diff --git a/src/Pointee.zig b/src/Pointee.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d051bfa38127262f9580cf3bfaf01f725302069c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pointee.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const extras = @import("./lib.zig");
+
+pub fn Pointee(T: type) type {
+    return switch (@typeInfo(T)) {
+        .pointer => |p| p.child,
+        else => T,
+    };
+}
+
+test {
+    try std.testing.expect(Pointee(u8) == u8);
+}
+test {
+    try std.testing.expect(Pointee(*u8) == u8);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.zig b/src/lib.zig
index 7a2b85c9df7cd51cdaa0a90e16e0a1185a74d029..1ef0e476df96b6c6459235f0f184067edb53dbc0 100644
--- a/src/lib.zig
+++ b/src/lib.zig
@@ -120,3 +120,4 @@ pub usingnamespace @import("./compareFnRange.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("./asciiLower.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("./parseDigits.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("./from_hex.zig");
+pub usingnamespace @import("./Pointee.zig");