diff --git a/src/lib.zig b/src/lib.zig
index fc622574ba02402c961072ca469f1ad05580f103..8074bc93d9110956ca85722d982184ea2fed70f3 100644
--- a/src/lib.zig
+++ b/src/lib.zig
@@ -404,3 +404,11 @@ pub fn BufIndexer(comptime T: type, comptime endian: std.builtin.Endian) type {
         }
     };
 }
+
+pub fn skipToBoundary(pos: u64, boundary: u64, reader: anytype) !void {
+    // const gdiff = counter.bytes_read % 4;
+    // for (range(if (gdiff > 0) 4 - gdiff else 0)) |_| {
+    const a = pos;
+    const b = boundary;
+    try reader.skipBytes(((a + (b - 1)) & ~(b - 1)) - a, .{});
+}