diff --git a/include/phoenix/cffi/Buffer.h b/include/phoenix/cffi/Buffer.h
index f27af7a..ab88abd 100644
--- a/include/phoenix/cffi/Buffer.h
+++ b/include/phoenix/cffi/Buffer.h
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ PXC_API PxBuffer* pxBufferMmap(char const* file);
 PXC_API void pxBufferDestroy(PxBuffer* buffer);
 PXC_API uint64_t pxBufferSize(PxBuffer* buffer);
 PXC_API uint8_t* pxBufferArray(PxBuffer* buffer);
+PXC_API uint8_t* pxBufferArrayNoalloc(PxBuffer* buffer);
diff --git a/src/Buffer.cc b/src/Buffer.cc
index c7f9535..7349eec 100644
--- a/src/Buffer.cc
+++ b/src/Buffer.cc
@@ -70,3 +70,8 @@ uint8_t* pxBufferArray(PxBuffer* buffer) {
 	buffer->get(data, buffer->limit());
 	return data;
 }
+
+uint8_t* pxBufferArrayNoalloc(PxBuffer* buffer) {
+	return (uint8_t*) buffer->array();
+}
+