diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50482330..8ac600fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Version 145:
 * Refactor HTTP async read composed operations
 * null_buffers is deprecated
 * Version 124 works with Boost 1.65.1 and earlier
+* basic_fields does not support fancy pointers
 
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diff --git a/include/boost/beast/http/fields.hpp b/include/boost/beast/http/fields.hpp
index 4aa9ff71..469320ca 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/http/fields.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/http/fields.hpp
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ class basic_fields
     : private beast::detail::empty_base_optimization<Allocator>
 #endif
 {
+    // Fancy pointers are not supported
+    static_assert(std::is_pointer<typename
+        std::allocator_traits<Allocator>::pointer>::value,
+        "Allocator must use regular pointers");
+
     friend class fields_test; // for `header`
 
     static std::size_t constexpr max_static_buffer = 4096;