diff --git a/include/net/buf.h b/include/net/buf.h
index dab7499ccd1..28dc23f9b82 100644
--- a/include/net/buf.h
+++ b/include/net/buf.h
@@ -112,6 +112,21 @@ static inline void net_buf_simple_init(struct net_buf_simple *buf,
  */
 void *net_buf_simple_add(struct net_buf_simple *buf, size_t len);
 
+/**
+ *  @brief Copy bytes from memory to the end of the buffer
+ *
+ *  Copies the given number of bytes to the end of the buffer. Increments the
+ *  data length of the  buffer to account for more data at the end.
+ *
+ *  @param buf Buffer to update.
+ *  @param mem Location of data to be added.
+ *  @param len Length of data to be added
+ *
+ *  @return The original tail of the buffer.
+ */
+void *net_buf_simple_add_mem(struct net_buf_simple *buf, const void *mem,
+			     size_t len);
+
 /**
  *  @brief Add (8-bit) byte at the end of the buffer
  *
@@ -645,6 +660,22 @@ static inline void *net_buf_user_data(struct net_buf *buf)
  */
 #define net_buf_add(buf, len) net_buf_simple_add(&(buf)->b, len)
 
+/**
+ *  @def net_buf_add_mem
+ *  @brief Copy bytes from memory to the end of the buffer
+ *
+ *  Copies the given number of bytes to the end of the buffer. Increments the
+ *  data length of the  buffer to account for more data at the end.
+ *
+ *  @param buf Buffer to update.
+ *  @param mem Location of data to be added.
+ *  @param len Length of data to be added
+ *
+ *  @return The original tail of the buffer.
+ */
+#define net_buf_add_mem(buf, mem, len) net_buf_simple_add_mem(&(buf)->b, \
+							      mem, len)
+
 /**
  *  @def net_buf_add_u8
  *  @brief Add (8-bit) byte at the end of the buffer
diff --git a/subsys/net/buf.c b/subsys/net/buf.c
index e0e9feb85c3..9828aa24e1d 100644
--- a/subsys/net/buf.c
+++ b/subsys/net/buf.c
@@ -350,6 +350,14 @@ void *net_buf_simple_add(struct net_buf_simple *buf, size_t len)
 	return tail;
 }
 
+void *net_buf_simple_add_mem(struct net_buf_simple *buf, const void *mem,
+			     size_t len)
+{
+	NET_BUF_SIMPLE_DBG("buf %p len %zu", buf, len);
+
+	return memcpy(net_buf_simple_add(buf, len), mem, len);
+}
+
 uint8_t *net_buf_simple_add_u8(struct net_buf_simple *buf, uint8_t val)
 {
 	uint8_t *u8;