diff --git a/include/igloo/buffer.h b/include/igloo/buffer.h
index 107b7a4..f9749e2 100644
--- a/include/igloo/buffer.h
+++ b/include/igloo/buffer.h
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ void        igloo_buffer_preallocate(igloo_buffer_t *buffer, size_t request);
 int         igloo_buffer_get_data(igloo_buffer_t *buffer, const void **data, size_t *length);
 
 /* Gets data as a string. The string is '\0'-terminated.
+ * igloo_ro_stringify(buffer) will also return this buffer.
+ *
  * Parameters:
  *  buffery
  *      The buffer to operate on.
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 49e21c2..55679b4 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ struct igloo_buffer_tag {
 };
 
 static void __free(igloo_ro_t self);
+static char * __stringify(igloo_ro_t self);
 
 igloo_RO_PUBLIC_TYPE(igloo_buffer_t,
         igloo_RO_TYPEDECL_FREE(__free),
-        igloo_RO_TYPEDECL_NEW_NOOP()
+        igloo_RO_TYPEDECL_NEW_NOOP(),
+        igloo_RO_TYPEDECL_STRINGIFY(__stringify)
         );
 
 static void __free(igloo_ro_t self)
@@ -139,6 +141,20 @@ int         igloo_buffer_get_string(igloo_buffer_t *buffer, const char **string)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static char * __stringify(igloo_ro_t self)
+{
+    igloo_buffer_t *buffer = igloo_RO_TO_TYPE(self, igloo_buffer_t);
+    const char *ret;
+
+    if (!buffer)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (igloo_buffer_get_string(buffer, &ret) != 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    return strdup(ret);
+}
+
 int         igloo_buffer_set_length(igloo_buffer_t *buffer, size_t length)
 {
     if (!buffer)