diff --git a/conjure-go-client/httpclient/body_handler_test.go b/conjure-go-client/httpclient/body_handler_test.go
index 18d162c1..efb20e17 100644
--- a/conjure-go-client/httpclient/body_handler_test.go
+++ b/conjure-go-client/httpclient/body_handler_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package httpclient_test
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -85,7 +86,9 @@ func TestRawBody(t *testing.T) {
 
 	resp, err := client.Do(context.Background(),
 		httpclient.WithRequestMethod(http.MethodPost),
-		httpclient.WithRawRequestBody(ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(reqVar))),
+		httpclient.WithRawRequestBodyProvider(func() io.ReadCloser {
+			return ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(reqVar))
+		}),
 		httpclient.WithRawResponseBody(),
 	)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -99,3 +102,32 @@ func TestRawBody(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, resp)
 	assert.Equal(t, respVar, gotRespBytes)
 }
+
+func TestRawRequestRetry(t *testing.T) {
+	count := 0
+	requestBytes := []byte{12, 13}
+
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		gotReqBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, requestBytes, gotReqBytes)
+		if count == 0 {
+			rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		}
+		// Otherwise 200 is returned
+		count++
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client, err := httpclient.NewClient(httpclient.WithBaseURLs([]string{server.URL}))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = client.Do(
+		context.Background(),
+		httpclient.WithRawRequestBodyProvider(func() io.ReadCloser {
+			return ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(requestBytes))
+		}),
+		httpclient.WithRequestMethod(http.MethodPost))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, count)
+}
diff --git a/conjure-go-client/httpclient/request_params.go b/conjure-go-client/httpclient/request_params.go
index abb4ea52..882e64dd 100644
--- a/conjure-go-client/httpclient/request_params.go
+++ b/conjure-go-client/httpclient/request_params.go
@@ -103,9 +103,30 @@ func WithRequestBody(input interface{}, encoder codecs.Encoder) RequestParam {
 //     input, _ := os.Open("file.txt")
 //     resp, err := client.Do(..., WithRawRequestBody(input), ...)
 //
+// Deprecated: Retries don't include the body for WithRawRequestBody.
+// Use WithRawRequestBodyProvider for full retry support.
 func WithRawRequestBody(input io.ReadCloser) RequestParam {
+	return WithRawRequestBodyProvider(func() io.ReadCloser {
+		return input
+	})
+}
+
+// WithRawRequestBodyProvider uses the io.ReadCloser provided by
+// getBody as the request body. The getBody parameter must not be nil.
+// Example:
+//
+//     provider := func() io.ReadCloser {
+//         input, _ := os.Open("file.txt")
+//         return input
+//     }
+//     resp, err := client.Do(..., WithRawRequestBodyProvider(provider), ...)
+//
+func WithRawRequestBodyProvider(getBody func() io.ReadCloser) RequestParam {
 	return requestParamFunc(func(b *requestBuilder) error {
-		b.bodyMiddleware.requestInput = input
+		if getBody == nil {
+			return werror.Error("getBody can not be nil")
+		}
+		b.bodyMiddleware.requestInput = getBody()
 		b.bodyMiddleware.requestEncoder = nil
 		b.headers.Set("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
 		return nil