diff --git a/input/elasticapm/docs/spec/v2/span.json b/input/elasticapm/docs/spec/v2/span.json
index e86da9a6..c8f5f7d4 100644
--- a/input/elasticapm/docs/spec/v2/span.json
+++ b/input/elasticapm/docs/spec/v2/span.json
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@
                 "object"
               ],
               "properties": {
+                "body": {
+                  "description": "The http request body as a string",
+                  "type": [
+                    "null",
+                    "string"
+                  ]
+                },
                 "id": {
                   "description": "ID holds the unique identifier for the http request.",
                   "type": [
diff --git a/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/decoder.go b/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/decoder.go
index b3a3faad..dacc1e14 100644
--- a/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/decoder.go
+++ b/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/decoder.go
@@ -1071,14 +1071,19 @@ func mapToSpanModel(from *span, event *modelpb.APMEvent) {
 			}
 			event.Http.Request.Method = from.Context.HTTP.Method.Val
 		}
-		if from.Context.HTTP.Request.ID.IsSet() {
+		if from.Context.HTTP.Request.IsSet() {
 			if event.Http == nil {
 				event.Http = &modelpb.HTTP{}
 			}
 			if event.Http.Request == nil {
 				event.Http.Request = &modelpb.HTTPRequest{}
 			}
-			event.Http.Request.Id = from.Context.HTTP.Request.ID.Val
+			if from.Context.HTTP.Request.ID.IsSet() {
+				event.Http.Request.Id = from.Context.HTTP.Request.ID.Val
+			}
+			if from.Context.HTTP.Request.Body.IsSet() {
+				event.Http.Request.Body = modeldecoderutil.ToValue(from.Context.HTTP.Request.Body.Val)
+			}
 		}
 		if from.Context.HTTP.Response.IsSet() {
 			if event.Http == nil {
diff --git a/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/model.go b/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/model.go
index 46a9b99e..2ac2c2d9 100644
--- a/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/model.go
+++ b/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/model.go
@@ -845,6 +845,8 @@ type spanContextHTTP struct {
 type spanContextHTTPRequest struct {
 	// ID holds the unique identifier for the http request.
 	ID nullable.String `json:"id"`
+	// The http request body as a string
+	Body nullable.String `json:"body"`
 }
 
 type spanContextHTTPResponse struct {
diff --git a/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/model_generated.go b/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/model_generated.go
index f5b571f7..a1019fd5 100644
--- a/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/model_generated.go
+++ b/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/model_generated.go
@@ -2500,11 +2500,12 @@ func (val *spanContextHTTP) processNestedSource() error {
 }
 
 func (val *spanContextHTTPRequest) IsSet() bool {
-	return val.ID.IsSet()
+	return val.ID.IsSet() || val.Body.IsSet()
 }
 
 func (val *spanContextHTTPRequest) Reset() {
 	val.ID.Reset()
+	val.Body.Reset()
 }
 
 func (val *spanContextHTTPRequest) validate() error {
diff --git a/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/span_test.go b/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/span_test.go
index 57df65d7..064ba208 100644
--- a/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/span_test.go
+++ b/input/elasticapm/internal/modeldecoder/v2/span_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package v2
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/structpb"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ func TestDecodeMapToSpanModel(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Run("http-request", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("http-request-id", func(t *testing.T) {
 		var input span
 		input.Context.HTTP.Request.ID.Set("some-request-id")
 		var out modelpb.APMEvent
@@ -266,6 +267,14 @@ func TestDecodeMapToSpanModel(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "some-request-id", out.Http.Request.Id)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("http-request-body", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var input span
+		input.Context.HTTP.Request.Body.Set("some-request-body")
+		var out modelpb.APMEvent
+		mapToSpanModel(&input, &out)
+		assert.Equal(t, structpb.NewStringValue("some-request-body"), out.Http.Request.Body)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("http-headers", func(t *testing.T) {
 		var input span
 		input.Context.HTTP.Response.Headers.Set(http.Header{"a": []string{"b", "c"}})