diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 62a5e34..cf30bef 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ For Falcon you can use FalconOpenAPIRequest a Falcon request factory:
 .. code-block:: python
 
    from openapi_core.validation.request.validators import RequestValidator
-   from openapi_core.contrib.falcon import FalconOpenAPIRequest
+   from openapi_core.contrib.falcon import FalconOpenAPIRequestFactory
 
-   openapi_request = FalconOpenAPIRequest(falcon_request)
+   openapi_request = FalconOpenAPIRequestFactory.create(falcon_request)
    validator = RequestValidator(spec)
    result = validator.validate(openapi_request)
 
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ You can use FalconOpenAPIResponse as a Falcon response factory:
 .. code-block:: python
 
    from openapi_core.validation.response.validators import ResponseValidator
-   from openapi_core.contrib.falcon import FalconOpenAPIResponse
+   from openapi_core.contrib.falcon import FalconOpenAPIResponseFactory
 
-   openapi_response = FalconOpenAPIResponse(falcon_response)
+   openapi_response = FalconOpenAPIResponseFactory.create(falcon_response)
    validator = ResponseValidator(spec)
    result = validator.validate(openapi_request, openapi_response)
 
diff --git a/openapi_core/contrib/falcon/requests.py b/openapi_core/contrib/falcon/requests.py
index 6652bdc..e48b4fa 100644
--- a/openapi_core/contrib/falcon/requests.py
+++ b/openapi_core/contrib/falcon/requests.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class FalconOpenAPIRequestFactory:
         # Support falcon-jsonify.
         body = (
             dumps(request.json) if getattr(request, "json", None)
-            else request.bounded_stream.read()
+            else dumps(request.media)
         )
         mimetype = request.options.default_media_type
         if request.content_type:
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ class FalconOpenAPIRequestFactory:
             cookie=request.cookies,
             path=path,
         )
+        url_pattern = request.prefix + request.path
         return OpenAPIRequest(
-            full_url_pattern=request.url,
+            full_url_pattern=url_pattern,
             method=method,
             parameters=parameters,
             body=body,
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/data/v3.0/falcon_factory.yaml b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/data/v3.0/falcon_factory.yaml
index 534e7fc..d6b5e4b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/data/v3.0/falcon_factory.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/data/v3.0/falcon_factory.yaml
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@ paths:
         description: the ID of the resource to retrieve
         schema:
           type: integer
+      - name: detail_level
+        in: query
+        required: false
+        description: optional level of detail to provide
+        schema:
+          type: integer
     get:
       responses:
         200:
           description: Return the resource.
           content:
-            application/json:    
+            application/json:
               schema:
                 type: object
                 required:
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/test_falcon_validation.py b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/test_falcon_validation.py
index d93e4fb..9e5466c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/test_falcon_validation.py
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/test_falcon_validation.py
@@ -32,3 +32,12 @@ class TestFalconOpenAPIValidation(object):
         openapi_request = FalconOpenAPIRequestFactory.create(request)
         result = validator.validate(openapi_request)
         assert not result.errors
+
+    def test_request_validator_with_query(self, spec, request_factory):
+        validator = RequestValidator(spec)
+        request = request_factory('GET', '/browse/12',
+                                  query_string='detail_level=2',
+                                  subdomain='kb')
+        openapi_request = FalconOpenAPIRequestFactory.create(request)
+        result = validator.validate(openapi_request)
+        assert not result.errors