diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d6388cb1d..6cba0597e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
 client.logLevel = 'debug';
 ```
 
+## Using webhook validation
+See [example](examples/express.js) for a code sample for incoming Twilio request validation
+
 ## Handling Exceptions
 
 For an example on how to handle exceptions in this helper library, please see the [Twilio documentation](https://www.twilio.com/docs/libraries/node/usage-guide#exceptions).
diff --git a/examples/express.js b/examples/express.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fda38ef05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/express.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+const twilio = require('twilio');
+const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+const MessagingResponse = require('twilio').twiml.MessagingResponse;
+
+const express = require('express')
+const app = express()
+const port = 3000
+
+app.use(bodyParser.json({
+    verify: (req, res, buf) => {
+        req.rawBody = buf
+    }
+}))
+
+app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+    res.send('Hello World!')
+})
+
+app.post('/message', twilio.webhook(), (req, res) => {
+    // Twilio Messaging URL - receives incoming messages from Twilio
+    const response = new MessagingResponse();
+
+    response.message(`Your text to me was ${req.body.Body}.
+                    Webhooks are neat :)`);
+
+    res.set('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
+    res.send(response.toString());
+});
+
+app.listen(port, () => {
+    console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`)
+})
diff --git a/lib/webhooks/webhooks.js b/lib/webhooks/webhooks.js
index 60f0d37361..8c0bb3794a 100644
--- a/lib/webhooks/webhooks.js
+++ b/lib/webhooks/webhooks.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ function validateExpressRequest(request, authToken, opts) {
       authToken,
       request.header('X-Twilio-Signature'),
       webhookUrl,
-      request.body || {}
+      request.rawBody || '{}'
     );
   } else {
     return validateRequest(
diff --git a/spec/validation.spec.js b/spec/validation.spec.js
index 3c7d74ce91..5135c3fa9e 100644
--- a/spec/validation.spec.js
+++ b/spec/validation.spec.js
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ const bodySignature = '0a1ff7634d9ab3b95db5c9a2dfe9416e41502b283a80c7cf19632632f
 const requestUrlWithHash = requestUrl + '&bodySHA256=' + bodySignature;
 const requestUrlWithHashSignature = 'a9nBmqA0ju/hNViExpshrM61xv4=';
 
+const requestUrlWithHashSignatureEmptyBody = 'Ldidvp12m26NI7eqEvxnEpkd9Hc=';
+const bodySignatureEmpty = '44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a';
+const requestUrlWithHashEmpty = requestUrl + '&bodySHA256=' + bodySignatureEmpty;
+
 describe('Request validation', () => {
   it('should succeed with the correct signature', () => {
     const isValid = validateRequest(token, defaultSignature, requestUrl, defaultParams);
@@ -55,6 +59,12 @@ describe('Request validation', () => {
     expect(isValid).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  it('should validate request body when empty', () => {
+    const isValid = validateRequestWithBody(token, requestUrlWithHashSignatureEmptyBody, requestUrlWithHashEmpty, '{}');
+
+    expect(isValid).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
   it('should validate request body with only sha param', () => {
     const sig = bodySignature.replace('+', '%2B').replace('=', '%3D');
     const shortUrl = 'https://mycompany.com/myapp.php?bodySHA256=' + sig;
@@ -265,6 +275,7 @@ describe('Request validation middleware', () => {
       }),
     }));
 
+    request.rawBody = body;
     middleware(request, response, () => {
       done();
     });
@@ -296,8 +307,8 @@ describe('Request validation middleware', () => {
     const newUrl = fullUrl.pathname + fullUrl.search + '&somethingUnexpected=true';
     const request = httpMocks.createRequest(Object.assign({},
       defaultRequestWithoutTwilioSignature, {
-        originalUrl: newUrl,
-      }));
+      originalUrl: newUrl,
+    }));
 
     middleware(request, response, () => {
       expect(true).toBeFalsy();