diff --git a/docs/source/data-types/varint.md b/docs/source/data-types/varint.md
index 59a515eb6..c2309bb1b 100644
--- a/docs/source/data-types/varint.md
+++ b/docs/source/data-types/varint.md
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ To make use of `num_bigint::BigInt` type, user should enable one of the availabl
 
 ## value::CqlVarint
 
-Without any feature flags, the user can interact with `Varint` type by making use of `value::CqlVarint` which
-is a very simple wrapper representing the value as signed binary number in big-endian order.
+Without any feature flags, the user can interact with `Varint` type by making use of `value::CqlVarint` or `value::CqlVarintBorrowed` which are very simple wrappers representing the value as signed binary number in big-endian order.
 
 ## Example
 
diff --git a/scylla-cql/src/frame/value.rs b/scylla-cql/src/frame/value.rs
index 75c557d7b..0cac789b1 100644
--- a/scylla-cql/src/frame/value.rs
+++ b/scylla-cql/src/frame/value.rs
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ impl std::hash::Hash for CqlTimeuuid {
 /// The library support (e.g. conversion from [`CqlValue`]) for these types is
 /// enabled via `num-bigint-03` and `num-bigint-04` crate features.
 ///
+/// This struct holds owned bytes. If you wish to borrow the bytes instead,
+/// see [`CqlVarintBorrowed`] documentation.
+///
 /// # DB data format
 /// Notice that [constructors](CqlVarint#impl-CqlVarint)
 /// don't perform any normalization on the provided data.
@@ -233,6 +236,13 @@ impl std::hash::Hash for CqlTimeuuid {
 #[derive(Clone, Eq, Debug)]
 pub struct CqlVarint(Vec<u8>);
 
+/// A borrowed version of native CQL `varint` representation.
+///
+/// Refer to the documentation of [`CqlVarint`].
+/// Especially, see the disclaimer about [non-normalized values](CqlVarint#db-data-format).
+#[derive(Clone, Eq, Debug)]
+pub struct CqlVarintBorrowed<'b>(&'b [u8]);
+
 /// Constructors from bytes
 impl CqlVarint {
     /// Creates a [`CqlVarint`] from an array of bytes in
@@ -252,6 +262,17 @@ impl CqlVarint {
     }
 }
 
+/// Constructors from bytes
+impl<'b> CqlVarintBorrowed<'b> {
+    /// Creates a [`CqlVarintBorrowed`] from a slice of bytes in
+    /// two's complement binary big-endian representation.
+    ///
+    /// See: disclaimer about [non-normalized values](CqlVarint#db-data-format).
+    pub fn from_signed_bytes_be_slice(digits: &'b [u8]) -> Self {
+        Self(digits)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Conversion to bytes
 impl CqlVarint {
     /// Converts [`CqlVarint`] to an array of bytes in two's
@@ -267,9 +288,39 @@ impl CqlVarint {
     }
 }
 
-impl CqlVarint {
+/// Conversion to bytes
+impl CqlVarintBorrowed<'_> {
+    /// Returns a slice of bytes in two's complement
+    /// binary big-endian representation.
+    pub fn as_signed_bytes_be_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.0
+    }
+}
+
+/// An internal utility trait used to implement [`AsNormalizedVarintSlice`]
+/// for both [`CqlVarint`] and [`CqlVarintBorrowed`].
+trait AsVarintSlice {
+    fn as_slice(&self) -> &[u8];
+}
+impl AsVarintSlice for CqlVarint {
+    fn as_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.as_signed_bytes_be_slice()
+    }
+}
+impl AsVarintSlice for CqlVarintBorrowed<'_> {
+    fn as_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.as_signed_bytes_be_slice()
+    }
+}
+
+/// An internal utility trait used to implement [`PartialEq`] and [`std::hash::Hash`]
+/// for [`CqlVarint`] and [`CqlVarintBorrowed`].
+trait AsNormalizedVarintSlice {
+    fn as_normalized_slice(&self) -> &[u8];
+}
+impl<V: AsVarintSlice> AsNormalizedVarintSlice for V {
     fn as_normalized_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        let digits = self.0.as_slice();
+        let digits = self.as_slice();
         if digits.is_empty() {
             // num-bigint crate normalizes empty vector to 0.
             // We will follow the same approach.
@@ -329,6 +380,32 @@ impl std::hash::Hash for CqlVarint {
     }
 }
 
