diff --git a/Sources/AWSLambdaEvents/APIGateway+V2.swift b/Sources/AWSLambdaEvents/APIGateway+V2.swift
index 12c4c2ce..b4a5bed2 100644
--- a/Sources/AWSLambdaEvents/APIGateway+V2.swift
+++ b/Sources/AWSLambdaEvents/APIGateway+V2.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
+import Foundation
+
 extension APIGateway {
     public struct V2 {}
 }
@@ -117,3 +119,80 @@ extension APIGateway.V2 {
         }
     }
 }
+
+// MARK: - Codable Request body
+
+extension APIGateway.V2.Request {
+    /// Generic decoder for JSON body
+    ///
+    /// Example:
+    /// ```
+    /// struct Body: Codable {
+    ///   let value: String
+    /// }
+    ///
+    /// func handle(context: Context, event: APIGateway.V2.Request, callback: @escaping (Result<APIGateway.V2.Response, Error>) -> Void) {
+    ///   do {
+    ///     let body: Body? = try event.decodedBody()
+    ///     // Do something with `body`
+    ///     callback(.success(APIGateway.V2.Response(statusCode: .ok, body: "")))
+    ///   }
+    ///   catch {
+    ///     callback(.failure(error))
+    ///   }
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// - Throws: `DecodingError` if body contains a value that couldn't be decoded
+    /// - Returns: Decoded body. Returns `nil` if body property is `nil`.
+    public func decodedBody<Body: Codable>(decoder: JSONDecoder = JSONDecoder()) throws -> Body? {
+        guard let bodyString = body else {
+            return nil
+        }
+        let data = Data(bodyString.utf8)
+        return try decoder.decode(Body.self, from: data)
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Codable Response body
+
+extension APIGateway.V2.Response {
+    /// Codable initializer for Response body
+    ///
+    /// Example:
+    /// ```
+    /// struct Response: Codable {
+    ///   let message: String
+    /// }
+    ///
+    /// func handle(context: Context, event: APIGateway.V2.Request, callback: @escaping (Result<APIGateway.V2.Response, Error>) -> Void) {
+    ///   ...
+    ///   callback(.success(APIGateway.V2.Response(statusCode: .ok, body: Response(message: "Hello, World!")))
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// - Parameters:
+    ///   - statusCode: Response HTTP status code
+    ///   - headers: Response HTTP headers
+    ///   - multiValueHeaders: Resposne multi-value headers
+    ///   - body: `Codable` response body
+    ///   - cookies: Response cookies
+    /// - Throws: `EncodingError` if body could not be encoded into a JSON string
+    public init<Body: Codable>(
+        statusCode: HTTPResponseStatus,
+        headers: HTTPHeaders? = nil,
+        multiValueHeaders: HTTPMultiValueHeaders? = nil,
+        body: Body? = nil,
+        cookies: [String]? = nil,
+        encoder: JSONEncoder = JSONEncoder()
+    ) throws {
+        let data = try encoder.encode(body)
+        let bodyString = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)
+        self.init(statusCode: statusCode,
+                  headers: headers,
+                  multiValueHeaders: multiValueHeaders,
+                  body: bodyString,
+                  isBase64Encoded: false,
+                  cookies: cookies)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/AWSLambdaEventsTests/APIGateway+V2Tests.swift b/Tests/AWSLambdaEventsTests/APIGateway+V2Tests.swift
index 9d682c94..fd7ddc3e 100644
--- a/Tests/AWSLambdaEventsTests/APIGateway+V2Tests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AWSLambdaEventsTests/APIGateway+V2Tests.swift
@@ -68,10 +68,15 @@ class APIGatewayV2Tests: XCTestCase {
             "x-amzn-trace-id":"Root=1-5ea3263d-07c5d5ddfd0788bed7dad831",
             "user-agent":"Paw/3.1.10 (Macintosh; OS X/10.15.4) GCDHTTPRequest",
             "content-length":"0"
-        }
+        },
+        "body": "{\\"some\\":\\"json\\",\\"number\\":42}"
     }
     """
 
+    static let exampleResponseBody = """
+    {\"code\":42,\"message\":\"Foo Bar\"}
+    """
+
     // MARK: - Request -
 
     // MARK: Decoding
@@ -86,6 +91,34 @@ class APIGatewayV2Tests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(req?.queryStringParameters?.count, 1)
         XCTAssertEqual(req?.rawQueryString, "foo=bar")
         XCTAssertEqual(req?.headers.count, 8)
-        XCTAssertNil(req?.body)
+        XCTAssertNotNil(req?.body)
     }
+
+    func testRequestBodyDecoding() throws {
+        struct Body: Codable {
+            let some: String
+            let number: Int
+        }
+
+        let data = APIGatewayV2Tests.exampleGetEventBody.data(using: .utf8)!
+        let request = try JSONDecoder().decode(APIGateway.V2.Request.self, from: data)
+
+        let body: Body? = try request.decodedBody()
+        XCTAssertEqual(body?.some, "json")
+        XCTAssertEqual(body?.number, 42)
+    }
+
+    func testResponseBodyEncoding() throws {
+        struct Body: Codable {
+            let code: Int
+            let message: String
+        }
+
+        let encoder = JSONEncoder()
+        encoder.outputFormatting = .sortedKeys
+        let body = Body(code: 42, message: "Foo Bar")
+        let response = try APIGateway.V2.Response(statusCode: .ok, body: body, encoder: encoder)
+        XCTAssertEqual(response.body, APIGatewayV2Tests.exampleResponseBody)
+    }
+
 }