diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Mappings/EncodingModel.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Mappings/EncodingModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3987e3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Mappings/EncodingModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace WireMock.Admin.Mappings
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// EncodingModel
+    /// </summary>
+    public class EncodingModel
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encoding CodePage
+        /// </summary>
+        public int CodePage { get; set; }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encoding EncodingName
+        /// </summary>
+        public string EncodingName { get; set; }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encoding WebName
+        /// </summary>
+        public string WebName { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Mappings/ResponseModel.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Mappings/ResponseModel.cs
index 333db82b..f6c3fb27 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Mappings/ResponseModel.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Mappings/ResponseModel.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace WireMock.Admin.Mappings
 {
@@ -39,6 +40,14 @@ namespace WireMock.Admin.Mappings
         /// </value>
         public object BodyAsJson { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the body encoding.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// The body encoding.
+        /// </value>
+        public EncodingModel BodyEncoding { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether [use transformer].
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Requests/LogRequestModel.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Requests/LogRequestModel.cs
index faa75c95..822e4d94 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Requests/LogRequestModel.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Requests/LogRequestModel.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using WireMock.Admin.Mappings;
 using WireMock.Util;
 
 namespace WireMock.Admin.Requests
@@ -66,5 +68,13 @@ namespace WireMock.Admin.Requests
         /// The body.
         /// </value>
         public string Body { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the body encoding.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// The body encoding.
+        /// </value>
+        public EncodingModel BodyEncoding { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Requests/LogResponseModel.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Requests/LogResponseModel.cs
index 1388ae4b..a5208da8 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Requests/LogResponseModel.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Requests/LogResponseModel.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using WireMock.Admin.Mappings;
 
 namespace WireMock.Admin.Requests
 {
@@ -26,5 +28,10 @@ namespace WireMock.Admin.Requests
         /// Gets or sets the original body.
         /// </summary>
         public string BodyOriginal { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the body.
+        /// </summary>
+        public EncodingModel BodyEncoding { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/HttpListenerRequestMapper.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/HttpListenerRequestMapper.cs
index 2b055175..d0d6a948 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/HttpListenerRequestMapper.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/HttpListenerRequestMapper.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace WireMock
 {
@@ -21,16 +22,16 @@ namespace WireMock
             Uri url = listenerRequest.Url;
             string verb = listenerRequest.HttpMethod;
             byte[] body = GetRequestBody(listenerRequest);
-            string bodyAsString = body != null ? listenerRequest.ContentEncoding.GetString(body) : null;
+            Encoding bodyEncoding = body != null ? listenerRequest.ContentEncoding : null;
+            string bodyAsString = bodyEncoding?.GetString(body);
             var listenerHeaders = listenerRequest.Headers;
             var headers = listenerHeaders.AllKeys.ToDictionary(k => k, k => listenerHeaders[k]);
             var cookies = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+
             foreach (Cookie cookie in listenerRequest.Cookies)
                 cookies.Add(cookie.Name, cookie.Value);
 
-            var message = new RequestMessage(url, verb, body, bodyAsString, headers, cookies) { DateTime = DateTime.Now };
-
-            return message;
+            return new RequestMessage(url, verb, body, bodyAsString, bodyEncoding, headers, cookies) { DateTime = DateTime.Now };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/HttpListenerResponseMapper.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/HttpListenerResponseMapper.cs
index 6a0897b8..f7f5e28b 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/HttpListenerResponseMapper.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/HttpListenerResponseMapper.cs
@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ namespace WireMock
 
             responseMessage.Headers.ToList().ForEach(pair => listenerResponse.AddHeader(pair.Key, pair.Value));
 
