diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/HttpRequestExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/HttpRequestExtensions.cs
index 48f50feeac..cfb514426a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/HttpRequestExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/HttpRequestExtensions.cs
@@ -66,10 +66,17 @@ namespace Umbraco.Extensions
             var result = reader.ReadToEnd();
             request.Body.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
             return result;
+        }
 
+        public static async Task<string> GetRawBodyStringAsync(this HttpRequest request, Encoding encoding = null)
+        {
+            request.Body.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
 
+            var reader = new StreamReader(request.Body, encoding ?? Encoding.UTF8);
 
-
+            var result = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
+            request.Body.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+            return result;
         }
     }
 }