diff --git a/consumer/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithPath.kt b/consumer/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithPath.kt
index ff389da30..b78b0b6df 100644
--- a/consumer/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithPath.kt
+++ b/consumer/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithPath.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.ProviderState
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.generators.Category
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.generators.Generators
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.generators.ProviderStateGenerator
+import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.matchingrules.ContentTypeMatcher
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.matchingrules.MatchingRules
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.matchingrules.RegexMatcher
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.queryStringToMap
@@ -367,6 +368,18 @@ open class PactDslRequestWithPath : PactDslRequestBase {
     return super.bodyMatchingContentType(contentType, exampleContents) as PactDslRequestWithPath
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Request body as a binary data. It will match any expected bodies against the content type.
+   * @param example Example contents to use in the consumer test
+   * @param contentType Content type of the data
+   */
+  fun withBinaryData(example: ByteArray, contentType: String): PactDslRequestWithPath {
+    requestBody = body(example, au.com.dius.pact.core.model.ContentType.fromString(contentType))
+    requestHeaders["Content-Type"] = listOf(contentType)
+    requestMatchers.addCategory("body").addRule("$", ContentTypeMatcher(contentType))
+    return this
+  }
+
   /**
    * The path of the request
    *
diff --git a/consumer/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithoutPath.kt b/consumer/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithoutPath.kt
index 14798ef05..be1d9e2fd 100644
--- a/consumer/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithoutPath.kt
+++ b/consumer/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithoutPath.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.OptionalBody.Companion.body
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.PactSpecVersion
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.generators.Category
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.generators.ProviderStateGenerator
+import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.matchingrules.ContentTypeMatcher
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.matchingrules.RegexMatcher
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.model.queryStringToMap
 import au.com.dius.pact.core.support.expressions.DataType
@@ -288,6 +289,18 @@ open class PactDslRequestWithoutPath @JvmOverloads constructor(
     return super.bodyMatchingContentType(contentType, exampleContents) as PactDslRequestWithoutPath
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Request body as a binary data. It will match any expected bodies against the content type.
+   * @param example Example contents to use in the consumer test
+   * @param contentType Content type of the data
+   */
+  fun withBinaryData(example: ByteArray, contentType: String): PactDslRequestWithoutPath {
+    requestBody = body(example, au.com.dius.pact.core.model.ContentType.fromString(contentType))
+    requestHeaders["Content-Type"] = listOf(contentType)
+    requestMatchers.addCategory("body").addRule("$", ContentTypeMatcher(contentType))
+    return this
+  }
+
   /**
    * The path of the request
    *
diff --git a/consumer/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithPathSpec.groovy b/consumer/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithPathSpec.groovy
index bc223b090..9be9b8c4f 100644
--- a/consumer/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithPathSpec.groovy
+++ b/consumer/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithPathSpec.groovy
@@ -265,4 +265,28 @@ class PactDslRequestWithPathSpec extends Specification {
     def ex = thrown(au.com.dius.pact.consumer.InvalidMatcherException)
     ex.message == 'Example "abcd" does not match regular expression "\\d+"'
   }
+
+  @Issue('#1777')
+  def 'supports setting binary body contents'() {
+    given:
+    def request = ConsumerPactBuilder.consumer('spec')
+      .hasPactWith('provider')
+      .uponReceiving('a PUT request with binary data')
+      .path('/path')
+    def gif1px = [
+      0107, 0111, 0106, 0070, 0067, 0141, 0001, 0000, 0001, 0000, 0200, 0000, 0000, 0377, 0377, 0377,
+      0377, 0377, 0377, 0054, 0000, 0000, 0000, 0000, 0001, 0000, 0001, 0000, 0000, 0002, 0002, 0104,
+      0001, 0000, 0073
+    ] as byte[]
+
+    when:
+    def result = request.withBinaryData(gif1px, 'image/gif')
+
+    then:
+    result.requestHeaders['Content-Type'] == ['image/gif']
+    result.requestBody.value == gif1px
+    result.requestMatchers.rulesForCategory('body').toMap(PactSpecVersion.V4) == [
+      '$': [matchers: [[match: 'contentType', value: 'image/gif']], combine: 'AND']
+    ]
+  }
 }
diff --git a/consumer/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithoutPathSpec.groovy b/consumer/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithoutPathSpec.groovy
index 6cf863910..d6e4e18be 100644
--- a/consumer/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithoutPathSpec.groovy
+++ b/consumer/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/consumer/dsl/PactDslRequestWithoutPathSpec.groovy
@@ -93,4 +93,27 @@ class PactDslRequestWithoutPathSpec extends Specification {
     def ex = thrown(au.com.dius.pact.consumer.InvalidMatcherException)
     ex.message == 'Example "/abcd" does not match regular expression "\\/\\d+"'
   }
+
+  @Issue('#1777')
+  def 'supports setting binary body contents'() {
+    given:
+    def request = ConsumerPactBuilder.consumer('spec')
+      .hasPactWith('provider')
+      .uponReceiving('a PUT request with binary data')
+    def gif1px = [
+      0107, 0111, 0106, 0070, 0067, 0141, 0001, 0000, 0001, 0000, 0200, 0000, 0000, 0377, 0377, 0377,
+      0377, 0377, 0377, 0054, 0000, 0000, 0000, 0000, 0001, 0000, 0001, 0000, 0000, 0002, 0002, 0104,
+      0001, 0000, 0073
+    ] as byte[]
+
+    when:
+    def result = request.withBinaryData(gif1px, 'image/gif')
+
+    then:
+    result.requestHeaders['Content-Type'] == ['image/gif']
+    result.requestBody.value == gif1px
+    result.requestMatchers.rulesForCategory('body').toMap(PactSpecVersion.V4) == [
+      '$': [matchers: [[match: 'contentType', value: 'image/gif']], combine: 'AND']
+    ]
+  }
 }