diff --git a/src/util-buffer.h b/src/util-buffer.h
index 0ab4583a32..5c592ae43a 100644
--- a/src/util-buffer.h
+++ b/src/util-buffer.h
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ void MemBufferFree(MemBuffer *buffer);
         (mem_buffer)->offset = 0;                           \
     } while (0)
 
+/**
+ * \brief Get the MemBuffers underlying buffer.
+ */
+#define MEMBUFFER_BUFFER(mem_buffer) (mem_buffer)->buffer
+
+/**
+ * \brief Get the MemBuffers current offset.
+ */
+#define MEMBUFFER_OFFSET(mem_buffer) (mem_buffer)->offset
+
 /**
  * \brief Write a buffer to the file pointer.
  *