diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee33b5c..05e8e7d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ $message->setBody($body);
 
 > For accessibility purposes, you should *always* provide both a text and HTML version of your mails.
 
+### `multipart/alternative` emails with attachments
+
+The correct way to compose an email message that contains text, html _and_ attachments is to create a 
+`multipart/alternative` part containing the text and html parts, followed by one or more parts for the attachments. See
+the [Laminas Documentation](https://docs.laminas.dev/laminas-mail/message/attachments/#multipartalternative-emails-with-attachments)
+for a full example.
+
 ### How to configure HttpClient with http_options and http_adapter
 
 By default the adapter is Laminas\Http\Client\Adapter\Socket but you can override it with other adapter like this in your slm_mail.*.local.php
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c9f5111..3105e6d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         "php": "~7.4.0 || ~8.0.0 || ~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0",
         "laminas/laminas-mail": "^2.9",
         "laminas/laminas-http": "^2.8",
-        "laminas/laminas-mime": "^2.7",
+        "laminas/laminas-mime": "^2.8",
         "laminas/laminas-servicemanager": "^3.11"
     },
     "require-dev": {
diff --git a/src/Service/AbstractMailService.php b/src/Service/AbstractMailService.php
index 7305e3e..f57f4a9 100644
--- a/src/Service/AbstractMailService.php
+++ b/src/Service/AbstractMailService.php
@@ -46,11 +46,21 @@
 use Laminas\Mime\Message as MimeMessage;
 use Laminas\Mime\Mime;
 
+use function in_array;
+
 /**
  * Class AbstractMailService
  */
 abstract class AbstractMailService implements MailServiceInterface
 {
+    private const MULTIPART_TYPES = [
+        Mime::MULTIPART_ALTERNATIVE,
+        Mime::MULTIPART_MIXED,
+        Mime::MULTIPART_RELATED,
+        Mime::MULTIPART_RELATIVE,
+        Mime::MULTIPART_REPORT,
+    ];
+
     /**
      * @var HttpClient
      */
@@ -74,11 +84,23 @@ protected function extractText(Message $message): ?string
             return null;
         }
 
-        foreach ($body->getParts() as $part) {
+        return $this->extractTextFromMimeMessage($body);
+    }
+
+    private function extractTextFromMimeMessage(MimeMessage $message): ?string
+    {
+        foreach ($message->getParts() as $part) {
             if ($part->type === 'text/plain' && $part->disposition !== Mime::DISPOSITION_ATTACHMENT) {
                 return $part->getContent();
             }
         }
+        foreach ($message->getParts() as $part) {
+            if (in_array($part->type, self::MULTIPART_TYPES)) {
+                return $this->extractTextFromMimeMessage(
+                    MimeMessage::createFromMessage($part->getContent(), $part->boundary)
+                );
+            }
+        }
 
         return null;
     }
@@ -98,11 +120,23 @@ protected function extractHtml(Message $message): ?string
             return null;
         }
 
-        foreach ($body->getParts() as $part) {
+        return $this->extractHtmlFromMimeMessage($body);
+    }
+
+    private function extractHtmlFromMimeMessage(MimeMessage $message): ?string
+    {
+        foreach ($message->getParts() as $part) {
             if ($part->type === 'text/html' && $part->disposition !== Mime::DISPOSITION_ATTACHMENT) {
                 return $part->getContent();
             }
         }
+        foreach ($message->getParts() as $part) {
+            if (in_array($part->type, self::MULTIPART_TYPES)) {
+                return $this->extractHtmlFromMimeMessage(
+                    MimeMessage::createFromMessage($part->getContent(), $part->boundary)
+                );
+            }
+        }
 
