diff --git a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/CamelMessage.scala b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/CamelMessage.scala
index c569ae0997..c9dc32e597 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/CamelMessage.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/CamelMessage.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package akka.camel
 
 import java.util.{ Map ⇒ JMap, Set ⇒ JSet }
-import org.apache.camel.{ CamelContext, Message ⇒ JCamelMessage }
+import org.apache.camel.{ CamelContext, Message ⇒ JCamelMessage, StreamCache }
 import akka.AkkaException
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 import scala.util.Try
@@ -107,7 +107,21 @@ case class CamelMessage(body: Any, headers: Map[String, Any]) {
    * Java API
    *
    */
-  def getBodyAs[T](clazz: Class[T], camelContext: CamelContext): T = camelContext.getTypeConverter.mandatoryConvertTo[T](clazz, body)
+  def getBodyAs[T](clazz: Class[T], camelContext: CamelContext): T = {
+    val result = camelContext.getTypeConverter.mandatoryConvertTo[T](clazz, body)
+    // to be able to re-read a StreamCache we must "undo" the side effect by resetting the StreamCache
+    resetStreamCache()
+    result
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reset StreamCache body. Nothing is done if the body is not a StreamCache.
+   * See http://camel.apache.org/stream-caching.html
+   */
+  def resetStreamCache(): Unit = body match {
+    case stream: StreamCache ⇒ stream.reset
+    case _                   ⇒
+  }
 
   /**
    * Returns a new CamelMessage with a new body, while keeping the same headers.
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/java/akka/camel/MessageJavaTestBase.java b/akka-camel/src/test/java/akka/camel/MessageJavaTestBase.java
index 6b366b0a10..d805a8b2c1 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/test/java/akka/camel/MessageJavaTestBase.java
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/java/akka/camel/MessageJavaTestBase.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
 import akka.dispatch.Mapper;
 import akka.japi.Function;
 import org.apache.camel.NoTypeConversionAvailableException;
+import org.apache.camel.converter.stream.InputStreamCache;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -100,6 +101,14 @@ public class MessageJavaTestBase {
             message("test1" , createMap("A", "1")).withHeaders(createMap("C", "3")));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldBeAbleToReReadStreamCacheBody() throws Exception {
+      CamelMessage msg = new CamelMessage(new InputStreamCache("test1".getBytes("utf-8")), empty);
+      assertEquals("test1", msg.getBodyAs(String.class, camel.context()));
+      // re-read
+      assertEquals("test1", msg.getBodyAs(String.class, camel.context()));
+    }
+
     private static Set<String> createSet(String... entries) {
         HashSet<String> set = new HashSet<String>();
         set.addAll(Arrays.asList(entries));
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/MessageScalaTest.scala b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/MessageScalaTest.scala
index dd73027624..cbf0190e91 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/MessageScalaTest.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/MessageScalaTest.scala
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 package akka.camel
 
 import java.io.InputStream
-
 import org.apache.camel.NoTypeConversionAvailableException
 import akka.camel.TestSupport.{ SharedCamelSystem }
 import org.scalatest.FunSuite
 import org.scalatest.matchers.MustMatchers
+import org.apache.camel.converter.stream.InputStreamCache
 
 class MessageScalaTest extends FunSuite with MustMatchers with SharedCamelSystem {
   implicit def camelContext = camel.context
@@ -44,12 +44,17 @@ class MessageScalaTest extends FunSuite with MustMatchers with SharedCamelSystem
   test("mustSetBodyAndPreserveHeaders") {
     CamelMessage("test1", Map("A" -> "1")).copy(body = "test2") must be(
       CamelMessage("test2", Map("A" -> "1")))
-
   }
 
   test("mustSetHeadersAndPreserveBody") {
     CamelMessage("test1", Map("A" -> "1")).copy(headers = Map("C" -> "3")) must be(
       CamelMessage("test1", Map("C" -> "3")))
+  }
 
+  test("mustBeAbleToReReadStreamCacheBody") {
+    val msg = CamelMessage(new InputStreamCache("test1".getBytes("utf-8")), Map.empty)
+    msg.bodyAs[String] must be("test1")
+    // re-read
+    msg.bodyAs[String] must be("test1")
   }
 }