diff --git a/pdu/pdu.go b/pdu/pdu.go
index 90222b8..cc57faa 100644
--- a/pdu/pdu.go
+++ b/pdu/pdu.go
@@ -310,36 +310,40 @@ func NewDecoder(r io.Reader) *Decoder {
 // Decode reads data from reader and populates PDU.
 func (d *Decoder) Decode() (Header, PDU, error) {
 	// Read header first.
-	h := make([]byte, 16)
-	n, err := d.r.Read(h)
-	if err != nil {
+	var headerBytes [16]byte
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(d.r, headerBytes[:]); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	if n != 16 {
-		return nil, nil, errors.New("smpp: invalid pdu header byte length")
+
+	header := &header{}
+	if err := header.UnmarshalBinary(headerBytes[:]); err != nil {
+		return header, nil, err
 	}
-	he := &header{}
-	if err := he.UnmarshalBinary(h); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+
+	if header.length < 16 {
+		return header, nil, fmt.Errorf("smpp: invalid pdu header byte length: %d", header.length)
 	}
-	p := NewPDU(he.commandID)
-	if he.length == 16 {
-		return he, p, nil
+
+	pdu := NewPDU(header.commandID)
+	if header.length == 16 {
+		// not expecting body to read - we're done.
+		return header, pdu, nil
 	}
 
 	// Read rest of the PDU.
-	buf := make([]byte, he.length-16)
-	n, err = d.r.Read(buf)
-	if err != nil {
-		return he, nil, err
-	}
-	if n != int(he.length-16) {
-		return he, nil, fmt.Errorf("smpp: pdu length doesn't match read body length %d != %d", he.length, n)
+	bodyBytes := make([]byte, header.length-16)
+	if len(bodyBytes) > 0 {
+		if _, err := io.ReadFull(d.r, bodyBytes); err != nil {
+			return header, pdu, fmt.Errorf("smpp: pdu length doesn't match read body length %d != %d", header.length, len(bodyBytes))
+		}
 	}
-	if err := p.UnmarshalBinary(buf); err != nil {
-		return he, nil, err
+
+	// Unmarshal binary
+	if err := pdu.UnmarshalBinary(bodyBytes); err != nil {
+		return header, pdu, err
 	}
-	return he, p, nil
+
+	return header, pdu, nil
 }
 
 // NewPDU creates new PDU from CommandID.
diff --git a/pdu/pdu_test.go b/pdu/pdu_test.go
index 781a2b2..3a23f47 100644
--- a/pdu/pdu_test.go
+++ b/pdu/pdu_test.go
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package pdu
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"net"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 )
 
 var pduTT = []struct {
@@ -300,3 +302,60 @@ func TestPDUDecoding(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPDUDecodingIncompleteBuffers(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var pdus []byte
+	mtu := 8 // Likely e.g. 1500 in the real world
+
+	for _, row := range codingTT {
+		pduBytes, _ := hex.DecodeString(toHexStr(row.headerHex + pduTT[row.pduIndex].hexStr))
+		pdus = append(pdus, pduBytes...)
+	}
+
+	buf, wr := net.Pipe()
+	dec := NewDecoder(buf)
+
+	go func() {
+		for i := 0; i < len(pdus); {
+
+			j := i + mtu
+			if j > len(pdus) {
+				j = len(pdus)
+			}
+			time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 10) // Similulate some network (rather than coordinate with .Decode() for the purpose of this test)
+			_, err := wr.Write(pdus[i:j])
+			if err != nil {
+				panic("error writing to net.Pipe")
+			}
+			i = j
+		}
+
+		wr.Close()
+	}()
+
+	for _, row := range codingTT {
+		t.Run(row.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			h, p, err := dec.Decode()
+
+			if err != nil {
+				if !row.err {
+					t.Fatalf("unexpected error %s", err)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+
+			if h.Sequence() != row.seq {
+				t.Errorf("Decode() => seq %d expected %d", h.Sequence(), row.seq)
+			}
+			if h.Status() != row.status {
+				t.Errorf("Decode() => status %d expected %d", h.Status(), row.status)
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(p, pduTT[row.pduIndex].pdu) {
+				t.Errorf("Decode() => pdu\n%+v\nexpected \n%+v", p, pduTT[row.pduIndex].pdu)
+			}
+
+		})
+	}
+}