diff --git a/bulkget.go b/bulkget.go
index 7c677d7d..5c9fb8c4 100644
--- a/bulkget.go
+++ b/bulkget.go
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ func (d *db) BulkGet(ctx context.Context, docs []driver.BulkGetReference, opts m
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	body := map[string]interface{}{
+		"docs": docs,
+	}
 	options := &chttp.Options{
 		Query:   query,
-		GetBody: chttp.BodyEncoder(docs),
+		GetBody: chttp.BodyEncoder(body),
 		Header: http.Header{
 			chttp.HeaderIdempotencyKey: []string{},
 		},
diff --git a/bulkget_test.go b/bulkget_test.go
index 00e11b34..c09284a0 100644
--- a/bulkget_test.go
+++ b/bulkget_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
@@ -134,6 +135,26 @@ func TestBulkGet(t *testing.T) {
 			Doc: []byte(`{"_id":"test1","_rev":"4-8158177eb5931358b3ddaadd6377cf00","moo":123,"oink":true,"_revisions":{"start":4,"ids":["8158177eb5931358b3ddaadd6377cf00","1c08032eef899e52f35cbd1cd5f93826","e22bea278e8c9e00f3197cb2edee8bf4","7d6ff0b102072755321aa0abb630865a"]},"_attachments":{"foo.txt":{"content_type":"text/plain","revpos":2,"digest":"md5-WiGw80mG3uQuqTKfUnIZsg==","length":9,"stub":true}}}`),
 		},
 	})
+	tests.Add("request", func(t *testing.T) interface{} {
+		return tst{
+			db: &db{
+				client: newCustomClient(func(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+					defer r.Body.Close() // nolint:errcheck
+					if d := testy.DiffAsJSON(testy.Snapshot(t), r.Body); d != nil {
+						return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unexpected request: %s", d)
+					}
+					return nil, errors.New("success")
+				}),
+				dbName: "xxx",
+			},
+			docs: []driver.BulkGetReference{
+				{ID: "foo"},
+				{ID: "bar"},
+			},
+			status: 502,
+			err:    "success",
+		}
+	})
 
 	tests.Run(t, func(t *testing.T, test tst) {
 		rows, err := test.db.BulkGet(context.Background(), test.docs, test.options)
diff --git a/chttp/chttp.go b/chttp/chttp.go
index c5795ee6..04e9da74 100644
--- a/chttp/chttp.go
+++ b/chttp/chttp.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const (
 // The default UserAgent values
 const (
 	UserAgent = "Kivik chttp"
-	Version   = "3.0.2"
+	Version   = "3.0.4"
 )
 
 // Client represents a client connection. It embeds an *http.Client
diff --git a/constants.go b/constants.go
index f574e913..776faf62 100644
--- a/constants.go
+++ b/constants.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package couchdb
 
 // Version is the current version of this package.
-const Version = "3.0.2"
+const Version = "3.0.4"
 
 const (
 	// OptionFullCommit is the option key used to set the `X-Couch-Full-Commit`
diff --git a/testdata/TestBulkGet_request b/testdata/TestBulkGet_request
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc4255bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/TestBulkGet_request
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "docs": [
+        {
+            "id": "foo"
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "bar"
+        }
+    ]
+}
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