diff --git a/src/fs/io/BufferedOutputStream.hxx b/src/fs/io/BufferedOutputStream.hxx
index 88096bea9..b88be1bac 100644
--- a/src/fs/io/BufferedOutputStream.hxx
+++ b/src/fs/io/BufferedOutputStream.hxx
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ public:
 	 */
 	void Flush();
 
+	/**
+	 * Discard buffer contents.
+	 */
+	void Discard() noexcept {
+		buffer.Clear();
+	}
+
 private:
 	bool AppendToBuffer(const void *data, std::size_t size) noexcept;