diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b1af64e..870048a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Version 256:
 * Remove redundant template in service_base
 * Expand CI matrix using Azure Pipelines
 * Make chat websocket javascript client more user friendly
+* `allocator_traits::construct` is used for user-defined types
 
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diff --git a/include/boost/beast/core/buffers_cat.hpp b/include/boost/beast/core/buffers_cat.hpp
index 532ea32e..0f989210 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/core/buffers_cat.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/core/buffers_cat.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ namespace boost {
 namespace beast {
 
 /** A buffer sequence representing a concatenation of buffer sequences.
-
     @see buffers_cat
 */
 template<class... Buffers>
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ class buffers_cat_view
 
 public:
     /** The type of buffer returned when dereferencing an iterator.
-
         If every buffer sequence in the view is a <em>MutableBufferSequence</em>,
         then `value_type` will be `net::mutable_buffer`.
         Otherwise, `value_type` will be `net::const_buffer`.
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ public:
     buffers_cat_view& operator=(buffers_cat_view const&) = default;
 
     /** Constructor
-
         @param buffers The list of buffer sequences to concatenate.
         Copies of the arguments will be maintained for the lifetime
         of the concatenated sequence; however, the ownership of the
@@ -63,28 +60,24 @@ public:
     const_iterator
     begin() const;
 
-    /// Returns an iterator to one past the last buffer in the sequence 
+    /// Returns an iterator to one past the last buffer in the sequence
     const_iterator
     end() const;
 };
 
 /** Concatenate 2 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
     object does not take ownership of the underlying memory. The
     application is still responsible for managing the lifetime of the
     referenced memory.
-
     @param buffers The list of buffer sequences to concatenate.
-
     @return A new buffer sequence that represents the concatenation of
     the input buffer sequences. This buffer sequence will be a
     <em>MutableBufferSequence</em> if each of the passed buffer sequences is
     also a <em>MutableBufferSequence</em>; otherwise the returned buffer
     sequence will be a <em>ConstBufferSequence</em>.
-
     @see buffers_cat_view
 */
 #if BOOST_BEAST_DOXYGEN
diff --git a/include/boost/beast/core/impl/async_base.hpp b/include/boost/beast/core/impl/async_base.hpp
index ec17b1cc..8dc8cb29 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/core/impl/async_base.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/core/impl/async_base.hpp
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ struct allocate_stable_state final
                 allocate_stable_state>;
 
         A a(this->get());
-        detail::allocator_traits<A>::destroy(a, this);
-        detail::allocator_traits<A>::deallocate(a, this, 1);
+        auto* p = this;
+        p->~allocate_stable_state();
+        a.deallocate(p, 1);
     }
 };
 
@@ -118,33 +119,30 @@ allocate_stable(
 {
     using allocator_type = typename stable_async_base<
         Handler, Executor1, Allocator>::allocator_type;
-
+    using state = detail::allocate_stable_state<
+        State, allocator_type>;
     using A = typename detail::allocator_traits<
-        allocator_type>::template rebind_alloc<
-            detail::allocate_stable_state<
-                State, allocator_type>>;
+        allocator_type>::template rebind_alloc<state>;
 
     struct deleter
     {
         allocator_type alloc;
-        detail::allocate_stable_state<
-            State, allocator_type>* ptr;
+        state* ptr;
 
         ~deleter()
         {
             if(ptr)
             {
                 A a(alloc);
-                detail::allocator_traits<A>::deallocate(a, ptr, 1);
+                a.deallocate(ptr, 1);
             }
         }
     };
 
     A a(base.get_allocator());
-    deleter d{base.get_allocator(), nullptr};
-    d.ptr = detail::allocator_traits<A>::allocate(a, 1);
-    detail::allocator_traits<A>::construct(a, d.ptr,
-        d.alloc, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+    deleter d{base.get_allocator(), a.allocate(1)};
+    ::new(static_cast<void*>(d.ptr))
+        state(d.alloc, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
     d.ptr->next_ = base.list_;
     base.list_ = d.ptr;
     return boost::exchange(d.ptr, nullptr)->value;
diff --git a/test/beast/core/buffers_cat.cpp b/test/beast/core/buffers_cat.cpp
index 5c894469..b8ed48c9 100644
--- a/test/beast/core/buffers_cat.cpp
+++ b/test/beast/core/buffers_cat.cpp
@@ -302,6 +302,21 @@ public:
             buffers_cat(buffers_prefix(i, buffers), cb));
     }
 
+    void
+    testSingleBuffer()
+    {
+        char c[1] = {};
+        auto b = net::const_buffer(c, 1);
+        auto bs = buffers_cat(net::const_buffer(c, 1));
+        auto first = net::buffer_sequence_begin(bs);
+        auto last = net::buffer_sequence_end(bs);
+        BOOST_ASSERT(first != last);
+        BEAST_EXPECT(std::distance(first, last) == 1);
+        net::const_buffer b2(*first);
+        BEAST_EXPECT(b.data() == b2.data());
+        BEAST_EXPECT(b.size() == b2.size());
+    }
+
     void run() override
     {
         testBufferSequence();
@@ -309,6 +324,7 @@ public:
         testEmpty();
         testGccWarning1();
         testGccWarning2();
+        testSingleBuffer();
     }
 };