diff --git a/src/org/jgroups/util/ByteArrayDataInputStream.java b/src/org/jgroups/util/ByteArrayDataInputStream.java
index 58e4cfda4d..990ab2de3f 100644
--- a/src/org/jgroups/util/ByteArrayDataInputStream.java
+++ b/src/org/jgroups/util/ByteArrayDataInputStream.java
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ public ByteArrayDataInputStream(byte[] buf, int offset, int length) {
         this.pos=checkBounds(offset);
     }
 
+    public ByteArrayDataInputStream(ByteArray buf) {
+        this(buf.getArray(), buf.getOffset(), buf.getLength());
+    }
+
     public ByteArrayDataInputStream(ByteBuffer buffer) {
         int offset=buffer.hasArray()? buffer.arrayOffset() + buffer.position() : buffer.position(),
           len=buffer.remaining();