diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXHttp.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXHttp.cpp
index 0f858ac2..62c60422 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXHttp.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXHttp.cpp
@@ -129,8 +129,28 @@ namespace ix
         {
             return std::make_tuple(false, "Error parsing HTTP headers", httpRequest);
         }
+        
+        std::string body = "";
+        if (headers.find("Content-Length") != headers.end()){
+            
+            int contentLength = 0;
+            try {
+                contentLength = std::stoi(headers["Content-Length"]);
+            }
+            catch (std::exception){
+                return std::make_tuple(false, "Error parsing HTTP Header 'Content-Length'", httpRequest);
+            }
+            
+            char c;
+            body.reserve(contentLength);
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < contentLength; i++){
+                if (socket->readByte(&c, isCancellationRequested))
+                    body += c;
+            }
+        }
 
-        httpRequest = std::make_shared<HttpRequest>(uri, method, httpVersion, headers);
+        httpRequest = std::make_shared<HttpRequest>(uri, method, httpVersion, body, headers);
         return std::make_tuple(true, "", httpRequest);
     }
 
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXHttp.h b/ixwebsocket/IXHttp.h
index 71a0db69..1d8807a7 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXHttp.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXHttp.h
@@ -95,15 +95,18 @@ namespace ix
         std::string uri;
         std::string method;
         std::string version;
+        std::string body;
         WebSocketHttpHeaders headers;
 
         HttpRequest(const std::string& u,
                     const std::string& m,
                     const std::string& v,
+                    const std::string& b,
                     const WebSocketHttpHeaders& h = WebSocketHttpHeaders())
             : uri(u)
             , method(m)
             , version(v)
+            , body(b)
             , headers(h)
         {
         }
diff --git a/test/IXHttpServerTest.cpp b/test/IXHttpServerTest.cpp
index 39833b3d..bbdb3295 100644
--- a/test/IXHttpServerTest.cpp
+++ b/test/IXHttpServerTest.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,51 @@ TEST_CASE("http server", "[httpd]")
 
         server.stop();
     }
+
+    SECTION("Posting plain text data to a local HTTP server")
+    {
+        int port = getFreePort();
+        ix::HttpServer server(port, "127.0.0.1");
+
+        server.setOnConnectionCallback([](HttpRequestPtr request, std::shared_ptr<ConnectionState>) -> HttpResponsePtr {
+            if (request->method == "POST"){
+                return std::make_shared<HttpResponse>(200, "OK", HttpErrorCode::Ok, WebSocketHttpHeaders(), request->body);
+            }
+            
+            return std::make_shared<HttpResponse>(400, "BAD REQUEST");
+        });
+        
+        auto res = server.listen();
+        REQUIRE(res.first);
+        server.start();
+
+        HttpClient httpClient;
+        WebSocketHttpHeaders headers;
+        headers["Content-Type"] = "text/plain";
+
+        std::string url("http://127.0.0.1:");
+        url += std::to_string(port);
+        auto args = httpClient.createRequest(url);
+
+        args->extraHeaders = headers;
+        args->connectTimeout = 60;
+        args->transferTimeout = 60;
+        args->verbose = true;
+        args->logger = [](const std::string& msg) { std::cout << msg; };
+        args->body = "Hello World!";
+
+        auto response = httpClient.post(url, args->body, args);
+        
+        std::cerr << "Status: " << response->statusCode << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "Error message: " << response->errorMsg << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "Payload: " << response->payload << std::endl;
+
+        REQUIRE(response->errorCode == HttpErrorCode::Ok);
+        REQUIRE(response->statusCode == 200);
+        REQUIRE(response->payload == args->body);
+
+        server.stop();
+    }
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("http server redirection", "[httpd_redirect]")