diff --git a/changelog.d/1004.feature b/changelog.d/1004.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0317f945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1004.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add an option in the config to disable hook bodies in Matrix messages.
diff --git a/config.sample.yml b/config.sample.yml
index a70efff34..6d8c4c5ad 100644
--- a/config.sample.yml
+++ b/config.sample.yml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ listeners:
 #  sendExpiryNotice: false
 #  requireExpiryTime: false
 #  maxExpiryTime: 30d
+#  includeHookBody: true
 
 #figma:
 #  # (Optional) Configure this to enable Figma support
diff --git a/docs/setup/webhooks.md b/docs/setup/webhooks.md
index d01baa652..a61b91396 100644
--- a/docs/setup/webhooks.md
+++ b/docs/setup/webhooks.md
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ webhook requests from `https://example.com/mywebhookspath` to the bridge (on `/w
 respond with a 200 as soon as the webhook has entered processing (`false`) while others prefer to know if the resulting Matrix message
 has been sent (`true`). By default this is `false`.
 
+`includeHookBody` will determine whether the bridge will include the full webhook request body
+(`uk.half-shot.hookshot.webhook_data`) inside the Matrix event. By default this is `true`.
+
 `enableHttpGet` means that webhooks can be triggered by `GET` requests, in addition to `POST` and `PUT`. This was previously on by default,
 but is now disabled due to concerns mentioned below.
 
diff --git a/spec/generic-hooks.spec.ts b/spec/generic-hooks.spec.ts
index 13678cb12..f9125a68a 100644
--- a/spec/generic-hooks.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/generic-hooks.spec.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@ import {
   E2ETestEnv,
   E2ETestMatrixClient,
 } from "./util/e2e-test";
-import { describe, test, beforeAll, afterAll, expect, vitest } from "vitest";
+import {
+  describe,
+  test,
+  beforeAll,
+  afterAll,
+  afterEach,
+  expect,
+  vitest,
+} from "vitest";
 import { GenericHookConnection } from "../src/Connections";
 import { TextualMessageEventContent } from "matrix-bot-sdk";
 import { add } from "date-fns/add";
@@ -78,6 +86,10 @@ describe("Inbound (Generic) Webhooks", () => {
     return testEnv?.tearDown();
   });
 
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vitest.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
   test("should be able to create a new webhook and handle an incoming request.", async () => {
     const user = testEnv.getUser("user");
     const roomId = await user.createRoom({ name: "My Test Webhooks room" });
@@ -159,4 +171,46 @@ describe("Inbound (Generic) Webhooks", () => {
       error: "This hook has expired",
     });
   });
+  test("should allow disabling hook data in matrix events.", async () => {
+    const user = testEnv.getUser("user");
+    const roomId = await user.createRoom({ name: "My Test Webhooks room" });
+    const okMsg = user.waitForRoomEvent({
+      eventType: "m.room.message",
+      sender: testEnv.botMxid,
+      roomId,
+    });
+    const url = await createInboundConnection(user, testEnv.botMxid, roomId);
+    expect((await okMsg).data.content.body).toEqual(
+      "Room configured to bridge webhooks. See admin room for secret url.",
+    );
+
+    await user.sendStateEvent(
+      roomId,
+      GenericHookConnection.CanonicalEventType,
+      "test",
+      {
+        ...(await user.getRoomStateEvent(
+          roomId,
+          GenericHookConnection.CanonicalEventType,
+          "test",
+        )),
+        includeHookBody: false,
+      },
+    );
+
+    const expectedMsg = user.waitForRoomEvent({
+      eventType: "m.room.message",
+      sender: testEnv.botMxid,
+      roomId,
+    });
+    const req = await fetch(url, {
+      method: "PUT",
+      body: "Hello world",
+    });
+    expect(req.status).toEqual(200);
+    expect(await req.json()).toEqual({ ok: true });
+    expect(
+      (await expectedMsg).data.content["uk.half-shot.hookshot.webhook_data"],
+    ).toBeUndefined();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/Connections/GenericHook.ts b/src/Connections/GenericHook.ts
index 5eb04b7cd..41aa20760 100644
--- a/src/Connections/GenericHook.ts
+++ b/src/Connections/GenericHook.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ export interface GenericHookConnectionState extends IConnectionState {
    */
   waitForComplete?: boolean | undefined;
 