+/// Compares two [`CqlVarintBorrowed`] values after normalization.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # use scylla_cql::frame::value::CqlVarintBorrowed;
+/// let non_normalized_bytes = &[0x00, 0x01];
+/// let normalized_bytes = &[0x01];
+/// assert_eq!(
+///     CqlVarintBorrowed::from_signed_bytes_be_slice(non_normalized_bytes),
+///     CqlVarintBorrowed::from_signed_bytes_be_slice(normalized_bytes)
+/// );
+/// ```
+impl PartialEq for CqlVarintBorrowed<'_> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.as_normalized_slice() == other.as_normalized_slice()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Computes the hash of normalized [`CqlVarintBorrowed`].
+impl std::hash::Hash for CqlVarintBorrowed<'_> {
+    fn hash<H: std::hash::Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
+        self.as_normalized_slice().hash(state)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "num-bigint-03")]
 impl From<num_bigint_03::BigInt> for CqlVarint {
     fn from(value: num_bigint_03::BigInt) -> Self {
@@ -343,6 +420,13 @@ impl From<CqlVarint> for num_bigint_03::BigInt {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "num-bigint-03")]
+impl From<CqlVarintBorrowed<'_>> for num_bigint_03::BigInt {
+    fn from(val: CqlVarintBorrowed<'_>) -> Self {
+        num_bigint_03::BigInt::from_signed_bytes_be(val.0)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "num-bigint-04")]
 impl From<num_bigint_04::BigInt> for CqlVarint {
     fn from(value: num_bigint_04::BigInt) -> Self {
@@ -357,6 +441,13 @@ impl From<CqlVarint> for num_bigint_04::BigInt {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "num-bigint-04")]
+impl From<CqlVarintBorrowed<'_>> for num_bigint_04::BigInt {
+    fn from(val: CqlVarintBorrowed<'_>) -> Self {
+        num_bigint_04::BigInt::from_signed_bytes_be(val.0)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Native CQL `decimal` representation.
 ///
 /// Represented as a pair:
diff --git a/scylla-cql/src/types/deserialize/value.rs b/scylla-cql/src/types/deserialize/value.rs
index 2ff5d228e..9ac6fabb6 100644
--- a/scylla-cql/src/types/deserialize/value.rs
+++ b/scylla-cql/src/types/deserialize/value.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ use std::fmt::Display;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use super::{make_error_replace_rust_name, DeserializationError, FrameSlice, TypeCheckError};
-use crate::frame::frame_errors::LowLevelDeserializationError;
 use crate::frame::response::result::{deser_cql_value, ColumnType, CqlValue};
 use crate::frame::types;
 use crate::frame::value::{
     Counter, CqlDate, CqlDecimal, CqlDuration, CqlTime, CqlTimestamp, CqlTimeuuid, CqlVarint,
 };
+use crate::frame::{frame_errors::LowLevelDeserializationError, value::CqlVarintBorrowed};
 
 /// A type that can be deserialized from a column value inside a row that was
 /// returned from a query.
@@ -222,6 +222,16 @@ impl_emptiable_strict_type!(
     }
 );
 
+impl_emptiable_strict_type!(
+    CqlVarintBorrowed<'b>,
+    Varint,
+    |typ: &'metadata ColumnType<'metadata>, v: Option<FrameSlice<'frame>>| {
+        let val = ensure_not_null_slice::<Self>(typ, v)?;
+        Ok(CqlVarintBorrowed::from_signed_bytes_be_slice(val))
+    },
+    'b
+);
+
 #[cfg(feature = "num-bigint-03")]
 impl_emptiable_strict_type!(
     num_bigint_03::BigInt,
diff --git a/scylla-cql/src/types/deserialize/value_tests.rs b/scylla-cql/src/types/deserialize/value_tests.rs
index e02915588..fbded1e06 100644
--- a/scylla-cql/src/types/deserialize/value_tests.rs
+++ b/scylla-cql/src/types/deserialize/value_tests.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr};
 use crate::frame::response::result::{ColumnType, CqlValue};
 use crate::frame::value::{
     Counter, CqlDate, CqlDecimal, CqlDuration, CqlTime, CqlTimestamp, CqlTimeuuid, CqlVarint,
+    CqlVarintBorrowed,
 };
 use crate::types::deserialize::value::{TupleDeserializationErrorKind, TupleTypeCheckErrorKind};
 use crate::types::deserialize::{DeserializationError, FrameSlice, TypeCheckError};
@@ -159,6 +160,12 @@ fn test_varlen_numbers() {
         &mut Bytes::new(),
     );
 
+    assert_ser_de_identity(
+        &ColumnType::Varint,
+        &CqlVarintBorrowed::from_signed_bytes_be_slice(b"Ala ma kota"),
+        &mut Bytes::new(),
+    );
+
     #[cfg(feature = "num-bigint-03")]
     assert_ser_de_identity(
         &ColumnType::Varint,
diff --git a/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/value.rs b/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/value.rs
index 78e169aa4..399302acf 100644
--- a/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/value.rs
+++ b/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/value.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::frame::response::result::{ColumnType, CqlValue};
 use crate::frame::types::vint_encode;
 use crate::frame::value::{
     Counter, CqlDate, CqlDecimal, CqlDuration, CqlTime, CqlTimestamp, CqlTimeuuid, CqlVarint,
-    MaybeUnset, Unset, Value,
+    CqlVarintBorrowed, MaybeUnset, Unset, Value,
 };
 
 #[cfg(feature = "chrono-04")]
@@ -252,6 +252,14 @@ impl SerializeValue for CqlVarint {
             .map_err(|_| mk_ser_err::<Self>(typ, BuiltinSerializationErrorKind::SizeOverflow))?
     });
 }
+impl SerializeValue for CqlVarintBorrowed<'_> {
+    impl_serialize_via_writer!(|me, typ, writer| {
+        exact_type_check!(typ, Varint);
+        writer
+            .set_value(me.as_signed_bytes_be_slice())
+            .map_err(|_| mk_ser_err::<Self>(typ, BuiltinSerializationErrorKind::SizeOverflow))?
+    });
+}
 #[cfg(feature = "num-bigint-03")]
 impl SerializeValue for num_bigint_03::BigInt {
     impl_serialize_via_writer!(|me, typ, writer| {