if err := w.lastpart.close(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		w.lastpart = nil
+	}
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(w.w, "\r\n--%s--", w.boundary)
+	return err
+}
+
+type part struct {
+	mw     *MultiWriter
+	closed bool
+	we     error
+}
+
+func (p *part) close() error {
+	p.closed = true
+	return p.we
+}
+
+func (p *part) Write(d []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	if p.closed {
+		return 0, errors.New("multipart: can't write to finished part")
+	}
+	n, err = p.mw.w.Write(d)
+	if err != nil {
+		p.we = err
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/go/hummingbird/multipart_test.go b/go/hummingbird/multipart_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c19e6d35d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/hummingbird/multipart_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+//  Copyright (c) 2015 Rackspace
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+//  implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+
+package hummingbird
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"net/textproto"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestMultiWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	w := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	mw := NewMultiWriter(w)
+
+	boundary := mw.Boundary()
+
+	p, _ := mw.CreatePart(textproto.MIMEHeader{"Content-Type": []string{"text/plain"}})
+	p.Write([]byte("HI"))
+
+	p, _ = mw.CreatePart(textproto.MIMEHeader{"Content-Type": []string{"text/plain"}})
+	p.Write([]byte("THERE"))
+
+	mw.Close()
+	shouldBe := "--" + boundary + "\r\nContent-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\nHI\r\n--" + boundary + "\r\nContent-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\nTHERE\r\n--" + boundary + "--"
+	assert.Equal(t, shouldBe, string(w.Bytes()))
+}
+
+func TestMultiWriterClosedPart(t *testing.T) {
+	w := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	mw := NewMultiWriter(w)
+
+	p1, _ := mw.CreatePart(textproto.MIMEHeader{"Content-Type": []string{"text/plain"}})
+	mw.CreatePart(textproto.MIMEHeader{"Content-Type": []string{"text/plain"}})
+
+	_, err := p1.Write([]byte("HI"))
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+}
+
+type FailWriter struct {
+	n int
+}
+
+func (f *FailWriter) Write(d []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	if f.n > 0 {
+		return 0, errors.New("SOME ERROR")
+	}
+	f.n += 1
+	return len(d), nil
+}
+
+func TestMultiWriterFails(t *testing.T) {
+	mw := NewMultiWriter(&FailWriter{0})
+
+	p, _ := mw.CreatePart(textproto.MIMEHeader{"Content-Type": []string{"text/plain"}})
+	_, err := p.Write([]byte("HI"))
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, mw.Close())
+	_, err = mw.CreatePart(textproto.MIMEHeader{"Content-Type": []string{"text/plain"}})
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/go/objectserver/main.go b/go/objectserver/main.go
index 3077916bdc..43000c173b 100644
--- a/go/objectserver/main.go
+++ b/go/objectserver/main.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log/syslog"
-	"mime/multipart"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	_ "net/http/pprof"
@@ -178,8 +177,8 @@ func (server *ObjectServer) ObjGetHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *h
 			hummingbird.CopyN(file, ranges[0].End-ranges[0].Start, writer)
 			return
 		} else if ranges != nil && len(ranges) > 1 {
-			w := multipart.NewWriter(writer)
-			responseLength := int64(6 + len(w.Boundary()) + (len(w.Boundary())+len(metadata["Content-Type"])+47)*len(ranges))
+			w := hummingbird.NewMultiWriter(writer)
+			responseLength := int64(4 + len(w.Boundary()) + (len(w.Boundary())+len(metadata["Content-Type"])+47)*len(ranges))
 			for _, rng := range ranges {
 				responseLength += int64(len(fmt.Sprintf("%d-%d/%d", rng.Start, rng.End-1, contentLength))) + rng.End - rng.Start
 			}
diff --git a/go/objectserver/main_test.go b/go/objectserver/main_test.go
index ab8c260be8..c7e5e53bfe 100644
--- a/go/objectserver/main_test.go
+++ b/go/objectserver/main_test.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func TestGetRanges(t *testing.T) {
 	resp, body = getRanges("bytes=20-,-6")
 	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusPartialContent, resp.StatusCode)
 	assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"), "multipart/byteranges;boundary="))
-	assert.Equal(t, "356", resp.Header.Get("Content-Length"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "366", resp.Header.Get("Content-Length"))
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, strings.Count(string(body), "UVWXYZ"))
 }