diff --git a/src/lib.zig b/src/lib.zig
index 680e2998350490f3feb110aa8d3b847d2e80e04f..4da441c3a530e813875036b77c5c0017bd743273 100644
--- a/src/lib.zig
+++ b/src/lib.zig
@@ -241,3 +241,7 @@ pub fn countScalar(comptime T: type, haystack: []const T, needle: T) usize {
     }
     return found;
 }
+
+pub fn ptrCast(comptime T: type, ptr: *anyopaque) *T {
+    return @ptrCast(*T, @alignCast(@alignOf(T), ptr));
+}