diff --git a/src/CsrfMiddleware.php b/src/CsrfMiddleware.php
index cffab6c..38d2a2e 100644
--- a/src/CsrfMiddleware.php
+++ b/src/CsrfMiddleware.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ final class CsrfMiddleware implements MiddlewareInterface
 
     private string $parameterName = self::PARAMETER_NAME;
     private string $headerName = self::HEADER_NAME;
+    private bool $parseBody = true;
 
     private ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory;
     private CsrfTokenInterface $token;
@@ -73,6 +74,13 @@ public function withHeaderName(string $name): self
         return $new;
     }
 
+    public function withParseBody(bool $parseBody): self
+    {
+        $new = clone $this;
+        $new->parseBody = $parseBody;
+        return $new;
+    }
+
     public function getParameterName(): string
     {
         return $this->parameterName;
@@ -83,6 +91,11 @@ public function getHeaderName(): string
         return $this->headerName;
     }
 
+    public function getParseBody(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->parseBody;
+    }
+
     private function validateCsrfToken(ServerRequestInterface $request): bool
     {
         if (in_array($request->getMethod(), [Method::GET, Method::HEAD, Method::OPTIONS], true)) {
@@ -96,12 +109,12 @@ private function validateCsrfToken(ServerRequestInterface $request): bool
 
     private function getTokenFromRequest(ServerRequestInterface $request): ?string
     {
-        $parsedBody = $request->getParsedBody();
+        $headers = $request->getHeader($this->headerName);
+        $token = reset($headers);
 
-        $token = $parsedBody[$this->parameterName] ?? null;
-        if (empty($token)) {
-            $headers = $request->getHeader($this->headerName);
-            $token = reset($headers);
+        if (empty($token) && $this->parseBody) {
+            $parsedBody = $request->getParsedBody();
+            $token = $parsedBody[$this->parameterName] ?? null;
         }
 
         return is_string($token) ? $token : null;
diff --git a/src/EmptyCsrfToken.php b/src/EmptyCsrfToken.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d7ebce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/EmptyCsrfToken.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Yiisoft\Csrf;
+
+/**
+ * `EmptyCsrfToken` represents an implementation of `CsrfTokenInterface` with empty value.
+ */
+final class EmptyCsrfToken implements CsrfTokenInterface
+{
+    public function getValue(): string
+    {
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    public function validate(string $token): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+}