diff --git a/libs/util/include/psemek/util/binary_stream.hpp b/libs/util/include/psemek/util/binary_stream.hpp
index 8c8aafa0..93e41bf4 100644
--- a/libs/util/include/psemek/util/binary_stream.hpp
+++ b/libs/util/include/psemek/util/binary_stream.hpp
@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ namespace psemek::util
 			return detail::read_helper<T>::read(data);
 		}
 
+		template <typename T>
+		T const * read_ptr(std::size_t count)
+		{
+			std::size_t size = sizeof(T) * count;
+			if (data.size() < size)
+				detail::unexpected_end();
+
+			auto p = data.data();
+			data.remove_prefix(size);
+			return reinterpret_cast<T const *>(p);
+		}
+
 		char const * read_raw(std::size_t count)
 		{
 			if (data.size() < count)