diff --git a/src/App.ts b/src/App.ts
index a7b6bea5e..8396cf4a9 100644
--- a/src/App.ts
+++ b/src/App.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export interface AppOptions {
   signingSecret?: HTTPReceiverOptions['signingSecret'];
   endpoints?: HTTPReceiverOptions['endpoints'];
   processBeforeResponse?: HTTPReceiverOptions['processBeforeResponse'];
+  signatureVerification?: HTTPReceiverOptions['signatureVerification'];
   clientId?: HTTPReceiverOptions['clientId'];
   clientSecret?: HTTPReceiverOptions['clientSecret'];
   stateSecret?: HTTPReceiverOptions['stateSecret']; // required when using default stateStore
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ export default class App {
     ignoreSelf = true,
     clientOptions = undefined,
     processBeforeResponse = false,
+    signatureVerification = true,
     clientId = undefined,
     clientSecret = undefined,
     stateSecret = undefined,
@@ -337,7 +339,7 @@ export default class App {
         logLevel: this.logLevel,
         installerOptions: this.installerOptions,
       });
-    } else if (signingSecret === undefined) {
+    } else if (signatureVerification && signingSecret === undefined) {
       // No custom receiver
       throw new AppInitializationError(
         'Signing secret not found, so could not initialize the default receiver. Set a signing secret or use a ' +
@@ -347,9 +349,10 @@ export default class App {
       this.logger.debug('Initializing HTTPReceiver');
       // Create default HTTPReceiver
       this.receiver = new HTTPReceiver({
-        signingSecret,
+        signingSecret: signingSecret || '',
         endpoints,
         processBeforeResponse,
+        signatureVerification,
         clientId,
         clientSecret,
         stateSecret,
diff --git a/src/receivers/ExpressReceiver.ts b/src/receivers/ExpressReceiver.ts
index fce84b3c0..ba6a5f133 100644
--- a/src/receivers/ExpressReceiver.ts
+++ b/src/receivers/ExpressReceiver.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export interface ExpressReceiverOptions {
   | {
     [endpointType: string]: string;
   };
+  signatureVerification?: boolean;
   processBeforeResponse?: boolean;
   clientId?: string;
   clientSecret?: string;
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ export default class ExpressReceiver implements Receiver {
 
   private processBeforeResponse: boolean;
 
+  private signatureVerification: boolean;
+
   public router: IRouter;
 
   public installer: InstallProvider | undefined = undefined;
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@ export default class ExpressReceiver implements Receiver {
     logLevel = LogLevel.INFO,
     endpoints = { events: '/slack/events' },
     processBeforeResponse = false,
+    signatureVerification = true,
     clientId = undefined,
     clientSecret = undefined,
     stateSecret = undefined,
@@ -151,8 +155,12 @@ export default class ExpressReceiver implements Receiver {
       this.logger.setLevel(logLevel);
     }
 
+    this.signatureVerification = signatureVerification;
+    const bodyParser = this.signatureVerification ?
+      buildVerificationBodyParserMiddleware(this.logger, signingSecret) :
+      buildBodyParserMiddleware(this.logger);
     const expressMiddleware: RequestHandler[] = [
-      verifySignatureAndParseRawBody(this.logger, signingSecret),
+      bodyParser,
       respondToSslCheck,
       respondToUrlVerification,
       this.requestHandler.bind(this),
@@ -375,12 +383,19 @@ export default class ExpressReceiver implements Receiver {
   }
 }
 
+export function verifySignatureAndParseRawBody(
+  logger: Logger,
+  signingSecret: string | (() => PromiseLike<string>),
+): RequestHandler {
+  return buildVerificationBodyParserMiddleware(logger, signingSecret);
+}
+
 /**
  * This request handler has two responsibilities:
  * - Verify the request signature
  * - Parse request.body and assign the successfully parsed object to it.
  */
-export function verifySignatureAndParseRawBody(
+function buildVerificationBodyParserMiddleware(
   logger: Logger,
   signingSecret: string | (() => PromiseLike<string>),
 ): RequestHandler {
@@ -468,7 +483,7 @@ function verifyRequestSignature(
  * - Verify the request signature
  * - Parse request.body and assign the successfully parsed object to it.
  */
-function verifySignatureAndParseBody(
+export function verifySignatureAndParseBody(
   signingSecret: string,
   body: string,
   headers: Record<string, any>,
@@ -485,6 +500,30 @@ function verifySignatureAndParseBody(
   return parseRequestBody(body, contentType);
 }
 
