diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7f59de523..978572e95 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var PinkiePromise = require('pinkie-promise');
 var unzipResponse = require('unzip-response');
 var createErrorClass = require('create-error-class');
 var nodeStatusCodes = require('node-status-codes');
+var isPlainObj = require('is-plain-obj');
 
 function requestAsEventEmitter(opts) {
 	opts = opts || {};
@@ -198,12 +199,17 @@ function normalizeArguments(url, opts) {
 	var body = opts.body;
 
 	if (body) {
-		if (typeof body !== 'string' && !Buffer.isBuffer(body) && !isStream.readable(body)) {
-			throw new Error('options.body must be a ReadableStream, string or Buffer');
+		if (typeof body !== 'string' && !Buffer.isBuffer(body) && !isStream.readable(body) && !isPlainObj(body)) {
+			throw new Error('options.body must be a ReadableStream, string, Buffer or plain Object');
 		}
 
 		opts.method = opts.method || 'POST';
 
+		if (isPlainObj(body)) {
+			opts.headers['content-type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
+			body = opts.body = querystring.stringify(body);
+		}
+
 		if (!opts.headers['content-length'] && !opts.headers['transfer-encoding'] && !isStream.readable(body)) {
 			var length = typeof body === 'string' ? Buffer.byteLength(body) : body.length;
 			opts.headers['content-length'] = length;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65b15f3bc..1d005483a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "create-error-class": "^2.0.0",
     "duplexify": "^3.2.0",
+    "is-plain-obj": "^1.0.0",
     "is-redirect": "^1.0.0",
     "is-stream": "^1.0.0",
     "lowercase-keys": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index cabaea82c..ebb6eed38 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Any of the [`http.request`](http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_op
 
 ###### body
 
-Type: `string`, `Buffer`, `ReadableStream`  
+Type: `string`, `Buffer`, `ReadableStream`, `Object`  
 
 *This is mutually exclusive with stream mode.*
 
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ If present in `options` and `options.method` is not set, `options.method` will b
 
 If `content-length` or `transfer-encoding` is not set in `options.headers` and `body` is a string or buffer, `content-length` will be set to the body length.
 
+If `body` is a plain Object, it will be stringified and sent as `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`.
+
 ###### encoding
 
 Type: `string`, `null`  
diff --git a/test/test-error.js b/test/test-error.js
index da05a14c7..5e8a67290 100644
--- a/test/test-error.js
+++ b/test/test-error.js
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ test('dns error message', function (t) {
 
 test('options.body error message', function (t) {
 	t.throws(function () {
-		got(s.url, {body: {}});
-	}, /options.body must be a ReadableStream, string or Buffer/);
+		got(s.url, {body: function () {}});
+	}, /options.body must be a ReadableStream, string, Buffer or plain Object/);
 	t.end();
 });
 
diff --git a/test/test-post.js b/test/test-post.js
index 540bb5b3d..8e2c61de4 100644
--- a/test/test-post.js
+++ b/test/test-post.js
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ test('post have content-length header to string', function (t) {
 	});
 });
 
+test('works with plain object in body', function (t) {
+	got(s.url, {body: {such: 'wow'}}, function (err, data) {
+		t.error(err);
+		t.equal(data, 'such=wow');
+		t.end();
+	});
+});
+
 test('cleanup', function (t) {
 	s.close();
 	t.end();