diff --git a/src/middlewares/parsers/body.parse.ts b/src/middlewares/parsers/body.parse.ts
index fdbddf17..e0aa76b3 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/parsers/body.parse.ts
+++ b/src/middlewares/parsers/body.parse.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,13 @@ export class BodySchemaParser {
     }
 
     if (!content) {
+      // check if required is false, if so allow request when no content type is supplied
+      const contentNotProvided = contentType.contentType === 'not_provided';
+      if ((contentType.contentType === undefined || contentNotProvided) && requestBody.required === false) {
+        return {};
+      }
       const msg =
-        contentType.contentType === 'not_provided'
+        contentNotProvided
           ? 'media type not specified'
           : `unsupported media type ${contentType.contentType}`;
       throw new UnsupportedMediaType({ path: path, message: msg });
diff --git a/test/optional-request-body.spec.ts b/test/optional-request-body.spec.ts
index 9a0d2d58..f99aa8d6 100644
--- a/test/optional-request-body.spec.ts
+++ b/test/optional-request-body.spec.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ describe(packageJson.name, () => {
       .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
       .expect(201));
 
+  it('create document should return 201 with empty body', async () =>
+    request(app)
+      .post(`/documents`)
+      .expect(201));
+
   it('return 415', async () =>
     request(app)
       .post(`/documents`)
diff --git a/test/optional-request-body.yaml b/test/optional-request-body.yaml
index c86b3269..368adad4 100644
--- a/test/optional-request-body.yaml
+++ b/test/optional-request-body.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ paths:
     post:
       summary: Create a document
       requestBody:
+        required: false
         content:
           application/json:
             schema: