diff --git a/cpp/msgpack/sbuffer.h b/cpp/msgpack/sbuffer.h
index bc0a8fd0..57f424a3 100644
--- a/cpp/msgpack/sbuffer.h
+++ b/cpp/msgpack/sbuffer.h
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ static inline char* msgpack_sbuffer_release(msgpack_sbuffer* sbuf)
 	return tmp;
 }
 
+static inline void msgpack_sbuffer_clear(msgpack_sbuffer* sbuf)
+{
+	sbuf->size = 0;
+}
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/cpp/msgpack/sbuffer.hpp b/cpp/msgpack/sbuffer.hpp
index ca06884e..e4a3f969 100644
--- a/cpp/msgpack/sbuffer.hpp
+++ b/cpp/msgpack/sbuffer.hpp
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ public:
 		return msgpack_sbuffer_release(this);
 	}
 
+	void clear()
+	{
+		msgpack_sbuffer_clear(this);
+	}
+
 private:
 	void expand_buffer(size_t len)
 	{
diff --git a/cpp/msgpack/vrefbuffer.h b/cpp/msgpack/vrefbuffer.h
index 38ead67b..a08e0d0b 100644
--- a/cpp/msgpack/vrefbuffer.h
+++ b/cpp/msgpack/vrefbuffer.h
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ int msgpack_vrefbuffer_append_ref(msgpack_vrefbuffer* vbuf,
 
 int msgpack_vrefbuffer_migrate(msgpack_vrefbuffer* vbuf, msgpack_vrefbuffer* to);
 
+void msgpack_vrefbuffer_clear(msgpack_vrefbuffer* vref);
+
+
 int msgpack_vrefbuffer_write(void* data, const char* buf, unsigned int len)
 {
 	msgpack_vrefbuffer* vbuf = (msgpack_vrefbuffer*)data;
diff --git a/cpp/msgpack/vrefbuffer.hpp b/cpp/msgpack/vrefbuffer.hpp
index c8eca7b6..7e0ffb23 100644
--- a/cpp/msgpack/vrefbuffer.hpp
+++ b/cpp/msgpack/vrefbuffer.hpp
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ public:
 		}
 	}
 
+	void clear()
+	{
+		msgpack_vrefbuffer_clear(this);
+	}
+
 private:
 	typedef msgpack_vrefbuffer base;
 
diff --git a/cpp/test/buffer.cc b/cpp/test/buffer.cc
index a2e90378..aff0699e 100644
--- a/cpp/test/buffer.cc
+++ b/cpp/test/buffer.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ TEST(buffer, sbuffer)
 
 	EXPECT_EQ(3, sbuf.size());
 	EXPECT_TRUE( memcmp(sbuf.data(), "aaa", 3) == 0 );
+
+	sbuf.clear();
+	sbuf.write("a", 1);
+	sbuf.write("a", 1);
+	sbuf.write("a", 1);
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(3, sbuf.size());
+	EXPECT_TRUE( memcmp(sbuf.data(), "aaa", 3) == 0 );
 }
 
 
@@ -32,6 +40,23 @@ TEST(buffer, vrefbuffer)
 
 	EXPECT_EQ(3, sbuf.size());
 	EXPECT_TRUE( memcmp(sbuf.data(), "aaa", 3) == 0 );
+
+
+	vbuf.clear();
+	vbuf.write("a", 1);
+	vbuf.write("a", 1);
+	vbuf.write("a", 1);
+
+	vec = vbuf.vector();
+	veclen = vbuf.vector_size();
+
+	sbuf.clear();
+	for(size_t i=0; i < veclen; ++i) {
+		sbuf.write((const char*)vec[i].iov_base, vec[i].iov_len);
+	}
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(3, sbuf.size());
+	EXPECT_TRUE( memcmp(sbuf.data(), "aaa", 3) == 0 );
 }
 
 
diff --git a/cpp/vrefbuffer.c b/cpp/vrefbuffer.c
index 136372f6..a27b138e 100644
--- a/cpp/vrefbuffer.c
+++ b/cpp/vrefbuffer.c
@@ -75,6 +75,25 @@ void msgpack_vrefbuffer_destroy(msgpack_vrefbuffer* vbuf)
 	free(vbuf->array);
 }
 
+void msgpack_vrefbuffer_clear(msgpack_vrefbuffer* vbuf)
+{
+	msgpack_vrefbuffer_chunk* c = vbuf->inner_buffer.head->next;
+	msgpack_vrefbuffer_chunk* n;
+	while(c != NULL) {
+		n = c->next;
+		free(c);
+		c = n;
+	}
+
+	msgpack_vrefbuffer_inner_buffer* const ib = &vbuf->inner_buffer;
+	msgpack_vrefbuffer_chunk* chunk = ib->head;
+	chunk->next = NULL;
+	ib->free = vbuf->chunk_size;
+	ib->ptr  = ((char*)chunk) + sizeof(msgpack_vrefbuffer_chunk);
+
+	vbuf->tail = vbuf->array;
+}
+
 int msgpack_vrefbuffer_append_ref(msgpack_vrefbuffer* vbuf,
 		const char* buf, unsigned int len)
 {