diff --git a/kernel-src/include/ringbuffer.h b/kernel-src/include/ringbuffer.h
index 5c1afac2..ba1f58c4 100644
--- a/kernel-src/include/ringbuffer.h
+++ b/kernel-src/include/ringbuffer.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ int ringbuffer_init(ringbuffer_t *ringbuffer, size_t size);
 void ringbuffer_destroy(ringbuffer_t *ringbuffer);
 size_t ringbuffer_read(ringbuffer_t* ringbuffer, void *buffer, size_t count);
 size_t ringbuffer_write(ringbuffer_t* ringbuffer, void *buffer, size_t count);
+size_t ringbuffer_truncate(ringbuffer_t *ringbuffer, size_t count);
 
 #define RINGBUFFER_DATACOUNT(x) ((x)->write - (x)->read)
 
diff --git a/kernel-src/lib/ringbuffer.c b/kernel-src/lib/ringbuffer.c
index a71ee8dc..ed6f041d 100644
--- a/kernel-src/lib/ringbuffer.c
+++ b/kernel-src/lib/ringbuffer.c
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ void ringbuffer_destroy(ringbuffer_t *ringbuffer) {
 	vmm_unmap(ringbuffer->data, ROUND_UP(ringbuffer->size, PAGE_SIZE), 0);
 }
 
-size_t ringbuffer_read(ringbuffer_t* ringbuffer, void *buffer, size_t count) {
+size_t ringbuffer_truncate(ringbuffer_t *ringbuffer, size_t count) {
+	size_t truecount = min(RINGBUFFER_DATACOUNT(ringbuffer), count);
+	ringbuffer->read += truecount;
+	return truecount;
+}
+
+size_t ringbuffer_read(ringbuffer_t *ringbuffer, void *buffer, size_t count) {
 	uint8_t *ptr = buffer;
 	size_t readc = 0;
 	for (; readc < count; ++readc) {
@@ -32,7 +38,7 @@ size_t ringbuffer_read(ringbuffer_t* ringbuffer, void *buffer, size_t count) {
 	return readc;
 }
 
-size_t ringbuffer_write(ringbuffer_t* ringbuffer, void *buffer, size_t count) {
+size_t ringbuffer_write(ringbuffer_t *ringbuffer, void *buffer, size_t count) {
 	uint8_t *ptr = buffer;
 	size_t writec = 0;
 	for (;writec < count; ++writec) {