diff --git a/include/grpc/byte_buffer.h b/include/grpc/byte_buffer.h
index 1433ffdf7e3..ffc5982bc03 100644
--- a/include/grpc/byte_buffer.h
+++ b/include/grpc/byte_buffer.h
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ void grpc_byte_buffer_reader_destroy(grpc_byte_buffer_reader *reader);
 int grpc_byte_buffer_reader_next(grpc_byte_buffer_reader *reader,
                                  gpr_slice *slice);
 
+/** Merge all data from \a reader into single slice */
+gpr_slice grpc_byte_buffer_reader_readall(grpc_byte_buffer_reader *reader);
+
 /** Returns a RAW byte buffer instance from the output of \a reader. */
 grpc_byte_buffer *grpc_raw_byte_buffer_from_reader(
     grpc_byte_buffer_reader *reader);
diff --git a/src/core/surface/byte_buffer_reader.c b/src/core/surface/byte_buffer_reader.c
index 283db83833d..9f830df68ce 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/byte_buffer_reader.c
+++ b/src/core/surface/byte_buffer_reader.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <string.h>
 #include <grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h>
 
 #include <grpc/compression.h>
@@ -103,3 +104,21 @@ int grpc_byte_buffer_reader_next(grpc_byte_buffer_reader *reader,
   }
   return 0;
 }
+
+gpr_slice grpc_byte_buffer_reader_readall(grpc_byte_buffer_reader *reader) {
+  gpr_slice in_slice;
+  size_t bytes_read = 0;
+  const size_t input_size = grpc_byte_buffer_length(reader->buffer_out);
+  gpr_slice out_slice = gpr_slice_malloc(input_size);
+  gpr_uint8 *const outbuf = GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(out_slice); /* just an alias */
+
+  while (grpc_byte_buffer_reader_next(reader, &in_slice) != 0) {
+    const size_t slice_length = GPR_SLICE_LENGTH(in_slice);
+    memcpy(&(outbuf[bytes_read]), GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(in_slice), slice_length);
+    bytes_read += slice_length;
+    gpr_slice_unref(in_slice);
+    GPR_ASSERT(bytes_read <= input_size);
+  }
+  return out_slice;
+}
+
diff --git a/test/core/surface/byte_buffer_reader_test.c b/test/core/surface/byte_buffer_reader_test.c
index 560e0ac7b23..c654f80f71c 100644
--- a/test/core/surface/byte_buffer_reader_test.c
+++ b/test/core/surface/byte_buffer_reader_test.c
@@ -184,6 +184,39 @@ static void test_byte_buffer_from_reader(void) {
   grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(buffer_from_reader);
 }
 
+static void test_readall(void) {
+  const char* lotsa_as[512];
+  const char* lotsa_bs[1024];
+  gpr_slice slices[2];
+  grpc_byte_buffer *buffer;
+  grpc_byte_buffer_reader reader;
+  gpr_slice slice_out;
+
+  LOG_TEST("test_readall");
+
+  memset(lotsa_as, 'a', 512);
+  memset(lotsa_bs, 'b', 1024);
+  /* use slices large enough to overflow inlining */
+  slices[0] = gpr_slice_malloc(512);
+  memcpy(GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(slices[0]), lotsa_as, 512);
+  slices[1] = gpr_slice_malloc(1024);
+  memcpy(GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(slices[1]), lotsa_bs, 1024);
+
+  buffer = grpc_raw_byte_buffer_create(slices, 2);
+  gpr_slice_unref(slices[0]);
+  gpr_slice_unref(slices[1]);
+
+  grpc_byte_buffer_reader_init(&reader, buffer);
+  slice_out = grpc_byte_buffer_reader_readall(&reader);
+
+  GPR_ASSERT(GPR_SLICE_LENGTH(slice_out) == 512 + 1024);
+  GPR_ASSERT(memcmp(GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(slice_out), lotsa_as, 512) == 0);
+  GPR_ASSERT(memcmp(&(GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(slice_out)[512]), lotsa_bs, 1024) ==
+             0);
+  gpr_slice_unref(slice_out);
+  grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(buffer);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
   test_read_one_slice();
@@ -192,6 +225,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   test_read_gzip_compressed_slice();
   test_read_deflate_compressed_slice();
   test_byte_buffer_from_reader();
-
+  test_readall();
   return 0;
 }