diff --git a/include/ircd/buffer/buffer.h b/include/ircd/buffer/buffer.h
index e70d13274..2aff49e3b 100644
--- a/include/ircd/buffer/buffer.h
+++ b/include/ircd/buffer/buffer.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace ircd::buffer
 	struct window_buffer;
 	template<class buffer, size_t SIZE> struct fixed_buffer;
 	template<class buffer, uint align = 16> struct unique_buffer;
+	template<class buffer> struct shared_buffer;
 
 	template<size_t SIZE> using fixed_const_buffer = fixed_buffer<const_buffer, SIZE>;
 	template<size_t SIZE> using fixed_mutable_buffer = fixed_buffer<mutable_buffer, SIZE>;
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ namespace ircd::buffer
 #include "fixed_buffer.h"
 #include "window_buffer.h"
 #include "unique_buffer.h"
+#include "shared_buffer.h"
 
 // Export these important aliases down to main ircd namespace
 namespace ircd
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ namespace ircd
 	using buffer::mutable_buffer;
 	using buffer::fixed_buffer;
 	using buffer::unique_buffer;
+	using buffer::shared_buffer;
 	using buffer::null_buffer;
 	using buffer::window_buffer;
 	using buffer::fixed_const_buffer;
diff --git a/include/ircd/buffer/shared_buffer.h b/include/ircd/buffer/shared_buffer.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1386cb557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ircd/buffer/shared_buffer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Matrix Construct
+//
+// Copyright (C) Matrix Construct Developers, Authors & Contributors
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Jason Volk <jason@zemos.net>
+//
+// Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+// purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+// copyright notice and this permission notice is present in all copies. The
+// full license for this software is available in the LICENSE file.
+
+#pragma once
+#define HAVE_IRCD_BUFFER_SHARED_BUFFER_H
+
+template<class buffer>
+struct ircd::buffer::shared_buffer
+:std::shared_ptr<char>
+,buffer
+{
+	shared_buffer(const size_t &size);
+	shared_buffer() = default;
+};
+
+template<class buffer>
+ircd::buffer::shared_buffer<buffer>::shared_buffer(const size_t &size)
+:std::shared_ptr<char>
+{
+	std::make_shared<char>(size)
+}
+,buffer
+{
+	std::shared_ptr<char>::get(), size
+}
+{}