diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 31ae69fbb..29a94d4c0 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ pub enum PayloadError {
     /// Content encoding stream corruption
     #[fail(display="Can not decode content-encoding.")]
     EncodingCorrupted,
+    /// A payload reached size limit.
+    #[fail(display="A payload reached size limit.")]
+    Overflow,
+    /// A payload length is unknown.
+    #[fail(display="A payload length is unknown.")]
+    UnknownLength,
     /// Parse error
     #[fail(display="{}", _0)]
     ParseError(#[cause] IoError),
diff --git a/src/httprequest.rs b/src/httprequest.rs
index c39c533db..2c56534d6 100644
--- a/src/httprequest.rs
+++ b/src/httprequest.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{str, fmt, mem};
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use bytes::BytesMut;
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use cookie::Cookie;
 use futures::{Async, Future, Stream, Poll};
 use http_range::HttpRange;
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ use http::{header, Uri, Method, Version, HeaderMap, Extensions};
 use info::ConnectionInfo;
 use param::Params;
 use router::Router;
-use payload::Payload;
+use payload::{Payload, ReadAny};
 use json::JsonBody;
 use multipart::Multipart;
 use helpers::SharedHttpMessage;
-use error::{ParseError, UrlGenerationError, CookieParseError, HttpRangeError, UrlencodedError};
+use error::{ParseError, UrlGenerationError,
+            CookieParseError, HttpRangeError, PayloadError, UrlencodedError};
 
 
 pub struct HttpMessage {
@@ -424,6 +425,36 @@ impl<S> HttpRequest<S> {
         msg.payload.as_mut().unwrap()
     }
 
+    /// Load request body.
+    ///
+    /// By default only 256Kb payload reads to a memory, then `BAD REQUEST`
+    /// http response get returns to a peer. Use `RequestBody::limit()`
+    /// method to change upper limit.
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// # extern crate bytes;
+    /// # extern crate actix_web;
+    /// # extern crate futures;
+    /// # #[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
+    /// use actix_web::*;
+    /// use bytes::Bytes;
+    /// use futures::future::Future;
+    ///
+    /// fn index(mut req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
+    ///     req.body()                     // <- get Body future
+    ///        .limit(1024)                // <- change max size of the body to a 1kb
+    ///        .from_err()
+    ///        .and_then(|bytes: Bytes| {  // <- complete body
+    ///            println!("==== BODY ==== {:?}", bytes);
+    ///            Ok(httpcodes::HTTPOk.into())
+    ///        }).responder()
+    /// }
+    /// # fn main() {}
+    /// ```
+    pub fn body(&mut self) -> RequestBody {
+        RequestBody::from_request(self)
+    }
+
     /// Return stream to http payload processes as multipart.
     ///
     /// Content-type: multipart/form-data;
@@ -642,6 +673,78 @@ impl Future for UrlEncoded {
     }
 }
 
+/// Future that resolves to a complete request body.
+pub struct RequestBody {
+    pl: ReadAny,
+    body: BytesMut,
+    limit: usize,
+    error: Option<PayloadError>,
+}
+
+impl RequestBody {
+
+    /// Create `RequestBody` for request.
+    pub fn from_request<S>(req: &mut HttpRequest<S>) -> RequestBody {
+        let mut body = RequestBody {
+            pl: req.payload().readany(),
+            body: BytesMut::new(),
+            limit: 262_144,
+            error: None
+        };
+
+        if let Some(len) = req.headers().get(header::CONTENT_LENGTH) {
+            if let Ok(s) = len.to_str() {
+                if let Ok(len) = s.parse::<u64>() {
+                    if len > 262_144 {
+                        body.error = Some(PayloadError::Overflow);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    body.error = Some(PayloadError::UnknownLength);
+                }
+            } else {
+                body.error = Some(PayloadError::UnknownLength);
+            }
+        }
+
+        body
+    }
+
+    /// Change max size of payload. By default max size is 256Kb
+    pub fn limit(mut self, limit: usize) -> Self {
+        self.limit = limit;
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl Future for RequestBody {
+    type Item = Bytes;
+    type Error = PayloadError;
+
+    fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<Self::Item, Self::Error> {
+        if let Some(err) = self.error.take() {
+            return Err(err)
+        }
+
+        loop {
+            return match self.pl.poll() {
+                Ok(Async::NotReady) => Ok(Async::NotReady),
+                Ok(Async::Ready(None)) => {
+                    Ok(Async::Ready(self.body.take().freeze()))
+                },
+                Ok(Async::Ready(Some(chunk))) => {
+                    if (self.body.len() + chunk.len()) > self.limit {
+                        Err(PayloadError::Overflow)
+                    } else {
+                        self.body.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+                        continue
+                    }
+                },
+                Err(err) => Err(err),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/src/json.rs b/src/json.rs
index 263f6028f..ce9f72eeb 100644
--- a/src/json.rs
+++ b/src/json.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ impl<S, T: DeserializeOwned + 'static> Future for JsonBody<S, T> {
     type Error = JsonPayloadError;
 
     fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<T, JsonPayloadError> {
-        if let Some(mut req) = self.req.take() {
+        if let Some(req) = self.req.take() {
             if let Some(len) = req.headers().get(CONTENT_LENGTH) {
                 if let Ok(s) = len.to_str() {
                     if let Ok(len) = s.parse::<usize>() {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ impl<S, T: DeserializeOwned + 'static> Future for JsonBody<S, T> {
             }
 
             let limit = self.limit;
-            let fut = req.payload_mut().readany()
+            let fut = req.payload().readany()
                 .from_err()
                 .fold(BytesMut::new(), move |mut body, chunk| {
                     if (body.len() + chunk.len()) > limit {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e453a2013..5238a684e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ pub mod dev {
     pub use router::{Router, Pattern};
     pub use channel::{HttpChannel, HttpHandler, IntoHttpHandler};
     pub use param::{FromParam, Params};
-    pub use httprequest::UrlEncoded;
+    pub use httprequest::{UrlEncoded, RequestBody};
     pub use httpresponse::HttpResponseBuilder;
 
     pub use server::{ServerSettings, PauseServer, ResumeServer, StopServer};