-            if (responseMessage.Body != null)
-            {
-                byte[] buffer = _utf8NoBom.GetBytes(responseMessage.Body);
-                listenerResponse.ContentEncoding = _utf8NoBom;
-                listenerResponse.ContentLength64 = buffer.Length;
-                listenerResponse.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
-                listenerResponse.OutputStream.Flush();
-            }
+            if (responseMessage.Body == null)
+                return;
+
+            var encoding = responseMessage.BodyEncoding ?? _utf8NoBom;
+            byte[] buffer = encoding.GetBytes(responseMessage.Body);
+
+            listenerResponse.ContentEncoding = encoding;
+            listenerResponse.ContentLength64 = buffer.Length;
+            listenerResponse.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+            listenerResponse.OutputStream.Flush();
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/RequestMessage.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/RequestMessage.cs
index b4f82ce7..3f6f4b3e 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/RequestMessage.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/RequestMessage.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using WireMock.Util;
 using WireMock.Validation;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace WireMock
 {
@@ -57,6 +58,11 @@ namespace WireMock
         /// </summary>
         public string Body { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the body encoding.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Encoding BodyEncoding { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RequestMessage"/> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -64,9 +70,10 @@ namespace WireMock
         /// <param name="verb">The verb.</param>
         /// <param name="bodyAsBytes">The bodyAsBytes byte[].</param>
         /// <param name="body">The body string.</param>
+        /// <param name="bodyEncoding">The body encoding</param>
         /// <param name="headers">The headers.</param>
         /// <param name="cookies">The cookies.</param>
-        public RequestMessage([NotNull] Uri url, [NotNull] string verb, [CanBeNull] byte[] bodyAsBytes = null, [CanBeNull] string body = null, [CanBeNull] IDictionary<string, string> headers = null, [CanBeNull] IDictionary<string, string> cookies = null)
+        public RequestMessage([NotNull] Uri url, [NotNull] string verb, [CanBeNull] byte[] bodyAsBytes = null, [CanBeNull] string body = null, [CanBeNull] Encoding bodyEncoding = null, [CanBeNull] IDictionary<string, string> headers = null, [CanBeNull] IDictionary<string, string> cookies = null)
         {
             Check.NotNull(url, nameof(url));
             Check.NotNull(verb, nameof(verb));
@@ -76,6 +83,7 @@ namespace WireMock
             Method = verb.ToLower();
             BodyAsBytes = bodyAsBytes;
             Body = body;
+            BodyEncoding = bodyEncoding;
             Headers = headers;
             Cookies = cookies;
 
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/IBodyResponseBuilder.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/IBodyResponseBuilder.cs
index 8c589be4..4b4841af 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/IBodyResponseBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/IBodyResponseBuilder.cs
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ namespace WireMock.ResponseBuilders
         /// The with body.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="body">The body.</param>
+        /// <param name="encoding">The body encoding.</param>
         /// <returns>A <see cref="IResponseBuilder"/>.</returns>
-        IResponseBuilder WithBody([NotNull] string body);
+        IResponseBuilder WithBody([NotNull] string body, [CanBeNull] Encoding encoding = null);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The with body.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="body">The body.</param>
+        /// <param name="encoding">The body encoding.</param>
         /// <returns>A <see cref="IResponseBuilder"/>.</returns>
-        IResponseBuilder WithBodyAsJson([NotNull] object body);
+        IResponseBuilder WithBodyAsJson([NotNull] object body, [CanBeNull] Encoding encoding = null);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The with body as base64.
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs
index 4209d0aa..b0351c8e 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs
@@ -143,12 +143,15 @@ namespace WireMock.ResponseBuilders
         /// The with body.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="body">The body.</param>
+        /// <param name="encoding">The body encoding.</param>
         /// <returns>A <see cref="IResponseBuilder"/>.</returns>
-        public IResponseBuilder WithBody(string body)
+        public IResponseBuilder WithBody(string body, Encoding encoding = null)
         {
             Check.NotNull(body, nameof(body));
 
             ResponseMessage.Body = body;
+            ResponseMessage.BodyEncoding = encoding ?? Encoding.UTF8;
+
             return this;
         }
 
@@ -156,12 +159,22 @@ namespace WireMock.ResponseBuilders
         /// The with body (AsJson object).
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="body">The body.</param>
+        /// <param name="encoding">The body encoding.</param>
         /// <returns>A <see cref="IResponseBuilder"/>.</returns>
-        public IResponseBuilder WithBodyAsJson(object body)
+        public IResponseBuilder WithBodyAsJson(object body, Encoding encoding = null)
         {
             Check.NotNull(body, nameof(body));
 
-            ResponseMessage.Body = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(body, new JsonSerializerSettings { Formatting = Formatting.None, NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore });
+            string jsonBody = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(body, new JsonSerializerSettings { Formatting = Formatting.None, NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore });
+
+            if (encoding != null && !encoding.Equals(Encoding.UTF8))
+            {
+                jsonBody = encoding.GetString(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(jsonBody));
+                ResponseMessage.BodyEncoding = encoding;
+            }
+
+            ResponseMessage.Body = jsonBody;
+
             return this;
         }
 
@@ -175,7 +188,11 @@ namespace WireMock.ResponseBuilders
         {
             Check.NotNull(bodyAsbase64, nameof(bodyAsbase64));
 
