diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75052faa..6b04c2de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Version 47
 
+* Disable operator<< for buffer_body
+
 API Changes:
 
 * Refactor treatment of request-method
diff --git a/include/beast/http/buffer_body.hpp b/include/beast/http/buffer_body.hpp
index 17c71b31..d8c5be38 100644
--- a/include/beast/http/buffer_body.hpp
+++ b/include/beast/http/buffer_body.hpp
@@ -120,6 +120,21 @@ struct buffer_body
 #endif
 };
 
+#if ! BEAST_DOXYGEN
+
+template<bool isRequest, class Fields,
+    bool isDeferred, class ConstBufferSequence>
+std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream& os, message<
+    isRequest, buffer_body<isDeferred,
+        ConstBufferSequence>, Fields> const& msg)
+{
+    static_assert(sizeof(ConstBufferSequence) == -1,
+        "operator<< is not supported for buffer_body");
+}
+
+#endif
+
 } // http
 } // beast