diff --git a/src/ldp/http/Patch.ts b/src/ldp/http/Patch.ts
index 47724298d..1df19e0be 100644
--- a/src/ldp/http/Patch.ts
+++ b/src/ldp/http/Patch.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,4 @@ import { Representation } from '../representation/Representation';
  * Represents the changes needed for a PATCH request.
  */
 export interface Patch extends Representation {
-  /**
-   * The raw body of the PATCH request.
-   */
-  raw: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/ldp/http/SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser.ts b/src/ldp/http/SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser.ts
index 22b73919f..013204187 100644
--- a/src/ldp/http/SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser.ts
+++ b/src/ldp/http/SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { BodyParser } from './BodyParser';
+import { DATA_TYPE_BINARY } from '../../util/ContentTypes';
 import { HttpRequest } from '../../server/HttpRequest';
-import { Readable } from 'stream';
+import { PassThrough } from 'stream';
 import { readableToString } from '../../util/Util';
 import { SparqlUpdatePatch } from './SparqlUpdatePatch';
 import { translate } from 'sparqlalgebrajs';
@@ -23,17 +24,21 @@ export class SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser extends BodyParser {
 
   public async handle(input: HttpRequest): Promise<SparqlUpdatePatch> {
     try {
-      const sparql = await readableToString(input);
+      // Note that readableObjectMode is only defined starting from Node 12
+      // It is impossible to check if object mode is enabled in Node 10 (without accessing private variables)
+      const options = { objectMode: input.readableObjectMode };
+      const toAlgebraStream = new PassThrough(options);
+      const dataCopy = new PassThrough(options);
+      input.pipe(toAlgebraStream);
+      input.pipe(dataCopy);
+      const sparql = await readableToString(toAlgebraStream);
       const algebra = translate(sparql, { quads: true });
 
       // Prevent body from being requested again
       return {
         algebra,
-        dataType: 'sparql-algebra',
-        raw: sparql,
-        get data(): Readable {
-          throw new Error('Body already parsed');
-        },
+        dataType: DATA_TYPE_BINARY,
+        data: dataCopy,
         metadata: {
           raw: [],
           profiles: [],
diff --git a/src/storage/patch/SimpleSparqlUpdatePatchHandler.ts b/src/storage/patch/SimpleSparqlUpdatePatchHandler.ts
index 6b9ba8f23..e39cb7efc 100644
--- a/src/storage/patch/SimpleSparqlUpdatePatchHandler.ts
+++ b/src/storage/patch/SimpleSparqlUpdatePatchHandler.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class SimpleSparqlUpdatePatchHandler extends PatchHandler {
   }
 
   public async canHandle(input: {identifier: ResourceIdentifier; patch: SparqlUpdatePatch}): Promise<void> {
-    if (input.patch.dataType !== 'sparql-algebra' || !input.patch.algebra) {
+    if (typeof input.patch.algebra !== 'object') {
       throw new UnsupportedHttpError('Only SPARQL update patch requests are supported.');
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/integration/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.test.ts b/test/integration/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.test.ts
index 8d942571c..13eaa54d3 100644
--- a/test/integration/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.test.ts
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ describe('An AuthenticatedLdpHandler', (): void => {
 
   describe('with simple PATCH handlers', (): void => {
     const bodyParser: BodyParser = new CompositeAsyncHandler<HttpRequest, Representation | undefined>([
-      new SimpleBodyParser(),
       new SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser(),
+      new SimpleBodyParser(),
     ]);
     const requestParser = new SimpleRequestParser({
       targetExtractor: new SimpleTargetExtractor(),
diff --git a/test/unit/ldp/http/SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser.test.ts b/test/unit/ldp/http/SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser.test.ts
index e12375998..3981ae1fe 100644
--- a/test/unit/ldp/http/SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/ldp/http/SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { Algebra } from 'sparqlalgebrajs';
+import arrayifyStream from 'arrayify-stream';
+import { DATA_TYPE_BINARY } from '../../../../src/util/ContentTypes';
 import { HttpRequest } from '../../../../src/server/HttpRequest';
 import { SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser } from '../../../../src/ldp/http/SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser';
 import streamifyArray from 'streamify-array';
@@ -32,13 +34,16 @@ describe('A SimpleSparqlUpdateBodyParser', (): void => {
       namedNode('http://test.com/p'),
       namedNode('http://test.com/o'),
     ) ]);
-    expect(result.dataType).toBe('sparql-algebra');
-    expect(result.raw).toBe('DELETE DATA { <http://test.com/s> <http://test.com/p> <http://test.com/o>}');
+    expect(result.dataType).toBe(DATA_TYPE_BINARY);
     expect(result.metadata).toEqual({
       raw: [],
       profiles: [],
       contentType: 'application/sparql-update',
     });
-    expect((): any => result.data).toThrow('Body already parsed');
+
+    // Workaround for Node 10 not exposing objectMode
+    expect((await arrayifyStream(result.data)).join('')).toEqual(
+      'DELETE DATA { <http://test.com/s> <http://test.com/p> <http://test.com/o>}',
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/patch/SimpleSparqlUpdatePatchHandler.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/patch/SimpleSparqlUpdatePatchHandler.test.ts
index 80b072999..e7bab4a5c 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/patch/SimpleSparqlUpdatePatchHandler.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/patch/SimpleSparqlUpdatePatchHandler.test.ts
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ describe('A SimpleSparqlUpdatePatchHandler', (): void => {
 
   it('only accepts SPARQL updates.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     const input = { identifier: { path: 'path' },
-      patch: { dataType: 'sparql-algebra', algebra: {}} as SparqlUpdatePatch };
+      patch: { algebra: {}} as SparqlUpdatePatch };
     await expect(handler.canHandle(input)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
-    input.patch.dataType = 'notAlgebra';
+    delete input.patch.algebra;
     await expect(handler.canHandle(input)).rejects.toThrow(UnsupportedHttpError);
   });