-            ResponseMessage.Body = (encoding ?? Encoding.UTF8).GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(bodyAsbase64));
+            encoding = encoding ?? Encoding.UTF8;
+
+            ResponseMessage.Body = encoding.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(bodyAsbase64));
+            ResponseMessage.BodyEncoding = encoding;
+
             return this;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseMessage.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseMessage.cs
index ed9e8a56..b60ed2ce 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseMessage.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseMessage.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
 namespace WireMock
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -27,6 +29,11 @@ namespace WireMock
         /// </summary>
         public string Body { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the body encoding.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Encoding BodyEncoding { get; set; } = new UTF8Encoding(false);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The add header.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
index f884e5c7..4a463f4d 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using SimMetrics.Net;
@@ -292,14 +293,26 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
                     Method = logEntry.RequestMessage.Method,
                     Body = logEntry.RequestMessage.Body,
                     Headers = logEntry.RequestMessage.Headers,
-                    Cookies = logEntry.RequestMessage.Cookies
+                    Cookies = logEntry.RequestMessage.Cookies,
+                    BodyEncoding = logEntry.RequestMessage.BodyEncoding != null ? new EncodingModel
+                    {
+                        EncodingName = logEntry.RequestMessage.BodyEncoding.EncodingName,
+                        CodePage = logEntry.RequestMessage.BodyEncoding.CodePage,
+                        WebName = logEntry.RequestMessage.BodyEncoding.WebName
+                    } : null
                 },
                 Response = new LogResponseModel
                 {
                     StatusCode = logEntry.ResponseMessage.StatusCode,
                     Body = logEntry.ResponseMessage.Body,
                     BodyOriginal = logEntry.ResponseMessage.BodyOriginal,
-                    Headers = logEntry.ResponseMessage.Headers
+                    Headers = logEntry.ResponseMessage.Headers,
+                    BodyEncoding = logEntry.ResponseMessage.BodyEncoding != null ? new EncodingModel
+                    {
+                        EncodingName = logEntry.ResponseMessage.BodyEncoding.EncodingName,
+                        CodePage = logEntry.ResponseMessage.BodyEncoding.CodePage,
+                        WebName = logEntry.ResponseMessage.BodyEncoding.WebName
+                    } : null
                 },
                 MappingGuid = logEntry.MappingGuid,
                 RequestMatchResult = logEntry.RequestMatchResult != null ? new LogRequestMatchModel
@@ -418,11 +431,11 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
                 responseBuilder = responseBuilder.WithHeaders(responseModel.Headers);
 
             if (responseModel.Body != null)
-                responseBuilder = responseBuilder.WithBody(responseModel.Body);
+                responseBuilder = responseBuilder.WithBody(responseModel.Body, ToEncoding(responseModel.BodyEncoding));
             else if (responseModel.BodyAsJson != null)
-                responseBuilder = responseBuilder.WithBodyAsJson(responseModel.BodyAsJson);
+                responseBuilder = responseBuilder.WithBodyAsJson(responseModel.BodyAsJson, ToEncoding(responseModel.BodyEncoding));
             else if (responseModel.BodyAsBase64 != null)
-                responseBuilder = responseBuilder.WithBodyAsBase64(responseModel.BodyAsBase64);
+                responseBuilder = responseBuilder.WithBodyAsBase64(responseModel.BodyAsBase64, ToEncoding(responseModel.BodyEncoding));
 
             if (responseModel.UseTransformer)
                 responseBuilder = responseBuilder.WithTransformer();
@@ -500,7 +513,14 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
                     Headers = response.ResponseMessage.Headers,
                     Body = response.ResponseMessage.Body,
                     UseTransformer = response.UseTransformer,
-                    Delay = response.Delay?.Milliseconds
+                    Delay = response.Delay?.Milliseconds,
+
+                    BodyEncoding = response.ResponseMessage.BodyEncoding != null ? new EncodingModel
+                    {
+                        EncodingName = response.ResponseMessage.BodyEncoding.EncodingName,
+                        CodePage = response.ResponseMessage.BodyEncoding.CodePage,
+                        WebName = response.ResponseMessage.BodyEncoding.WebName
+                    } : null
                 }
             };
         }
@@ -590,5 +610,10 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
                 Headers = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "Content-Type", "application/json" } }
             };
         }
+
+        private Encoding ToEncoding(EncodingModel encodingModel)
+        {
+            return encodingModel != null ? Encoding.GetEncoding(encodingModel.CodePage) : null;
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/HttpListenerResponseMapperTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/HttpListenerResponseMapperTests.cs
index cd0326c6..132e644e 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/HttpListenerResponseMapperTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/HttpListenerResponseMapperTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using NFluent;
@@ -67,6 +68,31 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             Check.That(contentTask.Result).IsEqualTo("Hello !!!");
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void Should_map_encoded_body_from_original_response()
+        {
+            // given
+            var response = new ResponseMessage
+            {
+                Body = "Hello !!!",
+                BodyEncoding = Encoding.ASCII
+            };
+
+            var httpListenerResponse = CreateHttpListenerResponse();
+
+            // when
+            new HttpListenerResponseMapper().Map(response, httpListenerResponse);
+
+            // then
+            Check.That(httpListenerResponse.ContentEncoding).Equals(Encoding.ASCII);
+
+            var responseMessage = ToResponseMessage(httpListenerResponse);
+            Check.That(responseMessage).IsNotNull();
+
+            var contentTask = responseMessage.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+            Check.That(contentTask.Result).IsEqualTo("Hello !!!");
+        }
+
         [TearDown]
         public void StopServer()
         {
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestMessageTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestMessageTests.cs
index 2e74c704..26b61236 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestMessageTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestMessageTests.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // given
             string bodyAsString = "whatever";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost?foo=bar&multi=1&multi=2"), "POST", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost?foo=bar&multi=1&multi=2"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             Check.That(request.GetParameter("foo")).Contains("bar");
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestTests.cs
index c973c1ca..033a6a9d 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestTests.cs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "whatever";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "Delete", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "Delete", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "whatever";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "X-toto", "tata" } });
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8, new Dictionary <string, string> { { "X-toto", "tata" } });
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "whatever";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "X-toto", "tata" } });
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8, new Dictionary <string, string> { { "X-toto", "tata" } });
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "whatever";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "X-toto", "ABC" } });
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8, new Dictionary <string, string> { { "X-toto", "ABC" } });
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "whatever";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "X-toto", "TaTa" } });
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "X-toto", "TaTa" } });
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             var spec = Request.Create().UsingAnyVerb().WithCookie("session", "a*");
 
