diff --git a/probes/http/http.go b/probes/http/http.go
index 9d199fc1..0a542fe9 100644
--- a/probes/http/http.go
+++ b/probes/http/http.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package http
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	maxResponseSizeForMetrics = 128
 	targetsUpdateInterval     = 1 * time.Minute
+	largeBodyThreshold        = bytes.MinRead // 512.
 )
 
 // Probe holds aggregate information about all probe runs, per-target.
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@ type Probe struct {
 	// statsExportInterval / p.opts.Interval. Metrics are exported when
 	// (runCnt % statsExportFrequency) == 0
 	statsExportFrequency int64
+
+	requestBody []byte
 }
 
 type probeResult struct {
@@ -108,6 +112,8 @@ func (p *Probe) Init(name string, opts *options.Options) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid Relative URL: %s, must begin with '/'", p.url)
 	}
 
+	p.requestBody = []byte(p.c.GetBody())
+
 	// Create a transport for our use. This is mostly based on
 	// http.DefaultTransport with some timeouts changed.
 	// TODO(manugarg): Considering cloning DefaultTransport once
@@ -215,6 +221,11 @@ func isClientTimeout(err error) bool {
 // httpRequest executes an HTTP request and updates the provided result struct.
 func (p *Probe) doHTTPRequest(req *http.Request, result *probeResult, resultMu *sync.Mutex) {
 
+	if len(p.requestBody) >= largeBodyThreshold {
+		req = req.Clone(req.Context())
+		req.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(p.requestBody))
+	}
+
 	if p.c.GetKeepAlive() {
 		trace := &httptrace.ClientTrace{
 			ConnectDone: func(_, addr string, err error) {
diff --git a/probes/http/http_test.go b/probes/http/http_test.go
index 31d46f62..9042abf3 100644
--- a/probes/http/http_test.go
+++ b/probes/http/http_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ import (
 // The Transport is mocked instead of the Client because Client is not an
 // interface, but RoundTripper (which Transport implements) is.
 type testTransport struct {
-	noBody io.ReadCloser
+	noBody                   io.ReadCloser
+	lastProcessedRequestBody []byte
 }
 
 func newTestTransport() *testTransport {
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ func (tt *testTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	req.Body.Close()
+	tt.lastProcessedRequestBody = b
 
 	return &http.Response{
 		Body: &testReadCloser{
@@ -193,6 +195,52 @@ func TestProbeWithBody(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestProbeWithLargeBody(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, size := range []int{largeBodyThreshold - 1, largeBodyThreshold, largeBodyThreshold + 1, largeBodyThreshold * 2} {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("size:%d", size), func(t *testing.T) {
+			testProbeWithLargeBody(t, size)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func testProbeWithLargeBody(t *testing.T, bodySize int) {
+	testBody := strings.Repeat("a", bodySize)
+	testTarget := "test-large-body.com"
+
+	p := &Probe{}
+	err := p.Init("http_test", &options.Options{
+		Targets:  targets.StaticTargets(testTarget),
+		Interval: 2 * time.Second,
+		ProbeConf: &configpb.ProbeConf{
+			Body: &testBody,
+			// Can't use ExportResponseAsMetrics for large bodies,
+			// since maxResponseSizeForMetrics is small
+			ExportResponseAsMetrics: proto.Bool(false),
+		},
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Error while initializing probe: %v", err)
+	}
+	testTransport := newTestTransport()
+	p.client.Transport = testTransport
+
+	// Probe 1st run
+	p.runProbe(context.Background())
+
+	got := string(testTransport.lastProcessedRequestBody)
+	if got != testBody {
+		t.Errorf("response body length: got=%d, expected=%d", len(got), len(testBody))
+	}
+
+	// Probe 2nd run (we should get the same request body).
+	p.runProbe(context.Background())
+	got = string(testTransport.lastProcessedRequestBody)
+	if got != testBody {
+		t.Errorf("response body length: got=%d, expected=%d", len(got), len(testBody))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMultipleTargetsMultipleRequests(t *testing.T) {
 	testTargets := []string{"test.com", "fail-test.com"}
 	reqPerProbe := int64(6)
diff --git a/probes/http/request.go b/probes/http/request.go
index 1718f6fa..3e6e7d6f 100644
--- a/probes/http/request.go
+++ b/probes/http/request.go
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ func (p *Probe) httpRequestForTarget(target endpoint.Endpoint, resolveF resolveF
 
 	// Prepare request body
 	var body io.Reader
-	if p.c.GetBody() != "" {
-		body = &requestBody{[]byte(p.c.GetBody())}
+	if len(p.requestBody) > 0 {
+		body = &requestBody{p.requestBody}
 	}
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(p.method, url, body)
 	if err != nil {