diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdDictCompress.java b/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdDictCompress.java
index f1fb5ca..6c2850c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdDictCompress.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdDictCompress.java
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ public class ZstdDictCompress extends SharedDictBase {
 
     private native void free();
 
+    /**
+     * Get the byte buffer that backs this dict, if any, or null if not backed by a byte buffer.
+     */
+    public ByteBuffer getByReferenceBuffer() {
+	return sharedDict;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Convenience constructor to create a new dictionary for use with fast compress
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdDictDecompress.java b/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdDictDecompress.java
index f547698..9026315 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdDictDecompress.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdDictDecompress.java
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ public class ZstdDictDecompress extends SharedDictBase {
 
     private native void free();
 
+    /**
+     * Get the byte buffer that backs this dict, if any, or null if not backed by a byte buffer.
+     */
+    public ByteBuffer getByReferenceBuffer() {
+	return sharedDict;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Convenience constructor to create a new dictionary for use with fast decompress
      *