diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 121ed97..444744a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,23 @@ async myMethod () {
 }
 ```
 
+#### Request body
+
+Instead of stringify the body of a request which the content type is `application/json`, you can just pass the javascript object as the body of the request and Request.JS will stringify it for you.
+
+```js
+import { post } from '@rails/request.js'
+
+...
+
+async myMethod () {
+  const response = await post('localhost:3000/my_endpoint', { body: { name: 'Request.JS' } })
+  if (response.ok) {
+    ...
+  }
+}
+```
+
 
 #### Turbo Streams
 
diff --git a/src/fetch_request.js b/src/fetch_request.js
index 3d0684c..08a0d80 100644
--- a/src/fetch_request.js
+++ b/src/fetch_request.js
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ export class FetchRequest {
       return Promise.reject(window.location.href = response.authenticationURL)
     }
 
-    if (response.ok && response.isTurboStream) { response.renderTurboStream() }
+    if (response.ok && response.isTurboStream) {
+      response.renderTurboStream()
+    }
+
     return response
   }
 
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ export class FetchRequest {
     return {
       method: this.method.toUpperCase(),
       headers: this.headers,
-      body: this.body,
+      body: this.formattedBody,
       signal: this.signal,
       credentials: 'same-origin',
       redirect: 'follow'
@@ -101,4 +104,15 @@ export class FetchRequest {
   get additionalHeaders () {
     return this.options.headers || {}
   }
+
+  get formattedBody () {
+    const bodyIsAString = Object.prototype.toString.call(this.body) === '[object String]'
+    const contentTypeIsJson = this.headers['Content-Type'] === 'application/json'
+
+    if (contentTypeIsJson && !bodyIsAString) {
+      return JSON.stringify(this.body)
+    }
+
+    return this.body
+  }
 }