diff --git a/include/ircd/buffer/const_buffer.h b/include/ircd/buffer/const_buffer.h
index 5dffe1543..39cf7ec49 100644
--- a/include/ircd/buffer/const_buffer.h
+++ b/include/ircd/buffer/const_buffer.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct ircd::buffer::const_buffer
 	void insert(const char *const &, const char &);
 
 	using buffer<const char *>::buffer;
+	template<class T, size_t SIZE> explicit const_buffer(const T (&)[SIZE]);
 	template<size_t SIZE> const_buffer(const char (&buf)[SIZE]);
 	template<size_t SIZE> const_buffer(const std::array<char, SIZE> &buf);
 	const_buffer(const buffer<const char *> &b);
@@ -74,6 +75,13 @@ ircd::buffer::const_buffer::const_buffer(const std::array<char, SIZE> &buf)
 :buffer<const char *>{reinterpret_cast<const char *>(buf.data()), SIZE}
 {}
 
+template<class T,
+         size_t SIZE>
+inline __attribute__((always_inline))
+ircd::buffer::const_buffer::const_buffer(const T (&buf)[SIZE])
+:buffer<const char *>{reinterpret_cast<const char *>(buf), SIZE * sizeof(T)}
+{}
+
 #ifndef _NDEBUG
 __attribute__((noreturn))
 #endif
diff --git a/include/ircd/buffer/mutable_buffer.h b/include/ircd/buffer/mutable_buffer.h
index 90ff71a1b..255e802fa 100644
--- a/include/ircd/buffer/mutable_buffer.h
+++ b/include/ircd/buffer/mutable_buffer.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct ircd::buffer::mutable_buffer
 	void insert(char *const &it, const value_type &v);
 
 	using buffer<char *>::buffer;
+	template<class T, size_t SIZE> explicit mutable_buffer(T (&)[SIZE]);
 	template<size_t SIZE> mutable_buffer(char (&buf)[SIZE]);
 	template<size_t SIZE> mutable_buffer(std::array<char, SIZE> &buf);
 	mutable_buffer(const std::function<void (const mutable_buffer &)> &);
@@ -68,6 +69,13 @@ ircd::buffer::mutable_buffer::mutable_buffer(std::array<char, SIZE> &buf)
 :buffer<char *>{buf.data(), SIZE}
 {}
 
+template<class T,
+         size_t SIZE>
+inline __attribute__((always_inline))
+ircd::buffer::mutable_buffer::mutable_buffer(T (&buf)[SIZE])
+:buffer<char *>{reinterpret_cast<char *>(buf), SIZE * sizeof(T)}
+{}
+
 inline void
 ircd::buffer::mutable_buffer::insert(char *const &it,
                                      const value_type &v)