diff -r b3f034f5000f Lib/email/feedparser.py
--- a/Lib/email/feedparser.py	Sat Feb 01 12:27:07 2014 -0500
+++ b/Lib/email/feedparser.py	Sat Feb 01 17:04:01 2014 -0500
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 class FeedParser:
     """A feed-style parser of email."""
 
-    def __init__(self, _factory=message.Message, *, policy=compat32):
+    def __init__(self, _factory=None, *, policy=compat32):
         """_factory is called with no arguments to create a new message obj
 
         The policy keyword specifies a policy object that controls a number of
@@ -134,14 +134,23 @@
         backward compatibility.
 
         """
-        self._factory = _factory
         self.policy = policy
-        try:
-            _factory(policy=self.policy)
-            self._factory_kwds = lambda: {'policy': self.policy}
-        except TypeError:
-            # Assume this is an old-style factory
-            self._factory_kwds = lambda: {}
+        self._factory_kwds = lambda: {'policy': self.policy}
+        if _factory is None:
+            # What this should be:
+            #self._factory = policy.default_message_factory
+            # but, because we are post 3.4 feature freeze, fix with temp hack:
+            if self.policy is compat32:
+                self._factory = message.Message
+            else:
+                self._factory = message.EmailMessage
+        else:
+            self._factory = _factory
+            try:
+                _factory(policy=self.policy)
+            except TypeError:
+                # Assume this is an old-style factory
+                self._factory_kwds = lambda: {}
         self._input = BufferedSubFile()
         self._msgstack = []
         self._parse = self._parsegen().__next__
diff -r b3f034f5000f Lib/email/parser.py
--- a/Lib/email/parser.py	Sat Feb 01 12:27:07 2014 -0500
+++ b/Lib/email/parser.py	Sat Feb 01 17:04:01 2014 -0500
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 class Parser:
-    def __init__(self, _class=Message, *, policy=compat32):
+    def __init__(self, _class=None, *, policy=compat32):
         """Parser of RFC 2822 and MIME email messages.
 
         Creates an in-memory object tree representing the email message, which
diff -r b3f034f5000f Lib/test/test_email/test_message.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_email/test_message.py	Sat Feb 01 12:27:07 2014 -0500
+++ b/Lib/test/test_email/test_message.py	Sat Feb 01 17:04:01 2014 -0500
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 import textwrap
-from email import policy
+from email import policy, message_from_string
 from email.message import EmailMessage, MIMEPart
 from test.test_email import TestEmailBase, parameterize
 
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             m['To'] = 'xyz@abc'
 
+    def test_rfc2043_auto_decoded_and_emailmessage_used(self):
+        m = message_from_string(textwrap.dedent("""\
+            Subject: Ayons asperges pour le =?utf-8?q?d=C3=A9jeuner?=
+            From: =?utf-8?q?Pep=C3=A9?= Le Pew <pepe@example.com>
+            To: "Penelope Pussycat" <"penelope@example.com">
+            MIME-Version: 1.0
+            Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
+
+            sample text
+            """), policy=policy.default)
+        self.assertEqual(m['subject'], "Ayons asperges pour le déjeuner")
+        self.assertEqual(m['from'], "Pepé Le Pew <pepe@example.com>")
+        self.assertIsInstance(m, EmailMessage)
+
 
 @parameterize
 class TestEmailMessageBase: