diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/bulk.py b/swift/common/middleware/bulk.py
index 875a4dd432..d5a9a2ab8a 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/bulk.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/bulk.py
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ class Bulk(object):
     Extract Archive:
 
     Expand tar files into a swift account. Request must be a PUT with the
-    header X-Extract-Archive specifying the format of archive file. Accepted
-    formats are tar, tar.gz, and tar.bz2.
+    query parameter ?extract-archive=format specifying the format of archive
+    file. Accepted formats are tar, tar.gz, and tar.bz2.
 
     For a PUT to the following url:
 
-    /v1/AUTH_Account/$UPLOAD_PATH
+    /v1/AUTH_Account/$UPLOAD_PATH?extract-archive=tar.gz
 
     UPLOAD_PATH is where the files will be expanded to. UPLOAD_PATH can be a
     container, a pseudo-directory within a container, or an empty string. The
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Bulk(object):
     Bulk Delete:
 
     Will delete multiple objects from their account with a single request.
-    Responds to DELETE requests with a header 'X-Bulk-Delete: true'.
+    Responds to DELETE requests with query parameter ?bulk-delete set.
     The Content-Type should be set to text/plain. The body of the DELETE
     request will be a newline separated list of url encoded objects to delete.
     You can only delete 1000 (configurable) objects per request. The objects
@@ -364,17 +364,16 @@ class Bulk(object):
 
     @wsgify
     def __call__(self, req):
-        extract_type = \
-            req.headers.get('X-Extract-Archive', '').lower().strip('.')
-        if extract_type and req.method == 'PUT':
-            archive_type = {'tar': '', 'tar.gz': 'gz',
-                            'tar.bz2': 'bz2'}.get(extract_type)
+        extract_type = req.params.get('extract-archive')
+        if extract_type is not None and req.method == 'PUT':
+            archive_type = {
+                'tar': '', 'tar.gz': 'gz',
+                'tar.bz2': 'bz2'}.get(extract_type.lower().strip('.'))
             if archive_type is not None:
                 return self.handle_extract(req, archive_type)
             else:
                 return HTTPBadRequest("Unsupported archive format")
-        if (req.headers.get('X-Bulk-Delete', '').lower() in TRUE_VALUES and
-                req.method == 'DELETE'):
+        if 'bulk-delete' in req.params and req.method == 'DELETE':
             return self.handle_delete(req)
 
         return self.app
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_bulk.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_bulk.py
index 1447f7b1fc..72cd224a2e 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_bulk.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_bulk.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class TestUntar(unittest.TestCase):
         def fake_start_response(*args, **kwargs):
             pass
 
-        req = Request.blank('/tar_works/acc/cont/')
+        req = Request.blank('/tar_works/acc/cont/?extract-archive=tar.gz')
         req.environ['wsgi.input'] = open(
             os.path.join(self.testdir, 'tar_works.tar.gz'))
         self.bulk(req.environ, fake_start_response)
@@ -196,14 +196,17 @@ class TestUntar(unittest.TestCase):
         self.app.calls = 0
         req.environ['wsgi.input'] = open(
             os.path.join(self.testdir, 'tar_works.tar.gz'))
-        req.headers['x-extract-archive'] = 'tar.gz'
         req.headers['transfer-encoding'] = 'Chunked'
         req.method = 'PUT'
         self.bulk(req.environ, fake_start_response)
         self.assertEquals(self.app.calls, 7)
 
         self.app.calls = 0
-        req.headers['x-extract-archive'] = 'bad'
+        req = Request.blank('/tar_works/acc/cont/?extract-archive=bad')
+        req.method = 'PUT'
+        req.headers['transfer-encoding'] = 'Chunked'
+        req.environ['wsgi.input'] = open(
+            os.path.join(self.testdir, 'tar_works.tar.gz'))
         t = self.bulk(req.environ, fake_start_response)
         self.assertEquals(t[0], "Unsupported archive format")
 
@@ -213,9 +216,11 @@ class TestUntar(unittest.TestCase):
         tar.add(os.path.join(self.testdir, base_name))
         tar.close()
         self.app.calls = 0
+        req = Request.blank('/tar_works/acc/cont/?extract-archive=tar')
+        req.method = 'PUT'
+        req.headers['transfer-encoding'] = 'Chunked'
         req.environ['wsgi.input'] = open(
             os.path.join(self.testdir, 'tar_works.tar'))
-        req.headers['x-extract-archive'] = 'tar'
         t = self.bulk(req.environ, fake_start_response)
         self.assertEquals(self.app.calls, 7)
 
@@ -434,9 +439,8 @@ class TestDelete(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_bulk_delete_call(self):
         def fake_start_response(*args, **kwargs):
             pass
-        req = Request.blank('/delete_works/AUTH_Acc')
+        req = Request.blank('/delete_works/AUTH_Acc?bulk-delete')
         req.method = 'DELETE'
-        req.headers['x-bulk-delete'] = 't'
         req.headers['Transfer-Encoding'] = 'chunked'
         req.environ['wsgi.input'] = StringIO('/c/f')
         self.bulk(req.environ, fake_start_response)
@@ -488,9 +492,8 @@ class TestDelete(unittest.TestCase):
         def fake_start_response(*args, **kwargs):
             self.assertTrue(args[0].startswith('413'))
 
-        req = Request.blank('/delete_works/AUTH_Acc')
+        req = Request.blank('/delete_works/AUTH_Acc?bulk-delete')
         req.method = 'DELETE'
-        req.headers['x-bulk-delete'] = 't'
         data = '\n\n' * self.bulk.max_deletes_per_request
         req.environ['wsgi.input'] = StringIO(data)
         req.content_length = len(data)