diff --git a/api/interface.go b/api/interface.go
index a408fe1..a9222e5 100644
--- a/api/interface.go
+++ b/api/interface.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package aurestclientapi
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -18,6 +19,14 @@ type ParsedResponse struct {
 	Time time.Time
 }
 
+// CustomRequestBody allows you the greatest amount of control over the request by directly supplying the
+// body io.Reader, the length, and the content type header.
+type CustomRequestBody struct {
+	BodyReader  io.Reader // Tip: &bytes.Buffer{} implements io.Reader
+	BodyLength  int
+	ContentType string
+}
+
 // Client is a utility class representing a http client.
 //
 // We provide multiple stackable implementations, typical stacking order is
@@ -104,4 +113,4 @@ type CacheKeyFunction func(ctx context.Context, method string, url string, reque
 //
 // Not all parameters will always be set. For example, the latency is only known at the request logging level,
 // and the request/response body size is only known while that is being processed.
-type MetricsCallbackFunction func(ctx context.Context, method string, url string, status int, err error, latency time.Duration, size int)
\ No newline at end of file
+type MetricsCallbackFunction func(ctx context.Context, method string, url string, status int, err error, latency time.Duration, size int)
diff --git a/example/fullstack/fullstack.go b/example/fullstack/fullstack.go
index 5164364..ec37f30 100644
--- a/example/fullstack/fullstack.go
+++ b/example/fullstack/fullstack.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package examplefullstack
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	aulogging "github.com/StephanHCB/go-autumn-logging"
 	aurestclientapi "github.com/StephanHCB/go-autumn-restclient/api"
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	aurestrecorder "github.com/StephanHCB/go-autumn-restclient/implementation/recorder"
 	aurestlogging "github.com/StephanHCB/go-autumn-restclient/implementation/requestlogging"
 	aurestretry "github.com/StephanHCB/go-autumn-restclient/implementation/retry"
+	"io"
+	"mime/multipart"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -112,3 +115,70 @@ func testingExample() {
 	// also assert on the recording what requests were made
 	_ = aurestcapture.GetRecording(requestCaptureClient)
 }
+
+func fileUploadExample() {
+	fileContents := &bytes.Buffer{} // here you'd read the file, or open a reader for the file
+
+	// construct custom response body
+
+	body := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	writer := multipart.NewWriter(body)
+	part, _ := writer.CreateFormFile("file", "filename.txt")
+	_, _ = io.Copy(part, fileContents)
+	_ = writer.Close()
+
+	request := aurestclientapi.CustomRequestBody{
+		BodyReader:  body,
+		BodyLength:  body.Len(),
+		ContentType: writer.FormDataContentType(),
+	}
+
+	// assumes you set up logging by importing one of the go-autumn-logging-xxx dependencies
+	//
+	// for this example, let's set up a logger that does nothing, so we don't pull in these dependencies here
+	//
+	// This of course makes the requestLoggingClient not work.
+	aulogging.SetupNoLoggerForTesting()
+
+	// ----- setup (can be done once during application startup) ----
+
+	// 1. set up http client
+	var timeout time.Duration = 0
+	var customCACert []byte = nil
+	var requestManipulator aurestclientapi.RequestManipulatorCallback = nil
+
+	httpClient, _ := auresthttpclient.New(timeout, customCACert, requestManipulator)
+
+	// 2. recording (for use with 1a)
+	recorderClient := aurestrecorder.New(httpClient)
+
+	// 3. request logging
+	requestLoggingClient := aurestlogging.New(recorderClient)
+
+	// 4. circuit breaker (see https://github.com/StephanHCB/go-autumn-restclient-circuitbreaker)
+	// not included here because it has extra dependencies
+
+	// 5. retry
+	var repeatCount uint8 = 2 // 0 means only try once (but then why use this at all?)
+	var condition aurestclientapi.RetryConditionCallback = func(ctx context.Context, response *aurestclientapi.ParsedResponse, err error) bool {
+		return response.Status == http.StatusRequestTimeout
+	}
+	var beforeRetry aurestclientapi.BeforeRetryCallback = nil
+
+	retryingClient := aurestretry.New(requestLoggingClient, repeatCount, condition, beforeRetry)
+
+	// ----- now make a request -----
+
+	bodyDto := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	response := aurestclientapi.ParsedResponse{
+		Body: &bodyDto,
+	}
+	err := retryingClient.Perform(context.Background(), http.MethodPost, "https://some.rest.api/fileupload", request, &response)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// now bodyDto is filled with the response and response.Status and response.Header are also set.
+
+}
diff --git a/implementation/httpclient/httpclient.go b/implementation/httpclient/httpclient.go
index 9fe5977..7991ae6 100644
--- a/implementation/httpclient/httpclient.go
+++ b/implementation/httpclient/httpclient.go
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ func (c *HttpClientImpl) requestBodyReader(requestBody interface{}) (io.Reader,
 	if requestBody == nil {
 		return nil, 0, "", nil
 	}
+	if asCustom, ok := requestBody.(aurestclientapi.CustomRequestBody); ok {
+		return asCustom.BodyReader, asCustom.BodyLength, asCustom.ContentType, nil
+	}
 	if asString, ok := requestBody.(string); ok {
 		return strings.NewReader(asString), len(asString), aurestclientapi.ContentTypeApplicationJson, nil
 	}