diff --git a/packages/melos/lib/src/common/changelog.dart b/packages/melos/lib/src/common/changelog.dart
index e522b846..0a60242a 100644
--- a/packages/melos/lib/src/common/changelog.dart
+++ b/packages/melos/lib/src/common/changelog.dart
@@ -194,6 +194,16 @@ extension ChangelogStringBufferExtension on StringBuffer {
         }
 
         writeln();
+
+        if (update.workspace.config.commands.version.includeCommitBody &&
+            parsedMessage.body != null) {
+          writeln();
+          for (final line in parsedMessage.body!.split('\n')) {
+            write(' ' * 4);
+            writeln(line);
+          }
+          writeln();
+        }
       }
       writeln();
     }
diff --git a/packages/melos/lib/src/workspace_configs.dart b/packages/melos/lib/src/workspace_configs.dart
index 9c7b0afc..c60d3d96 100644
--- a/packages/melos/lib/src/workspace_configs.dart
+++ b/packages/melos/lib/src/workspace_configs.dart
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ class VersionCommandConfigs {
     this.includeScopes = true,
     this.linkToCommits = false,
     this.includeCommitId = false,
+    this.includeCommitBody = false,
     this.updateGitTagRefs = false,
     this.releaseUrl = false,
     List<AggregateChangelogConfig>? aggregateChangelogs,
@@ -726,11 +727,18 @@ class VersionCommandConfigs {
           )
         : VersionLifecycleHooks.empty;
 
+    final inlcudeCommitBody = assertKeyIsA<bool?>(
+      key: 'includeCommitBody',
+      map: yaml,
+      path: 'command/version',
+    );
+
     return VersionCommandConfigs(
       branch: branch,
       message: message,
       includeScopes: includeScopes ?? true,
       includeCommitId: includeCommitId ?? false,
+      includeCommitBody: inlcudeCommitBody ?? false,
       linkToCommits: linkToCommits ?? repositoryIsConfigured,
       updateGitTagRefs: updateGitTagRefs ?? false,
       releaseUrl: releaseUrl ?? false,
@@ -756,6 +764,9 @@ class VersionCommandConfigs {
   /// Whether to add commits ids in the generated CHANGELOG.md.
   final bool includeCommitId;
 
+  /// Wheter to include commit bodies in the generated CHANGELOG.md.
+  final bool includeCommitBody;
+
   /// Whether to add links to commits in the generated CHANGELOG.md.
   final bool linkToCommits;