diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 617c271e..8aad90f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Version 200
 * Refactor static_buffer
 * HTTP tidying
 * Adjust static_asio lib options in Jamfile
+* Add type_traits tests
 
 API Changes:
 
diff --git a/test/beast/http/type_traits.cpp b/test/beast/http/type_traits.cpp
index e1a507bf..2994bfbc 100644
--- a/test/beast/http/type_traits.cpp
+++ b/test/beast/http/type_traits.cpp
@@ -11,12 +11,132 @@
 #include <boost/beast/http/type_traits.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/beast/http/empty_body.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/http/string_body.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/core/buffer_traits.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/core/buffers_cat.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/core/buffers_suffix.hpp>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace boost {
 namespace beast {
 namespace http {
 
+// Buffers
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(net::is_const_buffer_sequence<chunk_crlf>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_same<
+    buffers_type<chunk_crlf>,
+    net::const_buffer>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(! std::is_same<
+    buffers_type<chunk_crlf>,
+    net::mutable_buffer>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_convertible<
+    decltype(*net::buffer_sequence_begin(std::declval<chunk_crlf const&>())),
+    net::const_buffer
+        >::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(! std::is_convertible<
+    decltype(*net::buffer_sequence_begin(std::declval<chunk_crlf const&>())),
+    net::mutable_buffer
+        >::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(net::is_const_buffer_sequence<
+    buffers_cat_view<net::const_buffer, chunk_crlf>
+        >::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_same<
+    buffers_type<buffers_cat_view<net::const_buffer, chunk_crlf>>,
+    net::const_buffer>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(! std::is_same<
+    buffers_type<buffers_cat_view<net::const_buffer, chunk_crlf>>,
+    net::mutable_buffer>::value);
+
+using bs_t = buffers_suffix<buffers_cat_view<net::const_buffer, chunk_crlf>>;
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_same<
+    buffers_type<bs_t>,
+    net::const_buffer>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(! std::is_same<
+    buffers_type<bs_t>,
+    net::mutable_buffer>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_convertible<
+    decltype(*std::declval<bs_t const&>().begin()),
+    net::const_buffer>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(! std::is_convertible<
+    decltype(*std::declval<bs_t const&>().begin()),
+    net::mutable_buffer>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_same<
+    buffers_iterator_type<bs_t>,
+    decltype(std::declval<bs_t const&>().begin())>::value);
+
+using iter_t = bs_t::const_iterator;
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_same<
+    net::const_buffer,
+    decltype(std::declval<iter_t const&>().operator*())
+        >::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(! std::is_same<
+    net::mutable_buffer,
+    decltype(std::declval<iter_t const&>().operator*())
+        >::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_constructible<
+    net::const_buffer,
+    decltype(std::declval<iter_t const&>().operator*())>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_same<
+    net::const_buffer, buffers_suffix<
+        buffers_cat_view<net::const_buffer, net::const_buffer, chunk_crlf>
+            >::const_iterator::value_type>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_same<
+    net::const_buffer, buffers_type<
+    std::decay<buffers_cat_view<net::const_buffer, net::const_buffer, chunk_crlf>>::type
+        >>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_same<net::const_buffer, decltype(
+    std::declval<buffers_suffix<buffers_cat_view<
+        net::const_buffer, net::const_buffer, chunk_crlf>
+            >::const_iterator const&>().operator*())>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_same<net::const_buffer, decltype(
+    std::declval<buffers_suffix<buffers_cat_view<
+        net::const_buffer, net::const_buffer, chunk_crlf>
+            >::const_iterator const&>().operator*())>::value);
+
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(std::is_same<net::const_buffer, decltype(
+    std::declval<buffers_suffix<
+        buffers_cat_view<
+            beast::detail::buffers_ref<buffers_cat_view<
+                net::const_buffer,
+                net::const_buffer,
+                net::const_buffer,
+                http::basic_fields<
+                    std::allocator<char>>::writer::field_range,
+                http::chunk_crlf> >,
+            http::detail::chunk_size,
+            net::const_buffer,
+            http::chunk_crlf,
+            http::basic_string_body<
+                char, std::char_traits<char>,
+                std::allocator<char>>::writer::const_buffers_type,
+            http::chunk_crlf,
+            net::const_buffer,
+            net::const_buffer,
+            http::chunk_crlf>>::const_iterator const&>(
+                ).operator*())>::value);
+
+// Body
+
 BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(! is_body_writer<int>::value);
 
 BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(is_body_writer<empty_body>::value);