diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go
index 040cc7978..1137f3904 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ func (r *requestGenerator) makeHTTPRequestFromModel(ctx context.Context, data st
 
 // makeHTTPRequestFromRaw creates a *http.Request from a raw request
 func (r *requestGenerator) makeHTTPRequestFromRaw(ctx context.Context, baseURL, data string, values, payloads map[string]interface{}) (*generatedRequest, error) {
-	data += "\r\n"
+	// add "\r\n" only to RCF compliant requests without body
+	if !rawHasBody(data) {
+		data += "\r\n"
+	}
+
 	return r.handleRawWithPaylods(ctx, data, baseURL, values, payloads)
 }
 
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/utils.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/utils.go
index 6ad3f6032..45adf5f9f 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/utils.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/utils.go
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package http
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
@@ -116,3 +118,27 @@ func handleDecompression(resp *http.Response, bodyOrig []byte) (bodyDec []byte,
 	}
 	return bodyOrig, nil
 }
+
+// rawHasBody checks if a RFC compliant request has the body
+func rawHasBody(data string) bool {
+	b := bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(data))
+	req, err := http.ReadRequest(b)
+	if err == io.EOF {
+		return false
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if req.Body == http.NoBody {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// It's enough to read a chunk to check the presence of the body
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(req.Body, 512))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return len(body) > 0
+}