diff --git a/integration_tests/kvstore/fastly.toml b/integration_tests/kvstore/fastly.toml
index c2fd7e6..b44d13f 100644
--- a/integration_tests/kvstore/fastly.toml
+++ b/integration_tests/kvstore/fastly.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ name = "kvstore"
 service_id = ""
 
 [local_server]
+backends.httpme.url = "https://http-me.fastly.dev"
 
   [local_server.kv_stores]
 
diff --git a/integration_tests/kvstore/main_test.go b/integration_tests/kvstore/main_test.go
index 586d312..40a62e4 100644
--- a/integration_tests/kvstore/main_test.go
+++ b/integration_tests/kvstore/main_test.go
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"maps"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/fsthttp"
 	"github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/kvstore"
 )
 
@@ -102,6 +104,30 @@ func TestKVStore(t *testing.T) {
 	if !maps.Equal(wantListKeys, gotListKeys) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected got/want keys mismatch: want=%v, got=%v", mapKeys(wantListKeys), mapKeys(gotListKeys))
 	}
+
+	uri := "https://http-me.fastly.dev/echo/?body=hello,+world"
+	req, err := fsthttp.NewRequest("GET", uri, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error during NewRequest: uri=%v err=%v", uri, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	resp, err := req.Send(ctx, "httpme")
+
+	if err := store.Insert("hello", resp.Body); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error during HTTPBody Insert: err=%v", err)
+	}
+
+	hello, err = store.Lookup("hello")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error during HTTPBody Lookup: err=%v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if got, want := hello.String(), "hello, world"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("HTTPBody Lookup: got %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
 }
 
 func mapKeys(m map[string]bool) []string {
diff --git a/internal/abi/fastly/kvstore_guest.go b/internal/abi/fastly/kvstore_guest.go
index f59fb99..1033bfb 100644
--- a/internal/abi/fastly/kvstore_guest.go
+++ b/internal/abi/fastly/kvstore_guest.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 package fastly
 
 import (
-	"io"
-
 	"github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/internal/abi/prim"
 )
 
@@ -186,16 +184,7 @@ func fastlyKVStoreInsert(
 ) FastlyStatus
 
 // Insert returns a handle to a pending key/value pair insertion.
-func (k *KVStore) Insert(key string, value io.Reader, config *KVInsertConfig) (kvstoreInsertHandle, error) {
-	body, err := NewHTTPBody()
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-
-	if _, err := io.Copy(body, value); err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-
+func (k *KVStore) Insert(key string, body *HTTPBody, config *KVInsertConfig) (kvstoreInsertHandle, error) {
 	if config == nil {
 		config = &KVInsertConfig{}
 	}
diff --git a/kvstore/kvstore.go b/kvstore/kvstore.go
index cf24cb2..acc2b9d 100644
--- a/kvstore/kvstore.go
+++ b/kvstore/kvstore.go
@@ -173,7 +173,19 @@ func (s *Store) InsertWithConfig(key string, value io.Reader, config *InsertConf
 		}
 	}
 
-	h, err := s.kvstore.Insert(key, value, &abiConf)
+	var body *fastly.HTTPBody
+	if abiBody, ok := value.(*fastly.HTTPBody); ok {
+		body = abiBody
+	} else {
+		var err error
+		body, err = fastly.NewHTTPBody()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		io.Copy(body, value)
+	}
+
+	h, err := s.kvstore.Insert(key, body, &abiConf)
 	if err != nil {
 		return mapFastlyErr(err)
 	}