diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66055a21..aae16525 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Version 56:
 
 * Add provisional IANA header field names
+* Add string_view_body
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/5_02_message.qbk b/doc/5_02_message.qbk
index a26a2f10..14c8226a 100644
--- a/doc/5_02_message.qbk
+++ b/doc/5_02_message.qbk
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ __Body__ requirements:
     Messages with this body type may be serialized and parsed. This
     is the type of body used in the examples.
 ]]
+[[
+    [link beast.ref.http__string_view_body `string_view_body`]
+][
+    A body whose `value_type` is [link beast.ref.string_view `string_view`].
+    Messages with this body type may be serialized only, and the caller
+    is responsible for managing the lifetime of the buffer pointed to
+    by the string view.
+]]
 ]
 
 [heading Usage]
diff --git a/doc/quickref.xml b/doc/quickref.xml
index b0a85a72..c7118174 100644
--- a/doc/quickref.xml
+++ b/doc/quickref.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.http__response_parser">response_parser</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.http__serializer">serializer</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.http__string_body">string_body</link></member>
+            <member><link linkend="beast.ref.http__string_view_body">string_view_body</link></member>
           </simplelist>
           <bridgehead renderas="sect3">rfc7230</bridgehead>
           <simplelist type="vert" columns="1">
diff --git a/include/beast/core.hpp b/include/beast/core.hpp
index f7577253..b4b6f862 100644
--- a/include/beast/core.hpp
+++ b/include/beast/core.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <beast/core/handler_ptr.hpp>
 #include <beast/core/multi_buffer.hpp>
 #include <beast/core/ostream.hpp>
+#include <beast/core/read_size.hpp>
 #include <beast/core/static_buffer.hpp>
 #include <beast/core/static_string.hpp>
 #include <beast/core/string_param.hpp>
diff --git a/include/beast/http.hpp b/include/beast/http.hpp
index fbdc3034..898edc3a 100644
--- a/include/beast/http.hpp
+++ b/include/beast/http.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <beast/http/serializer.hpp>
 #include <beast/http/status.hpp>
 #include <beast/http/string_body.hpp>
+#include <beast/http/string_view_body.hpp>
 #include <beast/http/verb.hpp>
 #include <beast/http/write.hpp>
 
diff --git a/include/beast/http/string_view_body.hpp b/include/beast/http/string_view_body.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b05c2c90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/beast/http/string_view_body.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+
+#ifndef BEAST_HTTP_STRING_VIEW_BODY
+#define BEAST_HTTP_STRING_VIEW_BODY
+
+#include <beast/config.hpp>
+#include <beast/core/string_view.hpp>
+#include <beast/http/message.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio/buffer.hpp>
+#include <boost/optional.hpp>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace beast {
+namespace http {
+
+/** A readable HTTP message body represented by a @ref string_view.
+
+    The application must ensure that the memory pointed to
+    by the string view remains valid for the lifetime of
+    any attempted operations.
+
+    Meets the requirements of @b Body.
+*/
+struct string_view_body
+{
+    /// The type of the body member when used in a message.
+    using value_type = string_view;
+
+    /// Returns the content length of this body in a message.
+    template<bool isRequest, class Fields>
+    static
+    std::uint64_t
+    size(message<isRequest,
+        string_view_body, Fields> const& m)
+    {
+        return m.body.size();
+    }
+
+#if BEAST_DOXYGEN
+    /// The algorithm to obtain buffers representing the body
+    using reader = implementation_defined;
+#else
+    class reader
+    {
+        string_view body_;
+
+    public:
+        using is_deferred = std::false_type;
+
+        using const_buffers_type =
+            boost::asio::const_buffers_1;
+
+        template<bool isRequest, class Fields>
+        explicit
+        reader(message<
+                isRequest, string_view_body, Fields> const& m)
+            : body_(m.body)
+        {
+        }
+
+        void
+        init(error_code&)
+        {
+        }
+
+        boost::optional<std::pair<const_buffers_type, bool>>
+        get(error_code& ec)
+        {
+            return {{{body_.data(), body_.size()}, false}};
+        }
+
+        void
+        finish(error_code&)
+        {
+        }
+    };
+#endif
+};
+
+} // http
+} // beast
+
+#endif
diff --git a/test/Jamfile b/test/Jamfile
index dd42c5b3..e149a636 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile
+++ b/test/Jamfile
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ unit-test http-tests :
     http/serializer.cpp
     http/status.cpp
     http/string_body.cpp
+    http/string_view_body.cpp
     http/type_traits.cpp
     http/verb.cpp
     http/write.cpp
diff --git a/test/http/CMakeLists.txt b/test/http/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f302ff3..1d306a55 100644
--- a/test/http/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/http/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ add_executable (http-tests
     serializer.cpp
     status.cpp
     string_body.cpp
+    string_view_body.cpp
     type_traits.cpp
     verb.cpp
     write.cpp
diff --git a/test/http/string_view_body.cpp b/test/http/string_view_body.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f5eb1a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/http/string_view_body.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+
+// Test that header file is self-contained.
+#include <beast/http/string_view_body.hpp>
+
+#include <beast/core/ostream.hpp>
+#include <beast/core/static_buffer.hpp>
+#include <beast/http/message.hpp>
+#include <beast/http/write.hpp>
+#include <beast/http/type_traits.hpp>
+#include <beast/unit_test/suite.hpp>
+
+namespace beast {
+namespace http {
+
+class string_view_body_test
+    : public beast::unit_test::suite
+{
+public:
+    void
+    run() override
+    {
+        static_assert(is_body_reader<string_view_body>::value, "");
+        static_assert(! is_body_writer<string_view_body>::value, "");
+        request<string_view_body> req{"Hello, world!"};
+        req.version = 11;
+        req.method(verb::post);
+        req.target("/");
+        req.prepare();
+        static_buffer_n<512> b;
+        ostream(b) << req;
+        string_view const s{
+            boost::asio::buffer_cast<char const*>(*b.data().begin()),
+            boost::asio::buffer_size(*b.data().begin())};
+        BEAST_EXPECT(s ==
+            "POST / HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+            "Content-Length: 13\r\n"
+            "\r\n"
+            "Hello, world!");
+    }
+};
+
+BEAST_DEFINE_TESTSUITE(string_view_body,http,beast);
+
+} // http
+} // beast
+