diff --git a/core/lib/src/data/bytes.rs b/core/lib/src/data/bytes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6761094fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/src/data/bytes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::io;
+
+use crate::data::{Capped, FromData, Limits, Outcome, N};
+use crate::form::{DataField, Errors, FromFormField, ValueField};
+use crate::http::{ContentType, Status};
+use crate::{fs::FileName, outcome::IntoOutcome, Data, Request};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Bytes<'v> {
+    pub file_name: Option<&'v FileName>,
+    pub content_type: Option<ContentType>,
+    pub content: Cow<'v, [u8]>,
+}
+
+impl<'v> Bytes<'v> {
+    async fn from<'a>(
+        req: &Request<'_>,
+        data: Data<'_>,
+        file_name: Option<&'a FileName>,
+        content_type: Option<ContentType>,
+    ) -> io::Result<Capped<Bytes<'a>>> {
+        let limit = { content_type.as_ref() }
+            .and_then(|ct| ct.extension()?.limits().find(&["file", ext.as_str()]))
+            .or_else(|| req.limits().get("file"))
+            .unwrap_or(Limits::FILE);
+
+        let Capped { value, n } = data.open(limit).into_bytes().await?;
+
+        Ok(Capped::new(
+            Bytes {
+                content_type,
+                file_name,
+                content: value.into(),
+            },
+            n,
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+#[crate::async_trait]
+impl<'v> FromFormField<'v> for Capped<Bytes<'v>> {
+    fn from_value(field: ValueField<'v>) -> Result<Self, Errors<'v>> {
+        let n = N {
+            written: field.value.len() as u64,
+            complete: true,
+        };
+        Ok(Capped::new(
+            Bytes {
+                file_name: None,
+                content_type: None,
+                content: field.value.as_bytes().into(),
+            },
+            n,
+        ))
+    }
+
+    async fn from_data(f: DataField<'v, '_>) -> Result<Self, Errors<'v>> {
+        Ok(Bytes::from(f.request, f.data, f.file_name, Some(f.content_type)).await?)
+    }
+}
+
+#[crate::async_trait]
+impl<'r> FromData<'r> for Capped<Bytes<'_>> {
+    type Error = io::Error;
+
+    async fn from_data(req: &'r Request<'_>, data: Data<'r>) -> Outcome<'r, Self> {
+        use yansi::Paint;
+
+        let has_form = |ty: &ContentType| ty.is_form_data() || ty.is_form();
+        if req.content_type().map_or(false, has_form) {
+            let (tf, form) = (Paint::white("Bytes<'_>"), Paint::white("Form<Bytes<'_>>"));
+            warn_!("Request contains a form that will not be processed.");
+            info_!(
+                "Bare `{}` data guard writes raw, unprocessed streams to disk.",
+                tf
+            );
+            info_!("Did you mean to use `{}` instead?", form);
+        }
+
+        Bytes::from(req, data, None, req.content_type().cloned())
+            .await
+            .into_outcome(Status::BadRequest)
+    }
+}
+
+impl_strict_from_form_field_from_capped!(Bytes<'v>);
+impl_strict_from_data_from_capped!(Bytes<'_>);
diff --git a/core/lib/src/data/mod.rs b/core/lib/src/data/mod.rs
index 2d6691e5f0..5da03887e9 100644
--- a/core/lib/src/data/mod.rs
+++ b/core/lib/src/data/mod.rs
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 
 #[macro_use]
 mod capped;
+mod bytes;
 mod data;
 mod data_stream;
 mod from_data;
 mod limits;
 
+pub use self::bytes::Bytes;
+pub use self::capped::{Capped, N};
 pub use self::data::Data;
 pub use self::data_stream::DataStream;
 pub use self::from_data::{FromData, Outcome};
 pub use self::limits::Limits;
-pub use self::capped::{N, Capped};
 pub use ubyte::{ByteUnit, ToByteUnit};
 
 pub(crate) use self::data_stream::StreamReader;