diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 870048a0..906f4a54 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Version 256:
 * Expand CI matrix using Azure Pipelines
 * Make chat websocket javascript client more user friendly
 * `allocator_traits::construct` is used for user-defined types
+* Add 1-element specialization for `buffers_cat`
 
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diff --git a/include/boost/beast/core/buffers_cat.hpp b/include/boost/beast/core/buffers_cat.hpp
index 0f989210..f1373291 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/core/buffers_cat.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/core/buffers_cat.hpp
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public:
     end() const;
 };
 
-/** Concatenate 2 or more buffer sequences.
+/** Concatenate 1 or more buffer sequences.
+
     This function returns a constant or mutable buffer sequence which,
     when iterated, efficiently concatenates the input buffer sequences.
     Copies of the arguments passed will be made; however, the returned
@@ -85,15 +86,15 @@ template<class... BufferSequence>
 buffers_cat_view<BufferSequence...>
 buffers_cat(BufferSequence const&... buffers)
 #else
-template<class B1, class B2, class... Bn>
-buffers_cat_view<B1, B2, Bn...>
-buffers_cat(B1 const& b1, B2 const& b2, Bn const&... bn)
+template<class B1, class... Bn>
+buffers_cat_view<B1, Bn...>
+buffers_cat(B1 const& b1, Bn const&... bn)
 #endif
 {
     static_assert(
-        is_const_buffer_sequence<B1, B2, Bn...>::value,
+        is_const_buffer_sequence<B1, Bn...>::value,
         "BufferSequence type requirements not met");
-    return buffers_cat_view<B1, B2, Bn...>{b1, b2, bn...};
+    return buffers_cat_view<B1, Bn...>{b1, bn...};
 }
 
 } // beast
diff --git a/include/boost/beast/core/impl/buffers_cat.hpp b/include/boost/beast/core/impl/buffers_cat.hpp
index 255153f2..81a6c78d 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/core/impl/buffers_cat.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/core/impl/buffers_cat.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,34 @@
 namespace boost {
 namespace beast {
 
+template<class Buffer>
+class buffers_cat_view<Buffer>
+{
+    Buffer buffer_;
+public:
+    using value_type = buffers_type<Buffer>;
+
+    using const_iterator = buffers_iterator_type<Buffer>;
+
+    explicit
+    buffers_cat_view(Buffer const& buffer)
+        : buffer_(buffer)
+    {
+    }
+
+    const_iterator
+    begin() const
+    {
+        return net::buffer_sequence_begin(buffer_);
+    }
+
+    const_iterator
+    end() const
+    {
+        return net::buffer_sequence_end(buffer_);
+    }
+};
+
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && ! defined(__clang__)
 # define BOOST_BEAST_UNREACHABLE() __assume(false)
 # define BOOST_BEAST_UNREACHABLE_RETURN(v) __assume(false)