diff --git a/includes/kore.h b/includes/kore.h
index 97cc775..91a8d80 100644
--- a/includes/kore.h
+++ b/includes/kore.h
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ void		kore_buf_free(struct kore_buf *);
 struct kore_buf	*kore_buf_create(u_int32_t);
 void		kore_buf_append(struct kore_buf *, const void *, u_int32_t);
 u_int8_t	*kore_buf_release(struct kore_buf *, u_int32_t *);
+void 		kore_buf_reset(struct kore_buf *); 
 
 void	kore_buf_appendf(struct kore_buf *, const char *, ...);
 void	kore_buf_appendv(struct kore_buf *, const char *, va_list);
diff --git a/src/buf.c b/src/buf.c
index 3bbff9c..1619e23 100644
--- a/src/buf.c
+++ b/src/buf.c
@@ -140,3 +140,9 @@ kore_buf_replace_string(struct kore_buf *b, char *src, void *dst, size_t len)
 		off = off + len;
 	}
 }
+
+void
+kore_buf_reset(struct kore_buf *buf) 
+{
+        buf->offset = 0;
+}