diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/FoundationExtensions.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/FoundationExtensions.swift
index 9ae258052..545da756b 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/FoundationExtensions.swift
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/FoundationExtensions.swift
@@ -54,3 +54,13 @@ extension HTTPClient.Cookie {
         )
     }
 }
+
+extension HTTPClient.Body {
+    /// Create and stream body using `Data`.
+    ///
+    /// - parameters:
+    ///     - bytes: Body `Data` representation.
+    public static func data(_ data: Data) -> HTTPClient.Body {
+        return self.bytes(data)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift
index 3137bd145..44ce2ecf5 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ extension HTTPClient {
         /// Body chunk provider.
         public var stream: (StreamWriter) -> EventLoopFuture<Void>
 
+        @inlinable
+        init(length: Int?, stream: @escaping (StreamWriter) -> EventLoopFuture<Void>) {
+            self.length = length
+            self.stream = stream
+        }
+
         /// Create and stream body using `ByteBuffer`.
         ///
         /// - parameters:
@@ -69,13 +75,14 @@ extension HTTPClient {
             return Body(length: length, stream: stream)
         }
 
-        /// Create and stream body using `Data`.
+        /// Create and stream body using a collection of bytes.
         ///
         /// - parameters:
-        ///     - data: Body `Data` representation.
-        public static func data(_ data: Data) -> Body {
-            return Body(length: data.count) { writer in
-                writer.write(.byteBuffer(ByteBuffer(bytes: data)))
+        ///     - data: Body binary representation.
+        @inlinable
+        public static func bytes<Bytes>(_ bytes: Bytes) -> Body where Bytes: RandomAccessCollection, Bytes.Element == UInt8 {
+            return Body(length: bytes.count) { writer in
+                writer.write(.byteBuffer(ByteBuffer(bytes: bytes)))
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift
index b873833fa..7eb532cf9 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ extension HTTPClientTests {
             ("testGet", testGet),
             ("testGetWithDifferentEventLoopBackpressure", testGetWithDifferentEventLoopBackpressure),
             ("testPost", testPost),
+            ("testPostWithGenericBody", testPostWithGenericBody),
+            ("testPostWithFoundationDataBody", testPostWithFoundationDataBody),
             ("testGetHttps", testGetHttps),
             ("testGetHttpsWithIP", testGetHttpsWithIP),
             ("testGetHTTPSWorksOnMTELGWithIP", testGetHTTPSWorksOnMTELGWithIP),
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
index baeecca33..6bb4dd9b4 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
@@ -296,6 +296,29 @@ class HTTPClientTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual("1234", data.data)
     }
 
+    func testPostWithGenericBody() throws {
+        let bodyData = Array("hello, world!").lazy.map { $0.uppercased().first!.asciiValue! }
+        let erasedData = AnyRandomAccessCollection(bodyData)
+
+        let response = try self.defaultClient.post(url: self.defaultHTTPBinURLPrefix + "post", body: .bytes(erasedData)).wait()
+        let bytes = response.body.flatMap { $0.getData(at: 0, length: $0.readableBytes) }
+        let data = try JSONDecoder().decode(RequestInfo.self, from: bytes!)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(.ok, response.status)
+        XCTAssertEqual("HELLO, WORLD!", data.data)
+    }
+
+    func testPostWithFoundationDataBody() throws {
+        let bodyData = Data("hello, world!".utf8)
+
+        let response = try self.defaultClient.post(url: self.defaultHTTPBinURLPrefix + "post", body: .data(bodyData)).wait()
+        let bytes = response.body.flatMap { $0.getData(at: 0, length: $0.readableBytes) }
+        let data = try JSONDecoder().decode(RequestInfo.self, from: bytes!)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(.ok, response.status)
+        XCTAssertEqual("hello, world!", data.data)
+    }
+
     func testGetHttps() throws {
         let localHTTPBin = HTTPBin(.http1_1(ssl: true))
         let localClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .shared(self.clientGroup),