diff --git a/test/test_schedule.py b/test/test_schedule.py
index cf9fd16eb2..d712b97b70 100644
--- a/test/test_schedule.py
+++ b/test/test_schedule.py
@@ -2314,5 +2314,30 @@ class TestBufferUOp(unittest.TestCase):
     a2 = a.contiguous().realize()
     self.assertEqual(a2.lazydata.base.realized.size, 16)
 
+class TestContiguous(unittest.TestCase):
+  def test_contiguous_buffer(self):
+    a = Tensor.empty(4).lazydata
+    b = a.alu(Ops.CONTIGUOUS)
+    b = schedule_graph_rewrite(b)
+    self.assertIs(b, a)
+
+  def test_contiguous_buffer_view(self):
+    a = Tensor.empty(4).lazydata
+    b = a.reshape((2, 2)).alu(Ops.CONTIGUOUS)
+    b = schedule_graph_rewrite(b)
+    self.assertIs(b, a.buf_uop.view(unwrap(b.st)))
+
+  def test_non_contiguous_buffer_view(self):
+    a = Tensor.empty(4, 1).lazydata
+    b = a.expand((4, 4)).alu(Ops.CONTIGUOUS)
+    b = schedule_graph_rewrite(b)
+    assert UPat(Ops.CONTIGUOUS, src=(UPat(Ops.VIEW, src=(UPat(Ops.BUFFER),)))).match(b, {})
+
+  def test_size_change_buffer_view(self):
+    a = Tensor.empty(4).lazydata
+    b = a.reshape((1, 1, 4)).shrink(((0, 1), (0, 1), (0, 3))).alu(Ops.CONTIGUOUS)
+    b = schedule_graph_rewrite(b)
+    assert UPat(Ops.CONTIGUOUS, src=(UPat(Ops.VIEW, src=(UPat(Ops.BUFFER),)))).match(b, {})
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   unittest.main(verbosity=2)
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
index 6b1d2bf223..f31b58b97c 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
@@ -386,6 +386,8 @@ ops_folding = symbolic_simple+PatternMatcher([
   # no COPY to same device, except clone (arg is True)
   (UPat(Ops.COPY, src=(UPat(), UPat.var("copyin")), name="copy"),
    lambda copyin,copy: copyin if copyin.device == copy.device and copy.arg is not True else None),
+  (UPat(Ops.CONTIGUOUS, name="root", src=(UPat(Ops.VIEW, name="view", src=(UPat(Ops.BUFFER, name="buf"),)),)),
+   lambda root,view,buf: view if view.st.contiguous and view.size == buf.size else None),
   # support for using a contiguous permuted view instead of the parent view if one exists
   (UPatScheduled(Ops.CONTIGUOUS, name="contig"), found_contiguous),
   (UPat(GroupOp.ALU, name="alu"), replace_contiguous),