diff --git a/packages/medusa/package.json b/packages/medusa/package.json
index d48e90f93c..6639fd2c4f 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/package.json
+++ b/packages/medusa/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@
     "scrypt-kdf": "^2.0.1",
     "ulid": "^2.3.0",
     "uuid": "^9.0.0",
-    "winston": "^3.8.2"
+    "winston": "^3.8.2",
+    "zod": "^3.22.4"
   },
   "gitHead": "cd1f5afa5aa8c0b15ea957008ee19f1d695cbd2e"
 }
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/utils/__tests__/validate-body.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/utils/__tests__/validate-body.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..281191b451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/utils/__tests__/validate-body.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { z } from "zod"
+import { zodValidator } from "../validate-body"
+
+describe("zodValidator", () => {
+  it("should validate and return validated", async () => {
+    const schema = z.object({
+      id: z.string(),
+      name: z.string(),
+    })
+
+    const toValidate = {
+      id: "1",
+      name: "Tony Stark",
+    }
+
+    const validated = await zodValidator(schema, toValidate)
+
+    expect(JSON.stringify(validated)).toBe(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        id: "1",
+        name: "Tony Stark",
+      })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it("should show human readable error message", async () => {
+    const schema = z
+      .object({
+        id: z.string(),
+        test: z.object({
+          name: z.string(),
+          test2: z.object({
+            name: z.string(),
+          }),
+        }),
+      })
+      .strict()
+
+    const toValidate = {
+      id: "1",
+      name: "Tony Stark",
+      company: "Stark Industries",
+    }
+
+    const errorMessage = await zodValidator(schema, toValidate).catch(
+      (e) => e.message
+    )
+
+    expect(errorMessage).toContain(
+      "Invalid request body: "
+    )
+  })
+
+  it("should allow for non-strict parsing", async () => {
+    const schema = z.object({
+      id: z.string(),
+    })
+
+    const toValidate = {
+      id: "1",
+      name: "Tony Stark",
+      company: "Stark Industries",
+    }
+
+    const validated = await zodValidator(schema, toValidate, { strict: false })
+
+    expect(JSON.stringify(validated)).toBe(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        id: "1",
+      })
+    )
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/utils/validate-body.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/utils/validate-body.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf673eefaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/utils/validate-body.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { MedusaError } from "@medusajs/utils"
+import { NextFunction } from "express"
+import { z, ZodError } from "zod"
+import { MedusaRequest, MedusaResponse } from "../../types/routing"
+
+export async function zodValidator<T>(
+  zodSchema: z.ZodObject<any, any>,
+  body: T,
+  config: { strict?: boolean } = { strict: true }
+): Promise<z.ZodRawShape> {
+  try {
+    let schema = zodSchema
+    if (config.strict) {
+      schema = schema.strict()
+    }
+
+    return await schema.parseAsync(body)
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof ZodError) {
+      throw new MedusaError(
+        MedusaError.Types.INVALID_DATA,
+        `Invalid request body: ${JSON.stringify(err.errors)}`
+      )
+    }
+
+    throw err
+  }
+}
+
+export function validateAndTransformBody(
+  zodSchema: z.ZodObject<any, any>,
+  config?: {
+    strict?: boolean
+  }
+): (
+  req: MedusaRequest,
+  res: MedusaResponse,
+  next: NextFunction
+) => Promise<void> {
+  return async (req: MedusaRequest, _: MedusaResponse, next: NextFunction) => {
+    try {
+      req.validatedBody = await zodValidator(zodSchema, req.body, config)
+      next()
+    } catch (e) {
+      next(e)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f8c36f5641..57f8db521e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8577,6 +8577,7 @@ __metadata:
     ulid: ^2.3.0
     uuid: ^9.0.0
     winston: ^3.8.2
+    zod: ^3.22.4
   peerDependencies:
     medusa-interfaces: ^1.3.7
     typeorm: ^0.3.16
@@ -52991,7 +52992,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"zod@npm:3.22.4":
+"zod@npm:3.22.4, zod@npm:^3.22.4":
   version: 3.22.4
   resolution: "zod@npm:3.22.4"
   checksum: 7578ab283dac0eee66a0ad0fc4a7f28c43e6745aadb3a529f59a4b851aa10872b3890398b3160f257f4b6817b4ce643debdda4fb21a2c040adda7862cab0a587