diff --git a/src/ngx_stream_lua_socket_tcp.c b/src/ngx_stream_lua_socket_tcp.c
index 46808113..0e9080ff 100644
--- a/src/ngx_stream_lua_socket_tcp.c
+++ b/src/ngx_stream_lua_socket_tcp.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static int ngx_stream_lua_socket_write_error_retval_handler(
     ngx_stream_session_t *s, ngx_stream_lua_socket_tcp_upstream_t *u,
     lua_State *L);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_stream_lua_socket_read_all(void *data, ssize_t bytes);
+static ngx_int_t ngx_stream_lua_socket_read_bsd(void *data, ssize_t bytes);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_stream_lua_socket_read_until(void *data, ssize_t bytes);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_stream_lua_socket_read_chunk(void *data, ssize_t bytes);
 static int ngx_stream_lua_socket_tcp_receiveuntil(lua_State *L);
@@ -1736,6 +1737,10 @@ ngx_stream_lua_socket_tcp_receive(lua_State *L)
                 u->input_filter = ngx_stream_lua_socket_read_all;
                 break;
 
+            case 'b':
+                u->input_filter = ngx_stream_lua_socket_read_bsd;
+                break;
+
             default:
                 return luaL_argerror(L, 2, "bad pattern argument");
                 break;
@@ -1991,6 +1996,38 @@ ngx_stream_lua_socket_read_line(void *data, ssize_t bytes)
 }
 
 
+static ngx_int_t
+ngx_stream_lua_socket_read_bsd(void *data, ssize_t bytes)
+{
+    ngx_stream_lua_socket_tcp_upstream_t      *u = data;
+
+    ngx_buf_t                   *b;
+
+#if (NGX_DEBUG)
+    ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_STREAM, u->request->connection->log, 0,
+                   "stream lua tcp socket read bsd");
+#endif
+
+    if (bytes == 0) {
+        u->ft_type |= NGX_STREAM_LUA_SOCKET_FT_CLOSED;
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    b = &u->buffer;
+
+    dd("already read: %p: %.*s", u->buf_in,
+       (int) (u->buf_in->buf->last - u->buf_in->buf->pos),
+       u->buf_in->buf->pos);
+
+    dd("data read: %.*s", (int) bytes, b->pos);
+
+    u->buf_in->buf->last = ngx_cpymem(u->buf_in->buf->last, b->pos, bytes);
+    b->pos += bytes;
+
+    return NGX_OK;
+}
+
+
 static ngx_int_t
 ngx_stream_lua_socket_tcp_read(ngx_stream_session_t *s,
     ngx_stream_lua_socket_tcp_upstream_t *u)
diff --git a/t/137-tcp-socket-receive-bsd-style.t b/t/137-tcp-socket-receive-bsd-style.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d73f4de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/137-tcp-socket-receive-bsd-style.t
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# vim:set ft= ts=4 sw=4 et fdm=marker:
+
+use Test::Nginx::Socket::Lua::Stream 'no_plan';
+
+repeat_each(2);
+
+log_level 'debug';
+
+run_tests();
+
+__DATA__
+
+=== TEST 1: *b pattern for receive
+--- config
+    location = /t {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            local sock = ngx.socket.tcp()
+            sock:settimeout(100)
+            assert(sock:connect("127.0.0.1", 5678))
+
+            sock:send("1")
+            ngx.sleep(0.01)
+
+            sock:send("22")
+            ngx.sleep(0.01)
+
+            local t = {
+                'test',
+                'send',
+                'table',
+            }
+            sock:send(t)
+            ngx.sleep(0.01)
+
+            sock:send("hello world")
+
+            local data, _ = sock:receive('*a')
+            ngx.say(data)
+
+            sock:close()
+        }
+    }
+--- main_config
+    stream {
+        server {
+            listen 5678;
+            content_by_lua_block {
+                local sock = ngx.req.socket(true)
+                local data, _ = sock:receive('*b')
+                if data ~= '1' then
+                    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "unexcepted result of: ", data)
+                    return
+                end
+
+                data, _ = sock:receive('*b')
+                if data ~= '22' then
+                    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "unexcepted result of: ", data)
+                    return
+                end
+
+                data, _ = sock:receive('*b')
+                if data ~= 'testsendtable' then
+                    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "unexcepted result of: ", data)
+                    return
+                end
+
+                data, _ = sock:receive('*b')
+                if data ~= 'hello world' then
+                    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "unexcepted result of: ", data)
+                    return
+                end
+
+                sock:send('ok')
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+--- request
+GET /t
+--- response_body
+ok
+--- no_error_log
+[error]
+--- error_log
+stream lua tcp socket read bsd