diff --git a/src/handlers.pxi b/src/handlers.pxi
index a813551c5..adc4cd41e 100644
--- a/src/handlers.pxi
+++ b/src/handlers.pxi
@@ -345,6 +345,24 @@ cdef void fuse_write (fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, const_char *buf,
     if ret != 0:
         log.error('fuse_write(): fuse_reply_* failed with %s', strerror(-ret))
 
+cdef void fuse_write_buf(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, fuse_bufvec *bufv,
+                         off_t off, fuse_file_info *fi) with gil:
+    cdef int ret
+    cdef size_t len_
+
+    try:
+        buf = PyBytes_from_bufvec(bufv)
+        with lock:
+            len_ = operations.write(fi.fh, off, buf)
+        ret = fuse_reply_write(req, len_)
+    except FUSEError as e:
+        ret = fuse_reply_err(req, e.errno)
+    except:
+        ret = handle_exc(req)
+
+    if ret != 0:
+        log.error('fuse_write_buf(): fuse_reply_* failed with %s', strerror(-ret))
+
 cdef void fuse_flush (fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, fuse_file_info *fi) with gil:
     cdef int ret
 
diff --git a/src/llfuse.pyx b/src/llfuse.pyx
index 2ce555e0b..9d5f72493 100644
--- a/src/llfuse.pyx
+++ b/src/llfuse.pyx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from posix.time cimport clock_gettime, CLOCK_REALTIME, timespec
 from cpython.bytes cimport (PyBytes_AsStringAndSize, PyBytes_FromStringAndSize,
                             PyBytes_AsString, PyBytes_FromString)
 from cpython.buffer cimport (PyObject_GetBuffer, PyBuffer_Release,
-                             PyBUF_CONTIG_RO)
+                             PyBUF_CONTIG_RO, PyBUF_CONTIG)
 cimport cpython.exc
 cimport cython
 from cpython.version cimport PY_MAJOR_VERSION
diff --git a/src/misc.pxi b/src/misc.pxi
index 7dfa2966e..cf90564fa 100644
--- a/src/misc.pxi
+++ b/src/misc.pxi
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ cdef void init_fuse_ops():
     fuse_ops.removexattr = fuse_removexattr
     fuse_ops.access = fuse_access
     fuse_ops.create = fuse_create
-
     ASSIGN_FUSE29(fuse_ops.forget_multi, &fuse_forget_multi)
+    ASSIGN_FUSE29(fuse_ops.write_buf, &fuse_write_buf)
 
 cdef make_fuse_args(args, fuse_args* f_args):
     cdef char* arg
@@ -514,3 +514,30 @@ cdef class NotifyRequest:
     cdef char attr_only
     cdef object name
     cdef int kind
+
+cdef PyBytes_from_bufvec(fuse_bufvec *src):
+    cdef Py_buffer pybuf
+    cdef fuse_bufvec dst
+    cdef size_t len_
+    cdef ssize_t res
+
+    len_ = fuse_buf_size(src) - src.off
+    buf = bytearray(len_)
+    PyObject_GetBuffer(buf, &pybuf, PyBUF_CONTIG)
+    try:
+        dst.count = 1
+        dst.idx = 0
+        dst.off = 0
+        dst.buf[0].mem = pybuf.buf
+        dst.buf[0].size = len_
+        dst.buf[0].flags = 0
+        res = fuse_buf_copy(&dst, src, 0)
+        if res < 0:
+            raise OSError(errno.errno, 'fuse_buf_copy failed with '
+                          + strerror(errno.errno))
+        elif <size_t> res < len_:
+            return memoryview(buf)[:-len_]
+        else:
+            return buf
+    finally:
+        PyBuffer_Release(&pybuf)