diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilder.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
index 9b6cf1c8fde..6c681e54799 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestBuilder
 
 	private final MultiValueMap<String, String> parameters = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
 
+	private final MultiValueMap<String, String> queryParams = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+
 	private final List<Cookie> cookies = new ArrayList<>();
 
 	private final List<Locale> locales = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -248,6 +250,10 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestBuilder
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the request body.
+	 * <p>If content is provided and {@link #contentType(MediaType)} is set to
+	 * {@code application/x-www-form-urlencoded}, the content will be parsed
+	 * and used to populate the {@link #param(String, String...) request
+	 * parameters} map.
 	 * @param content the body content
 	 */
 	public MockHttpServletRequestBuilder content(byte[] content) {
@@ -257,6 +263,10 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestBuilder
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the request body as a UTF-8 String.
+	 * <p>If content is provided and {@link #contentType(MediaType)} is set to
+	 * {@code application/x-www-form-urlencoded}, the content will be parsed
+	 * and used to populate the {@link #param(String, String...) request
+	 * parameters} map.
 	 * @param content the body content
 	 */
 	public MockHttpServletRequestBuilder content(String content) {
@@ -266,6 +276,10 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestBuilder
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the 'Content-Type' header of the request.
+	 * <p>If content is provided and {@code contentType} is set to
+	 * {@code application/x-www-form-urlencoded}, the content will be parsed
+	 * and used to populate the {@link #param(String, String...) request
+	 * parameters} map.
 	 * @param contentType the content type
 	 */
 	public MockHttpServletRequestBuilder contentType(MediaType contentType) {
@@ -328,8 +342,18 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestBuilder
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Add a request parameter to the {@link MockHttpServletRequest}.
-	 * <p>If called more than once, new values get added to existing ones.
+	 * Add a request parameter to {@link MockHttpServletRequest#getParameterMap()}.
+	 * <p>In the Servlet API, a request parameter may be parsed from the query
+	 * string and/or from the body of an {@code application/x-www-form-urlencoded}
+	 * request. This method simply adds to the request parameter map. You may
+	 * also use add Servlet request parameters by specifying the query or form
+	 * data through one of the following:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>Supply a URL with a query to {@link MockMvcRequestBuilders}.
+	 * <li>Add query params via {@link #queryParam} or {@link #queryParams}.
+	 * <li>Provide {@link #content} with {@link #contentType}
+	 * {@code application/x-www-form-urlencoded}.
+	 * </ul>
 	 * @param name the parameter name
 	 * @param values one or more values
 	 */
@@ -339,9 +363,7 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestBuilder
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Add a map of request parameters to the {@link MockHttpServletRequest},
-	 * for example when testing a form submission.
-	 * <p>If called more than once, new values get added to existing ones.
+	 * Variant of {@link #param(String, String...)} with a {@link MultiValueMap}.
 	 * @param params the parameters to add
 	 * @since 4.2.4
 	 */
@@ -354,6 +376,33 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestBuilder
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Append to the query string and also add to the
+	 * {@link #param(String, String...) request parameters} map. The parameter
+	 * name and value are encoded when they are added to the query string.
+	 * @param name the parameter name
+	 * @param values one or more values
+	 * @since 5.2.2
+	 */
+	public MockHttpServletRequestBuilder queryParam(String name, String... values) {
+		param(name, values);
+		this.queryParams.addAll(name, Arrays.asList(values));
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Append to the query string and also add to the
+	 * {@link #params(MultiValueMap)}  request parameters} map. The parameter
+	 * name and value are encoded when they are added to the query string.
+	 * @param params the parameters to add
+	 * @since 5.2.2
+	 */
+	public MockHttpServletRequestBuilder queryParams(MultiValueMap<String, String> params) {
+		params(params);
+		this.queryParams.addAll(params);
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Add the given cookies to the request. Cookies are always added.
 	 * @param cookies the cookies to add
@@ -543,6 +592,12 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestBuilder
 				this.parameters.put(paramName, entry.getValue());
 			}
 		}
+		for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry : parentBuilder.queryParams.entrySet()) {
+			String paramName = entry.getKey();
+			if (!this.queryParams.containsKey(paramName)) {
+				this.queryParams.put(paramName, entry.getValue());
+			}
+		}
 		for (Cookie cookie : parentBuilder.cookies) {
 			if (!containsCookie(cookie)) {
 				this.cookies.add(cookie);
@@ -632,8 +687,13 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestBuilder
 			}
 		});
 
-		if (this.url.getRawQuery() != null) {
-			request.setQueryString(this.url.getRawQuery());
+		String query = this.url.getRawQuery();
+		if (!this.queryParams.isEmpty()) {
+			String s = UriComponentsBuilder.newInstance().queryParams(this.queryParams).build().encode().getQuery();
+			query = StringUtils.isEmpty(query) ? s : query + "&" + s;
+		}
+		if (query != null) {
+			request.setQueryString(query);
 		}
 		addRequestParams(request, UriComponentsBuilder.fromUri(this.url).build().getQueryParams());
 
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilderTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilderTests.java
index 22362a33d16..405bfdb46d7 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilderTests.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.security.Principal;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -234,6 +235,47 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestBuilderTests {
 		assertThat(request.getParameter("foo[1]")).isEqualTo("baz");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void queryParameter() {
+		this.builder = new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.GET, "/");
+		this.builder.queryParam("foo", "bar");
+		this.builder.queryParam("foo", "baz");
+
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = this.builder.buildRequest(this.servletContext);
+
+		assertThat(request.getParameterMap().get("foo")).isEqualTo(new String[] {"bar", "baz"});
+		assertThat(request.getQueryString()).isEqualTo("foo=bar&foo=baz");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void queryParameterMap() {
+		this.builder = new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.GET, "/");
+		MultiValueMap<String, String> queryParams = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+		List<String> values = new ArrayList<>();
+		values.add("bar");
+		values.add("baz");
+		queryParams.put("foo", values);
+		this.builder.queryParams(queryParams);
+
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = this.builder.buildRequest(this.servletContext);
+
+		assertThat(request.getParameterMap().get("foo")).isEqualTo(new String[] {"bar", "baz"});
+		assertThat(request.getQueryString()).isEqualTo("foo=bar&foo=baz");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void queryParameterList() {
+		this.builder = new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.GET, "/");
+		this.builder.queryParam("foo[0]", "bar");
+		this.builder.queryParam("foo[1]", "baz");
+
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = this.builder.buildRequest(this.servletContext);
+
+		assertThat(request.getQueryString()).isEqualTo("foo%5B0%5D=bar&foo%5B1%5D=baz");
+		assertThat(request.getParameter("foo[0]")).isEqualTo("bar");
+		assertThat(request.getParameter("foo[1]")).isEqualTo("baz");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void requestParameterFromQueryWithEncoding() {
 		this.builder = new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.GET, "/?foo={value}", "bar=baz");