diff --git a/src/Webby.hs b/src/Webby.hs
--- a/src/Webby.hs
+++ b/src/Webby.hs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   , param_
   , params
   , request
+  , requestBodyLBS
   , requestBodyLength
   , getRequestBodyChunkAction
 
diff --git a/src/Webby/Server.hs b/src/Webby/Server.hs
--- a/src/Webby/Server.hs
+++ b/src/Webby/Server.hs
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@
         \wr -> return $ wr { wrRespData = Right $ Bu.fromByteString $
                                           encodeUtf8 txt }
 
+-- | Return the raw request body as a lazy bytestring
+requestBodyLBS :: WebbyM appEnv LByteString
+requestBodyLBS = do
+    req <- request
+    liftIO $ lazyRequestBody req
+
 jsonData :: A.FromJSON a => WebbyM appEnv a
 jsonData = do
    req <- request
diff --git a/webby.cabal b/webby.cabal
--- a/webby.cabal
+++ b/webby.cabal
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.31.1.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.31.2.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: caf3466bf704ca914cdc5415a14e4d717e7bdb21f42b4fc2ce0869bf6309d74b
+-- hash: f7235144640693879da4d296edf9b11b50f14f4523aabfd4005cc1a70b7c48b1
 
 name:           webby
-version:        0.1.1
+version:        0.1.2
 synopsis:       A super-simple web server framework
 description:    A super-simple, easy to use web server framework inspired by
                 Scotty. The goals of the project are: (1) Be easy to use (2) Allow