diff --git a/src/core/peg.c b/src/core/peg.c
index 9a10b733..a1e4f0d0 100644
--- a/src/core/peg.c
+++ b/src/core/peg.c
@@ -1419,6 +1419,11 @@ static uint32_t peg_compile1(Builder *b, Janet peg) {
             emit_bytes(b, RULE_LITERAL, len, str);
             break;
         }
+        case JANET_BUFFER: {
+            const JanetBuffer *buf = janet_unwrap_buffer(peg);
+            emit_bytes(b, RULE_LITERAL, buf->count, buf->data);
+            break;
+        }
         case JANET_TABLE: {
             /* Build grammar table */
             JanetTable *new_grammar = janet_table_clone(janet_unwrap_table(peg));
diff --git a/test/suite-peg.janet b/test/suite-peg.janet
index 7f7a83d6..2472374b 100644
--- a/test/suite-peg.janet
+++ b/test/suite-peg.janet
@@ -783,5 +783,11 @@
   "abc123,,,,"
   @["" "" "" "" ""])
 
+# Issue #1549 - allow buffers as peg literals
+(test "issue 1549"
+      ''@"abc123"
+      "abc123"
+      @["abc123"])
+
 (end-suite)