diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippet.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippet.java
index 2592456c9f..cec2f7ab04 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippet.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippet.java
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.wiremock.restdocs;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.Writer;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.MappingBuilder;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.ResponseDefinitionBuilder;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.common.Json;
@@ -31,7 +23,6 @@ import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.http.HttpHeader;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.http.HttpHeaders;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.matching.UrlPattern;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.stubbing.StubMapping;
-
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.RestDocumentationContext;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.operation.Operation;
@@ -41,6 +32,15 @@ import org.springframework.restdocs.snippet.StandardWriterResolver;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.snippet.WriterResolver;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.templates.TemplateFormat;
 import org.springframework.util.PropertyPlaceholderHelper;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.aResponse;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.delete;
@@ -192,11 +192,13 @@ public class WireMockSnippet implements Snippet {
 				builder.withRequestBody(matchingJsonPath(jsonPath));
 			}
 		}
-		else if (this.hasJsonBodyRequestToMatch) {
-			builder.withRequestBody(equalToJson(content));
-		}
-		else {
-			builder.withRequestBody(equalTo(content));
+		else if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(content)) {
+			if (this.hasJsonBodyRequestToMatch) {
+				builder.withRequestBody(equalToJson(content));
+			}
+			else {
+				builder.withRequestBody(equalTo(content));
+			}
 		}
 		return builder;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippetTests.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippetTests.java
index 6896d4ed01..7056e78279 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippetTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippetTests.java
@@ -112,6 +112,24 @@ public class WireMockSnippetTests {
 				.isEqualTo("{\"name\": \"12\"}");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void should_handle_empty_request_body() throws IOException {
+		given(this.operation.getName()).willReturn("foo");
+		WireMockSnippet snippet = new WireMockSnippet();
+		given(this.operation.getRequest()).willReturn(requestPostWithEmptyBody());
+
+		snippet.document(this.operation);
+
+		File stub = new File(this.outputFolder, "stubs/foo.json");
+		assertThat(stub).exists();
+		StubMapping stubMapping = WireMockStubMapping
+				.buildFrom(new String(Files.readAllBytes(stub.toPath())));
+		assertThat(stubMapping.getRequest().getBodyPatterns()).isNullOrEmpty();
+		assertThat(stubMapping.getResponse().getStatus())
+				.isEqualTo(HttpStatus.ACCEPTED.value());
+
+	}
+
 	private OperationResponse response() {
 		return new OperationResponse() {
 
@@ -219,4 +237,45 @@ public class WireMockSnippetTests {
 			}
 		};
 	}
+
+	private OperationRequest requestPostWithEmptyBody() {
+		return new OperationRequest() {
+			@Override
+			public byte[] getContent() {
+				return new byte[0];
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public String getContentAsString() {
+				return "";
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public HttpHeaders getHeaders() {
+				HttpHeaders httpHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
+				httpHeaders.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE);
+				return httpHeaders;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public HttpMethod getMethod() {
+				return HttpMethod.POST;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public Parameters getParameters() {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public Collection<OperationRequestPart> getParts() {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public URI getUri() {
+				return URI.create("http://foo/bar");
+			}
+		};
+	}
 }
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