diff --git a/java/com/google/flatbuffers/Table.java b/java/com/google/flatbuffers/Table.java
index 1f7ae418c..c4a93756e 100644
--- a/java/com/google/flatbuffers/Table.java
+++ b/java/com/google/flatbuffers/Table.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ public class Table {
   protected int bb_pos;
   protected ByteBuffer bb;
 
+  public ByteBuffer getByteBuffer() { return bb; }
+
   // Look up a field in the vtable, return an offset into the object, or 0 if the field is not
   // present.
   protected int __offset(int vtable_offset) {