+  /**
+   * Should the Matrix event include the `uk.half-shot.hookshot.webhook_data` property.
+   */
+  includeHookBody?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * If the webhook has an expriation date, then the date at which the webhook is no longer value
    * (in UTC) time.
@@ -164,6 +169,7 @@ export class GenericHookConnection
       transformationFunction,
       waitForComplete,
       expirationDate: expirationDateStr,
+      includeHookBody,
     } = state;
     if (!name) {
       throw new ApiError("Missing name", ErrCode.BadValue);
@@ -180,6 +186,12 @@ export class GenericHookConnection
         ErrCode.BadValue,
       );
     }
+    if (includeHookBody !== undefined && typeof includeHookBody !== "boolean") {
+      throw new ApiError(
+        "'includeHookBody' must be a boolean",
+        ErrCode.BadValue,
+      );
+    }
     // Use !=, not !==, to check for both undefined and null
     if (transformationFunction != undefined) {
       if (!WebhookTransformer.canTransform) {
@@ -217,6 +229,7 @@ export class GenericHookConnection
       transformationFunction: transformationFunction || undefined,
       waitForComplete,
       expirationDate,
+      includeHookBody,
     };
   }
 
@@ -639,7 +652,10 @@ export class GenericHookConnection
       );
 
       // Matrix cannot handle float data, so make sure we parse out any floats.
-      const safeData = GenericHookConnection.sanitiseObjectForMatrixJSON(data);
+      const safeData =
+        (this.state.includeHookBody ?? this.config.includeHookBody)
+          ? GenericHookConnection.sanitiseObjectForMatrixJSON(data)
+          : undefined;
 
       await this.messageClient.sendMatrixMessage(
         this.roomId,
@@ -652,7 +668,9 @@ export class GenericHookConnection
             ? { "m.mentions": content.mentions }
             : undefined),
           format: "org.matrix.custom.html",
-          "uk.half-shot.hookshot.webhook_data": safeData,
+          ...(safeData
+            ? { "uk.half-shot.hookshot.webhook_data": safeData }
+            : undefined),
         },
         "m.room.message",
         sender,
diff --git a/src/config/sections/GenericHooks.ts b/src/config/sections/GenericHooks.ts
index 14bfa04c9..06d3bdb7a 100644
--- a/src/config/sections/GenericHooks.ts
+++ b/src/config/sections/GenericHooks.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export interface BridgeGenericWebhooksConfigYAML {
   maxExpiryTime?: string;
   sendExpiryNotice?: boolean;
   requireExpiryTime?: boolean;
+  includeHookBody?: boolean;
 }
 
 export class BridgeConfigGenericWebhooks {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ export class BridgeConfigGenericWebhooks {
   public readonly requireExpiryTime: boolean;
   // Public facing value for config generator
   public readonly maxExpiryTime?: string;
+  public readonly includeHookBody: boolean;
 
   constructor(yaml: BridgeGenericWebhooksConfigYAML) {
     this.enabled = yaml.enabled || false;
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ export class BridgeConfigGenericWebhooks {
     this.enableHttpGet = yaml.enableHttpGet || false;
     this.sendExpiryNotice = yaml.sendExpiryNotice || false;
     this.requireExpiryTime = yaml.requireExpiryTime || false;
+    this.includeHookBody = yaml.includeHookBody ?? true;
     try {
       this.parsedUrlPrefix = makePrefixedUrl(yaml.urlPrefix);
       this.urlPrefix = () => {