diff --git a/interfaces.go b/interfaces.go
index c7a042f59..15c0d007b 100644
--- a/interfaces.go
+++ b/interfaces.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package sentry
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -101,15 +102,15 @@ func (r Request) FromHTTPRequest(request *http.Request) Request {
 	r.QueryString = request.URL.RawQuery
 
 	// Body
-	if request.GetBody != nil {
-		if bodyCopy, err := request.GetBody(); err == nil && bodyCopy != nil {
-			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(bodyCopy)
-			if err == nil {
-				r.Data = string(body)
-			}
+	if request.Body != nil {
+		bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(request.Body)
+		_ = request.Body.Close()
+		if err == nil {
+			// We have to restore original state of *request.Body
+			request.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(bodyBytes))
+			r.Data = string(bodyBytes)
 		}
 	}
-
 	return r
 }
 
diff --git a/interfaces_test.go b/interfaces_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..976bb3a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interfaces_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package sentry
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestRequestFromHTTPRequest(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testPayload = `{"test_data": true}`
+
+	t.Run("reading_body", func(t *testing.T) {
+		payload := bytes.NewBufferString(testPayload)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/test/", payload)
+		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		assertNotEqual(t, req, nil)
+		sentryRequest := Request{}
+		sentryRequest = sentryRequest.FromHTTPRequest(req)
+		assertEqual(t, sentryRequest.Data, testPayload)
+
+		// Re-reading original *http.Request.Body
+		reqBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		assertEqual(t, string(reqBody), testPayload)
+	})
+}