diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 8100b23..291414d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var join = require('url').resolve;
 var iconv = require('iconv-lite');
 var request = require('co-request').defaults({ jar: true });
+var getRawBody = require('raw-body');
 
 module.exports = function(options) {
   options || (options = {});
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
   }
 
   return function* proxy(next) {
+    var body;
     var url = resolve(this.path, options);
 
     // don't match
@@ -19,12 +21,21 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
       return yield* next;
     }
 
+    // get raw request body
+    if (this.request.length) {
+      body = yield getRawBody(this.req, {
+        length: this.request.length,
+        limit: '1mb',
+        encoding: this.request.charset
+      });
+    }
+
     var opt = {
       url: url + '?' + this.querystring,
       headers: this.header,
       encoding: null,
       method: this.method,
-      body: this.request.body
+      body: body
     };
     var res = yield request(opt);
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92d5d1a..03db72e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   "main": "index",
   "dependencies": {
     "iconv-lite": "^0.2.11",
-    "co-request": "^0.2.0"
+    "co-request": "^0.2.0",
+    "raw-body": "^1.3.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "koa",
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 8a93c11..89391dd 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var request = require('supertest');
 var koa = require('koa');
 var serve = require('koa-static');
 var router = require('koa-router');
+var getRawBody = require('raw-body');
 
 describe('koa-proxy', function() {
 
@@ -213,4 +214,37 @@ describe('koa-proxy', function() {
       .get('/error')
       .expect(500, done);
   });
+
+  it('should proxy requst body', function(done) {
+    var destApp = koa();
+    destApp.on('error', done);
+
+    // destination app receives proxied request
+    // assert that request body matches original request body
+    destApp.use(function* (next) {
+      var body = yield getRawBody(this.req, {
+        length: this.request.length,
+        limit: '1mb',
+        encoding: this.request.charset
+      });
+
+      body.toString().should.equal('some body content');
+      done();
+    });
+
+    destApp.listen(1235);
+
+    var app = koa();
+    app.use(proxy({
+      host: 'http://localhost:1235'
+    }));
+
+    request(app.listen())
+      .post('/')
+      .send('some body content')
+      .end(function(err, res) {
+        if (err) return done(err);
+      });
+  });
+
 });