diff --git a/includes/http.h b/includes/http.h
index c936195..6329e84 100644
--- a/includes/http.h
+++ b/includes/http.h
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ int		http_request_new(struct connection *, struct spdy_stream *,
 		    char *, char *, char *, struct http_request **);
 
 int		http_header_recv(struct netbuf *);
+char		*http_post_data_text(struct http_request *);
 
 #endif /* !__H_HTTP_H */
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index f5d704a..6109c9b 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -387,6 +387,22 @@ http_header_recv(struct netbuf *nb)
 	return (KORE_RESULT_OK);
 }
 
+char *
+http_post_data_text(struct http_request *req)
+{
+	u_int32_t	len;
+	u_int8_t	*data;
+	char		*text;
+
+	data = kore_buf_release(req->post_data, &len);
+	len++;
+
+	text = (char *)kore_malloc(len);
+	kore_strlcpy(text, (char *)data, len);
+
+	return (text);
+}
+
 static int
 http_generic_404(struct http_request *req)
 {