diff --git a/auther.go b/auther.go
index 681724f..5a0f0fc 100644
--- a/auther.go
+++ b/auther.go
@@ -216,20 +216,30 @@ func collectParameters(req *http.Request, oauthParams map[string]string) (map[st
 		// most backends do not accept duplicate query keys
 		params[key] = value[0]
 	}
-	if req.Body != nil && req.Header.Get(contentType) == formContentType {
+	if req.Body != nil {
 		// reads data to a []byte, draining req.Body
 		b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		values, err := url.ParseQuery(string(b))
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		for key, value := range values {
-			// not supporting params with duplicate keys
-			params[key] = value[0]
+
+		if req.Header.Get(contentType) == formContentType {
+			values, err := url.ParseQuery(string(b))
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			for key, value := range values {
+				// not supporting params with duplicate keys
+				params[key] = value[0]
+			}
+		} else {
+			// providing body hash for requests other than x-www-form-urlencoded
+			// as described in https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-eaton-oauth-bodyhash-00#section-4.1.1
+			hash := sha1.Sum(b)
+			hash64 := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(hash[:])
+			params[oauthBodyHash] = hash64
 		}
+
 		// reinitialize Body with ReadCloser over the []byte
 		req.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(b))
 	}
diff --git a/auther_test.go b/auther_test.go
index 2e4cd04..84f0d3e 100644
--- a/auther_test.go
+++ b/auther_test.go
@@ -203,6 +203,38 @@ func TestCollectParameters(t *testing.T) {
 	// http://golang.org/src/net/http/request.go#L837
 }
 
+func TestCollectParametersNonWwwFormUrlencoded(t *testing.T) {
+	oauthParams := map[string]string{
+		"oauth_token":            "kkk9d7dh3k39sjv7",
+		"oauth_consumer_key":     "9djdj82h48djs9d2",
+		"oauth_signature_method": "HMAC-SHA1",
+		"oauth_timestamp":        "137131201",
+		"oauth_nonce":            "7d8f3e4a",
+		"realm":                  "photos",
+	}
+	jsonBody := "{ \"test\": \"foobar\" }"
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/request?b5=%3D%253D&a3=a&c%40=&a2=r%20b", strings.NewReader(jsonBody))
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	req.Header.Set(contentType, "application/json")
+	params, err := collectParameters(req, oauthParams)
+	// assert parameters were collected from oauthParams, the query, and form body
+	// excluding the realm parameter
+	expected := map[string]string{
+		"b5":                     "=%3D",
+		"a3":                     "a",
+		"c@":                     "",
+		"a2":                     "r b",
+		"oauth_token":            "kkk9d7dh3k39sjv7",
+		"oauth_consumer_key":     "9djdj82h48djs9d2",
+		"oauth_signature_method": "HMAC-SHA1",
+		"oauth_timestamp":        "137131201",
+		"oauth_nonce":            "7d8f3e4a",
+		"oauth_body_hash":        "MFIr5skk2mB20S82rxAYkx9ql/A=",
+	}
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, params)
+}
+
 func TestSignatureBase(t *testing.T) {
 	reqA, err := http.NewRequest("get", "HTTPS://HELLO.IO?q=test", nil)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)