diff --git a/mockserver-core/src/main/java/org/mockserver/mock/action/ExpectationForwardCallback.java b/mockserver-core/src/main/java/org/mockserver/mock/action/ExpectationForwardCallback.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/mockserver-core/src/main/java/org/mockserver/mock/action/ExpectationForwardCallback.java
+++ b/mockserver-core/src/main/java/org/mockserver/mock/action/ExpectationForwardCallback.java
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ public interface ExpectationForwardCallback extends ExpectationCallback<HttpRequ
      * @param httpRequest the request that satisfied the expectation condition
      * @return the request that will be proxied
      */
-    HttpRequest handle(HttpRequest httpRequest) throws Exception;
+    default HttpRequest handle(HttpRequest httpRequest) throws Exception {
+        return httpRequest;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Called for every response received from a proxied request, the return
adding default implementation for all methods so only the required ones need to be implemented