diff --git a/src/http/body.rs b/src/http/body.rs
index f98d593123..d0b80329d2 100644
--- a/src/http/body.rs
+++ b/src/http/body.rs
@@ -96,3 +96,18 @@ fn _assert_send_sync() {
     _assert_send::<Chunk>();
     _assert_sync::<Chunk>();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_body_stream_concat() {
+    use futures::{Sink, Stream, Future};
+    let (tx, body) = Body::pair();
+
+    ::std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let tx = tx.send(Ok("hello ".into())).wait().unwrap();
+        tx.send(Ok("world".into())).wait().unwrap();
+    });
+
+    let total = body.concat().wait().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(total.as_ref(), b"hello world");
+
+}
diff --git a/src/http/chunk.rs b/src/http/chunk.rs
index a8b65940ea..ec0b3d5e6f 100644
--- a/src/http/chunk.rs
+++ b/src/http/chunk.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,41 @@
 use std::fmt;
+use std::mem;
 
-use bytes::Bytes;
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut, BufMut};
 
 /// A piece of a message body.
 pub struct Chunk(Inner);
 
 enum Inner {
+    Mut(BytesMut),
     Shared(Bytes),
+    Swapping,
+}
+
+impl Inner {
+    fn as_bytes_mut(&mut self, reserve: usize) -> &mut BytesMut {
+        match *self {
+            Inner::Mut(ref mut bytes) => return bytes,
+            _ => ()
+        }
+
+        let bytes = match mem::replace(self, Inner::Swapping) {
+            Inner::Shared(bytes) => bytes,
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        };
+
+        let bytes_mut = bytes.try_mut().unwrap_or_else(|bytes| {
+            let mut bytes_mut = BytesMut::with_capacity(reserve + bytes.len());
+            bytes_mut.put_slice(bytes.as_ref());
+            bytes_mut
+        });
+
+        *self = Inner::Mut(bytes_mut);
+        match *self {
+            Inner::Mut(ref mut bytes) => bytes,
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<Vec<u8>> for Chunk {
@@ -46,7 +75,9 @@ impl From<Bytes> for Chunk {
 impl From<Chunk> for Bytes {
     fn from(chunk: Chunk) -> Bytes {
         match chunk.0 {
+            Inner::Mut(bytes_mut) => bytes_mut.freeze(),
             Inner::Shared(bytes) => bytes,
+            Inner::Swapping => unreachable!(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -64,7 +95,9 @@ impl AsRef<[u8]> for Chunk {
     #[inline]
     fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
         match self.0 {
+            Inner::Mut(ref slice) => slice,
             Inner::Shared(ref slice) => slice,
+            Inner::Swapping => unreachable!(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -75,3 +108,24 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Chunk {
         fmt::Debug::fmt(self.as_ref(), f)
     }
 }
+
+impl IntoIterator for Chunk {
+    type Item = u8;
+    type IntoIter = <Bytes as IntoIterator>::IntoIter;
+
+    fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
+        match self.0 {
+            Inner::Mut(bytes) => bytes.freeze().into_iter(),
+            Inner::Shared(bytes) => bytes.into_iter(),
+            Inner::Swapping => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Extend<u8> for Chunk {
+    fn extend<T>(&mut self, iter: T) where T: IntoIterator<Item=u8> {
+        let iter = iter.into_iter();
+
+        self.0.as_bytes_mut(iter.size_hint().0).extend(iter);
+    }
+}