diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 72209adc..e7be744e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-web"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Actix web framework"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/body.rs b/src/body.rs
index adfb533a..c4ce4a08 100644
--- a/src/body.rs
+++ b/src/body.rs
@@ -113,12 +113,24 @@ impl From<Rc<Bytes>> for BinaryBody {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> From<&'a Rc<Bytes>> for BinaryBody {
+    fn from(body: &'a Rc<Bytes>) -> BinaryBody {
+        BinaryBody::SharedBytes(Rc::clone(body))
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Arc<Bytes>> for BinaryBody {
     fn from(body: Arc<Bytes>) -> BinaryBody {
         BinaryBody::ArcSharedBytes(body)
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> From<&'a Arc<Bytes>> for BinaryBody {
+    fn from(body: &'a Arc<Bytes>) -> BinaryBody {
+        BinaryBody::ArcSharedBytes(Arc::clone(body))
+    }
+}
+
 impl AsRef<[u8]> for BinaryBody {
     fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
         match self {