diff --git a/buffer/buffer.go b/buffer/buffer.go
index 3f4b86e08..9e929cd98 100644
--- a/buffer/buffer.go
+++ b/buffer/buffer.go
@@ -106,6 +106,24 @@ func (b *Buffer) Write(bs []byte) (int, error) {
 	return len(bs), nil
 }
 
+// WriteByte writes a single byte to the Buffer.
+//
+// Error returned is always nil, function signature is compatible
+// with bytes.Buffer and bufio.Writer
+func (b *Buffer) WriteByte(v byte) error {
+	b.AppendByte(v)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WriteString writes a string to the Buffer.
+//
+// Error returned is always nil, function signature is compatible
+// with bytes.Buffer and bufio.Writer
+func (b *Buffer) WriteString(s string) (int, error) {
+	b.AppendString(s)
+	return len(s), nil
+}
+
 // TrimNewline trims any final "\n" byte from the end of the buffer.
 func (b *Buffer) TrimNewline() {
 	if i := len(b.bs) - 1; i >= 0 {
diff --git a/buffer/buffer_test.go b/buffer/buffer_test.go
index 96b81c294..b5cd191d2 100644
--- a/buffer/buffer_test.go
+++ b/buffer/buffer_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func TestBufferWrites(t *testing.T) {
 		{"AppendFloat32", func() { buf.AppendFloat(float64(float32(3.14)), 32) }, "3.14"},
 		{"AppendWrite", func() { buf.Write([]byte("foo")) }, "foo"},
 		{"AppendTime", func() { buf.AppendTime(time.Date(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, time.UTC), time.RFC3339) }, "2000-01-02T03:04:05Z"},
+		{"WriteByte", func() { buf.WriteByte('v') }, "v"},
+		{"WriteString", func() { buf.WriteString("foo") }, "foo"},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {