diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9cf1ddac..2b01b99b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Version 65:
 
 * Enable narrowing warning on msvc cmake
 * Fix integer types in deflate_stream::bi_reverse
+* Fix narrowing in static_ostream
 
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diff --git a/include/beast/core/detail/static_ostream.hpp b/include/beast/core/detail/static_ostream.hpp
index d64e41b8..f0f6b3d1 100644
--- a/include/beast/core/detail/static_ostream.hpp
+++ b/include/beast/core/detail/static_ostream.hpp
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ public:
     {
         if(! Traits::eq_int_type(ch, Traits::eof()))
         {
-            Traits::assign(*this->pptr(), ch);
+            Traits::assign(*this->pptr(),
+                static_cast<CharT>(ch));
             flush(1);
             prepare();
             return ch;