             // when
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", null, null, null, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "session", "abc" } });
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", null, null, null, null, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "session", "abc" } });
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "Hello world!";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "cat";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "cat";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "caR";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "The car drives in the street.";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "Hello";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "Hello world!";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "X-toto", "tatata" } });
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "X-toto", "tatata" } });
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "Hello world!";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
                         <todo-item id='a3'>xyz</todo-item>
                     </todo-list>";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlBodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, xmlBodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, xmlBodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
                         <todo-item id='a3'>xyz</todo-item>
                     </todo-list>";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlBodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, xmlBodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, xmlBodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "{ \"things\": [ { \"name\": \"RequiredThing\" }, { \"name\": \"Wiremock\" } ] }";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "{ \"things\": { \"name\": \"Wiremock\" } }";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // when
             string bodyAsString = "xxx";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "X-toto", "tatata" } });
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "PUT", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "X-toto", "tatata" } });
 
             // then
             var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/ResponseTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/ResponseTests.cs
index 663c6ed9..a0b7bd44 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/ResponseTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/ResponseTests.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // given
             string bodyAsString = "abc";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             var response = Response.Create()
                 .WithBody("test {{request.url}} {{request.path}} {{request.method}}")
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // given
             string bodyAsString = "abc";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo?a=1&a=2&b=5"), "POST", body, bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo?a=1&a=2&b=5"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
 
             var response = Response.Create()
                 .WithBody("test keya={{request.query.a}} idx={{request.query.a.[0]}} idx={{request.query.a.[1]}} keyb={{request.query.b}}")
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             // given
             string bodyAsString = "abc";
             byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
-            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "Content-Type", "text/plain" } });
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8, new Dictionary<string, string> { { "Content-Type", "text/plain" } });
 
             var response = Response.Create().WithHeader("x", "{{request.headers.Content-Type}}").WithBody("test").WithTransformer();
 
@@ -66,5 +66,41 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             Check.That(responseMessage.Body).Equals("test");
             Check.That(responseMessage.Headers).Contains(new KeyValuePair<string,string>("x", "text/plain"));
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public async Task Response_ProvideResponse_Encoding_Body()
+        {
+            // given
+            string bodyAsString = "abc";
+            byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
+
+            var response = Response.Create().WithBody("test", Encoding.ASCII);
+
+            // act
+            var responseMessage = await response.ProvideResponse(request);
+
+            // then
+            Check.That(responseMessage.Body).Equals("test");
+            Check.That(responseMessage.BodyEncoding).Equals(Encoding.ASCII);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public async Task Response_ProvideResponse_Encoding_JsonBody()
+        {
+            // given
+            string bodyAsString = "abc";
+            byte[] body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString);
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new Uri("http://localhost/foo"), "POST", body, bodyAsString, Encoding.UTF8);
+
+            var response = Response.Create().WithBodyAsJson(new { value = "test" }, Encoding.ASCII);
+
+            // act
+            var responseMessage = await response.ProvideResponse(request);
+
+            // then
+            Check.That(responseMessage.Body).Equals("{\"value\":\"test\"}");
+            Check.That(responseMessage.BodyEncoding).Equals(Encoding.ASCII);
+        }
     }
 }
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