diff --git a/iter_skip.go b/iter_skip.go
index f58beb9..e91eefb 100644
--- a/iter_skip.go
+++ b/iter_skip.go
@@ -37,17 +37,24 @@ func (iter *Iterator) SkipAndReturnBytes() []byte {
 	return iter.stopCapture()
 }
 
-type captureBuffer struct {
-	startedAt int
-	captured  []byte
+// SkipAndAppendBytes skips next JSON element and appends its content to
+// buffer, returning the result.
+func (iter *Iterator) SkipAndAppendBytes(buf []byte) []byte {
+	iter.startCaptureTo(buf, iter.head)
+	iter.Skip()
+	return iter.stopCapture()
 }
 
-func (iter *Iterator) startCapture(captureStartedAt int) {
+func (iter *Iterator) startCaptureTo(buf []byte, captureStartedAt int) {
 	if iter.captured != nil {
 		panic("already in capture mode")
 	}
 	iter.captureStartedAt = captureStartedAt
-	iter.captured = make([]byte, 0, 32)
+	iter.captured = buf
+}
+
+func (iter *Iterator) startCapture(captureStartedAt int) {
+	iter.startCaptureTo(make([]byte, 0, 32), captureStartedAt)
 }
 
 func (iter *Iterator) stopCapture() []byte {
@@ -58,13 +65,7 @@ func (iter *Iterator) stopCapture() []byte {
 	remaining := iter.buf[iter.captureStartedAt:iter.head]
 	iter.captureStartedAt = -1
 	iter.captured = nil
-	if len(captured) == 0 {
-		copied := make([]byte, len(remaining))
-		copy(copied, remaining)
-		return copied
-	}
-	captured = append(captured, remaining...)
-	return captured
+	return append(captured, remaining...)
 }
 
 // Skip skips a json object and positions to relatively the next json object
diff --git a/skip_tests/jsoniter_skip_test.go b/skip_tests/jsoniter_skip_test.go
index bf054d1..785899a 100644
--- a/skip_tests/jsoniter_skip_test.go
+++ b/skip_tests/jsoniter_skip_test.go
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ func Test_skip_and_return_bytes_with_reader(t *testing.T) {
 	should.Equal(`{"a" : [{"stream": "c"}], "d": 102 }`, string(skipped))
 }
 
+func Test_append_skip_and_return_bytes_with_reader(t *testing.T) {
+	should := require.New(t)
+	iter := jsoniter.Parse(jsoniter.ConfigDefault, bytes.NewBufferString(`[ {"a" : [{"stream": "c"}], "d": 102 }, "stream"]`), 4)
+	iter.ReadArray()
+	buf := make([]byte, 0, 1024)
+	buf = iter.SkipAndAppendBytes(buf)
+	should.Equal(`{"a" : [{"stream": "c"}], "d": 102 }`, string(buf))
+}
+
 func Test_skip_empty(t *testing.T) {
 	should := require.New(t)
 	should.NotNil(jsoniter.Get([]byte("")).LastError())