diff --git a/include/nighthawk/common/request.h b/include/nighthawk/common/request.h
index d123b8736..1a5f16134 100644
--- a/include/nighthawk/common/request.h
+++ b/include/nighthawk/common/request.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Request {
    * @return HeaderMapPtr shared pointer to a request header specification.
    */
   virtual HeaderMapPtr header() const PURE;
+  virtual const std::string& body() const PURE;
   // TODO(oschaaf): expectations
 };
 
diff --git a/source/common/request_impl.h b/source/common/request_impl.h
index 930175dc5..9cc2742f3 100644
--- a/source/common/request_impl.h
+++ b/source/common/request_impl.h
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+
 #include "envoy/http/header_map.h"
 
 #include "nighthawk/common/request.h"
@@ -8,11 +11,15 @@ namespace Nighthawk {
 
 class RequestImpl : public Request {
 public:
-  RequestImpl(HeaderMapPtr header) : header_(std::move(header)) {}
+  RequestImpl(HeaderMapPtr header, std::string json_body = "")
+      : header_(std::move(header)), json_body_(json_body) {}
+
   HeaderMapPtr header() const override { return header_; }
+  const std::string& body() const override { return json_body_; }
 
 private:
   HeaderMapPtr header_;
+  std::string json_body_;
 };
 
 } // namespace Nighthawk
diff --git a/source/request_source/request_options_list_plugin_impl.cc b/source/request_source/request_options_list_plugin_impl.cc
index 59c1a96a6..6e7539fc4 100644
--- a/source/request_source/request_options_list_plugin_impl.cc
+++ b/source/request_source/request_options_list_plugin_impl.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "source/request_source/request_options_list_plugin_impl.h"
 
+#include <memory>
+
 #include "external/envoy/source/common/protobuf/message_validator_impl.h"
 #include "external/envoy/source/common/protobuf/protobuf.h"
 #include "external/envoy/source/common/protobuf/utility.h"
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ RequestGenerator OptionsListRequestSource::get() {
       auto lower_case_key = Envoy::Http::LowerCaseString(std::string(option_header.header().key()));
       header->setCopy(lower_case_key, std::string(option_header.header().value()));
     }
-    return std::make_unique<RequestImpl>(std::move(header));
+    return std::make_unique<RequestImpl>(std::move(header), request_option.json_body());
   };
   return request_generator;
 }
diff --git a/test/request_source/request_source_plugin_test.cc b/test/request_source/request_source_plugin_test.cc
index 4416f88a2..5f9957063 100644
--- a/test/request_source/request_source_plugin_test.cc
+++ b/test/request_source/request_source_plugin_test.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+
+#include "envoy/api/api.h"
 #include "envoy/common/exception.h"
+#include "envoy/http/header_map.h"
+
+#include "nighthawk/common/exception.h"
+#include "nighthawk/common/request.h"
+#include "nighthawk/common/request_source.h"
+#include "nighthawk/request_source/request_source_plugin_config_factory.h"
 
 #include "external/envoy/source/common/config/utility.h"
+#include "external/envoy/source/common/http/header_map_impl.h"
+#include "external/envoy/source/common/protobuf/message_validator_impl.h"
+#include "external/envoy/source/common/protobuf/protobuf.h"
 #include "external/envoy/test/mocks/api/mocks.h"
 #include "external/envoy/test/mocks/stats/mocks.h"
 #include "external/envoy/test/test_common/file_system_for_test.h"
@@ -171,6 +185,10 @@ TEST_F(FileBasedRequestSourcePluginTest,
   Nighthawk::HeaderMapPtr header2 = request2->header();
   EXPECT_EQ(header1->getPathValue(), "/a");
   EXPECT_EQ(header2->getPathValue(), "/b");
+  std::string body1 = request1->body();
+  std::string body2 = request2->body();
+  EXPECT_EQ(body1, R"({"message": "hello1"})");
+  EXPECT_EQ(body2, R"({"message": "hello2"})");
   EXPECT_EQ(request3, nullptr);
 }
 
@@ -353,6 +371,10 @@ TEST_F(InLineRequestSourcePluginTest,
   Nighthawk::HeaderMapPtr header2 = request2->header();
   EXPECT_EQ(header1->getPathValue(), "/a");
   EXPECT_EQ(header2->getPathValue(), "/b");
+  std::string body1 = request1->body();
+  std::string body2 = request2->body();
+  EXPECT_EQ(body1, R"({"message": "hello1"})");
+  EXPECT_EQ(body2, R"({"message": "hello2"})");
   EXPECT_EQ(request3, nullptr);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/request_source/test_data/test-config-ab.yaml b/test/request_source/test_data/test-config-ab.yaml
index b78bcba64..e03fdd318 100644
--- a/test/request_source/test_data/test-config-ab.yaml
+++ b/test/request_source/test_data/test-config-ab.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 options:
   - request_method: 1
-    request_body_size: 10
+    request_body_size: 23
+    json_body: '{"message": "hello1"}'
     request_headers:
       - { header: { key: ":path", value: "/a" } }  
       - { header: { key: "x-nighthawk-test-server-config", value: "{response_body_size:13}" } }
   - request_method: 1
-    request_body_size: 10
+    request_body_size: 23
+    json_body: '{"message": "hello2"}'
     request_headers:
       - { header: { key: ":path", value: "/b" } }  
       - { header: { key: "x-nighthawk-test-server-config", value: "{response_body_size:17}" } }  
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