+function buildBodyParserMiddleware(logger: Logger): RequestHandler {
+  return async (req, res, next) => {
+    let stringBody: string;
+    // On some environments like GCP (Google Cloud Platform),
+    // req.body can be pre-parsed and be passed as req.rawBody here
+    const preparsedRawBody: any = (req as any).rawBody;
+    if (preparsedRawBody !== undefined) {
+      stringBody = preparsedRawBody.toString();
+    } else {
+      stringBody = (await rawBody(req)).toString();
+    }
+    try {
+      const { 'content-type': contentType } = req.headers;
+      req.body = parseRequestBody(stringBody, contentType);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error) {
+        logError(logger, 'Parsing request body failed', error);
+        return res.status(400).send();
+      }
+    }
+    return next();
+  };
+}
+
 function parseRequestBody(stringBody: string, contentType: string | undefined): any {
   if (contentType === 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded') {
     const parsedBody = querystring.parse(stringBody);
diff --git a/src/receivers/HTTPReceiver.ts b/src/receivers/HTTPReceiver.ts
index f937fc4c6..a7573b31c 100644
--- a/src/receivers/HTTPReceiver.ts
+++ b/src/receivers/HTTPReceiver.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export interface HTTPReceiverOptions {
   logger?: Logger;
   logLevel?: LogLevel;
   processBeforeResponse?: boolean;
+  signatureVerification?: boolean;
   clientId?: string;
   clientSecret?: string;
   stateSecret?: InstallProviderOptions['stateSecret']; // required when using default stateStore
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ export default class HTTPReceiver implements Receiver {
 
   private processBeforeResponse: boolean;
 
+  private signatureVerification: boolean;
+
   private app?: App;
 
   public requestListener: RequestListener;
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ export default class HTTPReceiver implements Receiver {
     logger = undefined,
     logLevel = LogLevel.INFO,
     processBeforeResponse = false,
+    signatureVerification = true,
     clientId = undefined,
     clientSecret = undefined,
     stateSecret = undefined,
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ export default class HTTPReceiver implements Receiver {
     // Initialize instance variables, substituting defaults for each value
     this.signingSecret = signingSecret;
     this.processBeforeResponse = processBeforeResponse;
+    this.signatureVerification = signatureVerification;
     this.logger = logger ??
       (() => {
         const defaultLogger = new ConsoleLogger();
@@ -317,7 +322,14 @@ export default class HTTPReceiver implements Receiver {
 
       // Verify authenticity
       try {
-        bufferedReq = await verifySlackAuthenticity({ signingSecret: this.signingSecret }, req);
+        bufferedReq = await verifySlackAuthenticity(
+          {
+            // If enabled: false, this method returns bufferredReq without verification
+            enabled: this.signatureVerification,
+            signingSecret: this.signingSecret,
+          },
+          req,
+        );
       } catch (err) {
         const e = err as any;
         this.logger.warn(`Request verification failed: ${e.message}`);
diff --git a/src/receivers/verify-request.ts b/src/receivers/verify-request.ts
index d1f505dbe..fffe85a8c 100644
--- a/src/receivers/verify-request.ts
+++ b/src/receivers/verify-request.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import type { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'http';
 const verifyErrorPrefix = 'Failed to verify authenticity';
 
 export interface VerifyOptions {
+  enabled?: boolean;
   signingSecret: string;
   nowMs?: () => number;
   logger?: Logger;
@@ -54,6 +55,11 @@ export async function verify(
   // Consume the readable stream (or use the previously consumed readable stream)
   const bufferedReq = await bufferIncomingMessage(req);
 
+  if (options.enabled !== undefined && !options.enabled) {
+    // As the validation is disabled, immediately return the bufferred reuest
+    return bufferedReq;
+  }
+
   // Find the relevant request headers
   const signature = getHeader(req, 'x-slack-signature');
   const requestTimestampSec = Number(getHeader(req, 'x-slack-request-timestamp'));