diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpEntity.java b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpEntity.java
index 5ee656bf76..70b8b4fc25 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpEntity.java
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/java/akka/http/javadsl/model/HttpEntity.java
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ package akka.http.javadsl.model;
 
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpEntity$;
 import akka.japi.Option;
+import akka.stream.Materializer;
 import akka.stream.javadsl.Source;
 import akka.util.ByteString;
+import scala.concurrent.Future;
 
 /**
  * Represents the entity of an Http message. An entity consists of the content-type of the data
@@ -80,4 +82,15 @@ public interface HttpEntity {
      * Returns a stream of data bytes this entity consists of.
      */
     public abstract Source<ByteString, ?> getDataBytes();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a future of a strict entity that contains the same data as this entity
+     * which is only completed when the complete entity has been collected. As the
+     * duration of receiving the complete entity cannot be predicted, a timeout needs to
+     * be specified to guard the process against running and keeping resources infinitely.
+     *
+     * Use getDataBytes and stream processing instead if the expected data is big or
+     * is likely to take a long time.
+     */
+    public abstract Future<HttpEntityStrict> toStrict(long timeoutMillis, Materializer materializer);
 }
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpEntity.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpEntity.scala
index fed567e1f0..10e46759c3 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpEntity.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpEntity.scala
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 
 package akka.http.scaladsl.model
 
+import akka.http.javadsl.model.HttpEntityStrict
+
 import language.implicitConversions
 import java.io.File
 import java.lang.{ Iterable ⇒ JIterable, Long ⇒ JLong }
 import scala.concurrent.Future
-import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.collection.immutable
 import akka.util.ByteString
 import akka.stream.Materializer
@@ -103,6 +105,10 @@ sealed trait HttpEntity extends jm.HttpEntity {
   def isIndefiniteLength: Boolean = false
   def isDefault: Boolean = false
   def isChunked: Boolean = false
+
+  /** Java API */
+  def toStrict(timeoutMillis: Long, materializer: Materializer): Future[HttpEntityStrict] =
+    toStrict(timeoutMillis.millis)(materializer)
 }
 
 /* An entity that can be used for body parts */