diff --git a/buffer.cc b/buffer.cc
index fdcfe0e..88cb0f4 100644
--- a/buffer.cc
+++ b/buffer.cc
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ PHP_METHOD(ByteBuffer, discard)
     GUARD_SIZE(objval, size);
 
     objval->data->discard(size);
+
+    RETURN_ZVAL(getThis(), 1, 0);
 }
 
 PHP_METHOD(ByteBuffer, slice)
diff --git a/tests/012.phpt b/tests/012.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8f56a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/012.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--TEST--
+Buffer fluent test
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('buffer')) {
+	echo 'skip';
+}
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$buffer = new PHPinnacle\Buffer\ByteBuffer('abcd');
+
+echo $buffer->append('e')->bytes() . \PHP_EOL;
+echo $buffer->discard(1)->bytes() . \PHP_EOL;
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+abcde
+bcde