diff --git a/src/lib.zig b/src/lib.zig
index eb2f1eb8fa180ffd76e20ede29cf8e46ccd5f3ef..8d6ace3f4ac5bbff8138ca9ad2fe9a1f7cdaebbb 100644
--- a/src/lib.zig
+++ b/src/lib.zig
@@ -384,3 +384,23 @@ pub fn indexBufferT(bytes: []const u8, comptime T: type, endian: std.builtin.End
         error.EndOfStream => unreachable, // assert above has been violated
     };
 }
+
+pub fn BufIndexer(comptime T: type, comptime endian: std.builtin.Endian) type {
+    return struct {
+        bytes: []const u8,
+        max_len: usize,
+
+        const Self = @This();
+
+        pub fn init(bytes: []const u8, max_len: usize) Self {
+            return .{
+                .bytes = bytes,
+                .max_len = max_len,
+            };
+        }
+
+        pub fn at(self: *const Self, idx: usize) T {
+            return indexBufferT(self.bytes, T, endian, idx, self.max_len);
+        }
+    };
+}