diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/BinaryReader.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/BinaryReader.h
index d30f7e763..d5e0f62c7 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/BinaryReader.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/BinaryReader.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 
 
 #include "Poco/Foundation.h"
+#include "Poco/Buffer.h"
+#include "Poco/MemoryStream.h"
 #include <vector>
 #include <istream>
 
@@ -169,6 +171,44 @@ private:
 };
 
 
+template <typename T>
+class BasicMemoryBinaryReader : public BinaryReader
+	/// A convenient wrapper for using Buffer and MemoryStream with BinaryReader.
+{
+public:
+	BasicMemoryBinaryReader(Buffer<T>& data, StreamByteOrder byteOrder = NATIVE_BYTE_ORDER):
+		BinaryReader(_istr, byteOrder),
+		_data(data),
+		_istr(data.begin(), data.size())
+	{
+	}
+
+	BasicMemoryBinaryReader(Buffer<T>& data, TextEncoding& encoding, StreamByteOrder byteOrder = NATIVE_BYTE_ORDER):
+		BinaryReader(_istr, encoding, byteOrder),
+		_data(data),
+		_istr(data.begin(), data.size())
+	{
+	}
+
+	Buffer<T>& data()
+	{
+		return _data;
+	}
+
+	const Buffer<T>& data() const
+	{
+		return _data;
+	}
+
+private:
+	Buffer<T>& _data;
+	MemoryInputStream _istr;
+};
+
+
+typedef BasicMemoryBinaryReader<char> MemoryBinaryReader;
+
+
 //
 // inlines
 //
diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/BinaryWriter.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/BinaryWriter.h
index e4e4ebdaf..7011c06d6 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/BinaryWriter.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/BinaryWriter.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 
 
 #include "Poco/Foundation.h"
+#include "Poco/Buffer.h"
+#include "Poco/MemoryStream.h"
 #include <vector>
 #include <ostream>
 
@@ -184,6 +186,44 @@ private:
 };
 
 
+template <typename T>
+class BasicMemoryBinaryWriter : public BinaryWriter
+	/// A convenient wrapper for using Buffer and MemoryStream with BinarWriter.
+{
+public:
+	BasicMemoryBinaryWriter(Buffer<T>& data, StreamByteOrder byteOrder = NATIVE_BYTE_ORDER): 
+		BinaryWriter(_ostr, byteOrder),
+		_data(data),
+		_ostr(data.begin(), data.size())
+	{
+	}
+
+	BasicMemoryBinaryWriter(Buffer<T>& data, TextEncoding& encoding, StreamByteOrder byteOrder = NATIVE_BYTE_ORDER): 
+		BinaryWriter(_ostr, encoding, byteOrder),
+		_data(data),
+		_ostr(data.begin(), data.size())
+	{
+	}
+
+	Buffer<T>& data()
+	{
+		return _data;
+	}
+
+	const Buffer<T>& data() const
+	{
+		return _data;
+	}
+
+private:
+	Buffer<T>& _data;
+	MemoryOutputStream _ostr;
+};
+
+
+typedef BasicMemoryBinaryWriter<char> MemoryBinaryWriter;
+
+
 //
 // inlines
 //
diff --git a/Foundation/testsuite/src/BinaryReaderWriterTest.cpp b/Foundation/testsuite/src/BinaryReaderWriterTest.cpp
index d87bd7517..351ca4119 100644
--- a/Foundation/testsuite/src/BinaryReaderWriterTest.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/testsuite/src/BinaryReaderWriterTest.cpp
@@ -35,11 +35,15 @@
 #include "CppUnit/TestSuite.h"
 #include "Poco/BinaryWriter.h"
 #include "Poco/BinaryReader.h"
+#include "Poco/Buffer.h"
 #include <sstream>
 
 
 using Poco::BinaryWriter;
+using Poco::MemoryBinaryWriter;
 using Poco::BinaryReader;
+using Poco::MemoryBinaryReader;
+using Poco::Buffer;
 using Poco::Int32;
 using Poco::UInt32;
 using Poco::Int64;
@@ -245,6 +249,27 @@ void BinaryReaderWriterTest::read(BinaryReader& reader)
 }
 
 
+void BinaryReaderWriterTest::testWrappers()
+{
+	bool b = false; char c = '0'; int i = 0;
+	Buffer<char> buf(64);
+
+	MemoryBinaryWriter writer(buf);
+	writer << true;
+	writer << false;
+	writer << 'a';
+	writer << 1;
+	writer << -1;
+
+	MemoryBinaryReader reader(writer.data());
+	reader >> b; assert (b);
+	reader >> b; assert (!b);
+	reader >> c; assert ('a' == c);
+	reader >> i; assert (1 == i);
+	reader >> i; assert (-1 == i);
+}
+
+
 void BinaryReaderWriterTest::setUp()
 {
 }
@@ -262,6 +287,7 @@ CppUnit::Test* BinaryReaderWriterTest::suite()
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, BinaryReaderWriterTest, testNative);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, BinaryReaderWriterTest, testBigEndian);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, BinaryReaderWriterTest, testLittleEndian);
+	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, BinaryReaderWriterTest, testWrappers);
 
 	return pSuite;
 }
diff --git a/Foundation/testsuite/src/BinaryReaderWriterTest.h b/Foundation/testsuite/src/BinaryReaderWriterTest.h
index bd8aa2acf..f4d8dd1fb 100644
--- a/Foundation/testsuite/src/BinaryReaderWriterTest.h
+++ b/Foundation/testsuite/src/BinaryReaderWriterTest.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public:
 	void testNative();
 	void testBigEndian();
 	void testLittleEndian();
+	void testWrappers();
 	void write(Poco::BinaryWriter& writer);
 	void read(Poco::BinaryReader& reader);