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/tests/SlmMailTest/Service/AbstractMailServiceTest.php b/tests/SlmMailTest/Service/AbstractMailServiceTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b511272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/SlmMailTest/Service/AbstractMailServiceTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace SlmMailTest\Service;
+
+use Laminas\Mail\Message;
+use Laminas\Mime\Message as MimeMessage;
+use Laminas\Mime\Mime;
+use Laminas\Mime\Part;
+use SlmMail\Service\AbstractMailService;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @covers \SlmMail\Service\AbstractMailService
+ */
+final class AbstractMailServiceTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private AbstractMailService $service;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->service = new class () extends AbstractMailService {
+            public ?string $text = null;
+            public ?string $html = null;
+            public array $attachments = [];
+
+            public function send(Message $message)
+            {
+                $this->text = $this->extractText($message);
+                $this->html = $this->extractHtml($message);
+                $this->attachments = $this->extractAttachments($message);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public function testExtractTextFromStringBodyReturnsString(): void
+    {
+        $expected = 'Foo';
+        $message = new Message();
+        $message->setBody($expected);
+
+        $this->service->send($message);
+        self::assertSame($expected, $this->service->text);
+    }
+
+    public function testExtractTextFromEmptyBodyReturnsNull(): void
+    {
+        $message = new Message();
+
+        $this->service->send($message);
+        self::assertNull($this->service->text);
+    }
+
+    public function testExtractTextFromTwoPartMessageReturnsString(): void
+    {
+        $expected = 'Foo';
+        $message = new Message();
+        $body = new MimeMessage();
+        $body->addPart(new Part(''));
+        $body->addPart(
+            (new Part($expected))
+                ->setType(Mime::TYPE_TEXT)
+        );
+        $message->setBody($body);
+
+        $this->service->send($message);
+        self::assertSame($expected, $this->service->text);
+    }
+
+    public function testExtractTextFromTextAttachmentReturnsNull(): void
+    {
+        $message = new Message();
+        $body = new MimeMessage();
+        $body->addPart(
+            (new Part('Foo'))
+                ->setType(Mime::TYPE_TEXT)
+                ->setDisposition(Mime::DISPOSITION_ATTACHMENT)
+        );
+        $message->setBody($body);
+
+        $this->service->send($message);
+        self::assertNull($this->service->text);
+    }
+
+    public function testExtractTextFromMultipartMessageReturnsString(): void
+    {
+        $expected = 'Foo';
+        $message = new Message();
+        $body = new MimeMessage();
+        $contentPart = new MimeMessage();
+        $contentPart->addPart(new Part());
+        $contentPart->addPart(
+            (new Part($expected))
+                ->setType(Mime::TYPE_TEXT)
+        );
+        $body->addPart(
+            (new Part($contentPart->generateMessage()))
+                ->setType(Mime::MULTIPART_ALTERNATIVE)
+                ->setBoundary($contentPart->getMime()->boundary())
+        );
+        $message->setBody($body);
+
+        $this->service->send($message);
+        self::assertSame($expected, trim($this->service->text));
+    }
+
+    public function testExtractHtmlFromStringBodyReturnsNull(): void
+    {
+        $message = new Message();
+        $message->setBody('Foo');
+
+        $this->service->send($message);
+        self::assertNull($this->service->html);
+    }
+
+    public function testExtractHtmlFromEmptyBodyReturnsNull(): void
+    {
+        $message = new Message();
+
+        $this->service->send($message);
+        self::assertNull($this->service->html);
+    }
+
+    public function testExtractHtmlFromTwoPartMessageReturnsString(): void
+    {
+        $expected = 'Foo';
+        $message = new Message();
+        $body = new MimeMessage();
+        $body->addPart(new Part(''));
+        $body->addPart(
+            (new Part($expected))
+                ->setType(Mime::TYPE_HTML)
+        );
+        $message->setBody($body);
+
+        $this->service->send($message);
+        self::assertSame($expected, $this->service->html);
+    }
+
+    public function testExtractHtmlFromHtmlAttachmentReturnsNull(): void
+    {
+        $message = new Message();
+        $body = new MimeMessage();
+        $body->addPart(
+            (new Part('Foo'))
+                ->setType(Mime::TYPE_HTML)
+                ->setDisposition(Mime::DISPOSITION_ATTACHMENT)
+        );
+        $message->setBody($body);
+
+        $this->service->send($message);
+        self::assertNull($this->service->html);
+    }
+
+    public function testExtractHtmlFromMultipartMessageReturnsString(): void
+    {
+        $expected = 'Foo';
+        $message = new Message();
+        $body = new MimeMessage();
+        $contentPart = new MimeMessage();
+        $contentPart->addPart(new Part());
+        $contentPart->addPart(
+            (new Part($expected))
+                ->setType(Mime::TYPE_HTML)
+        );
+        $body->addPart(
+            (new Part($contentPart->generateMessage()))
+                ->setType(Mime::MULTIPART_ALTERNATIVE)
+                ->setBoundary($contentPart->getMime()->boundary())
+        );
+        $message->setBody($body);
+
+        $this->service->send($message);
+        self::assertSame($expected, trim($this->service->html));
+    }
+}