diff --git a/test/beast/http/buffer_body.cpp b/test/beast/http/buffer_body.cpp
index b73ad65c..bc7ab13b 100644
--- a/test/beast/http/buffer_body.cpp
+++ b/test/beast/http/buffer_body.cpp
@@ -9,3 +9,56 @@
 
 // Test that header file is self-contained.
 #include <boost/beast/http/buffer_body.hpp>
+
+#include <boost/beast/core/flat_buffer.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/core/ostream.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/http/parser.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/http/read.hpp>
+
+#include <boost/beast/_experimental/unit_test/suite.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/_experimental/test/stream.hpp>
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace beast {
+namespace http {
+
+class buffer_body_test : public beast::unit_test::suite
+{
+public:
+    void
+    v()
+    {
+        net::io_context ioc;
+        test::stream ts{ioc};
+        ostream(ts.buffer()) <<
+            "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+            "Content-Length:3\r\n"
+            "\r\n"
+            "1.0";
+        error_code ec;
+        flat_buffer fb;
+        response_parser<buffer_body> p;
+        char buf[256];
+        p.get().body().data = buf;
+        p.get().body().size = sizeof(buf);
+        read_header(ts, fb, p, ec);
+        auto const bytes_transferred =
+            read(ts, fb, p, ec);
+        BEAST_EXPECTS(! ec, ec.message());
+
+        // VFALCO What should the read algorithms return?
+        //BEAST_EXPECT(bytes_transferred == 3);
+    }
+
+    void
+    run() override
+    {
+        testIssue1717();
+    }
+};
+
+BEAST_DEFINE_TESTSUITE(beast,http,buffer_body);
+
+} // http
+} // beast
+} // boost
diff --git a/test/beast/http/write.cpp b/test/beast/http/write.cpp
index 88255d58..f6cfadea 100644
--- a/test/beast/http/write.cpp
+++ b/test/beast/http/write.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 // Test that header file is self-contained.
 #include <boost/beast/http/write.hpp>
 
-#include <boost/beast/http/buffer_body.hpp>
 #include <boost/beast/http/empty_body.hpp>
 #include <boost/beast/http/fields.hpp>
 #include <boost/beast/http/message.hpp>