diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/src/body-tag.js b/packages/bruno-lang/src/body-tag.js
index a14fad2c4..a837e6d06 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/src/body-tag.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/src/body-tag.js
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ const bodyJsonBegin = regex(/^body\s*\(\s*type\s*=\s*json\s*\)\s*\r?\n/);
 // body(type=graphql)
 const bodyGraphqlBegin = regex(/^body\s*\(\s*type\s*=\s*graphql\s*\)\s*\r?\n/);
 
+// body(type=text)
+const bodyTextBegin = regex(/^body\s*\(\s*type\s*=\s*text\s*\)\s*\r?\n/);
+
 const bodyEnd = regex(/^\/body\s*[\r?\n]*/);
 
 const bodyJsonTag = between(bodyJsonBegin)(bodyEnd)(everyCharUntil(bodyEnd)).map((bodyJson) => {
@@ -51,7 +54,16 @@ const bodyGraphqlTag = between(bodyGraphqlBegin)(bodyEnd)(everyCharUntil(bodyEnd
   }
 });
 
+const bodyTextTag = between(bodyTextBegin)(bodyEnd)(everyCharUntil(bodyEnd)).map((bodyText) => {
+  return {
+    body: {
+      text: bodyText
+    }
+  }
+});
+
 module.exports = {
   bodyJsonTag,
-  bodyGraphqlTag
+  bodyGraphqlTag,
+  bodyTextTag
 };
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/src/index.js b/packages/bruno-lang/src/index.js
index 6e9a53eb8..9f9d04e94 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/src/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ const paramsTag  = require('./params-tag');
 const headersTag = require('./headers-tag');
 const {
   bodyJsonTag,
-  bodyGraphqlTag
+  bodyGraphqlTag,
+  bodyTextTag
 } = require('./body-tag');
 
 const bruToJson = (fileContents) => {
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ const bruToJson = (fileContents) => {
     headersTag,
     bodyJsonTag,
     bodyGraphqlTag,
+    bodyTextTag,
     anyChar
   ]));
 
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/tests/fixtures/request.bru b/packages/bruno-lang/tests/fixtures/request.bru
index 205009d4b..aafabefe6 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/tests/fixtures/request.bru
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/tests/fixtures/request.bru
@@ -32,3 +32,7 @@ body(type=graphql)
   }
 /body
 
+body(type=text)
+  Hello, there. You must be from the past
+/body
+
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/tests/parser.spec.js b/packages/bruno-lang/tests/parser.spec.js
index 7f28ce229..687b2ff2b 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/tests/parser.spec.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/tests/parser.spec.js
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ describe('bruToJson', () => {
         "json": '{"apikey":"secret","numbers":"+91998877665"}',
         "graphql": {
           "query": "  {\n    launchesPast {\n      launch_success\n    }\n  }\n"
-        }
+        },
+        "text": "  Hello, there. You must be from the past\n"
       }
     });
   });