diff --git a/lime/_backend/native/NativeCFFI.hx b/lime/_backend/native/NativeCFFI.hx
index dfb3f54a6..8644d77e4 100644
--- a/lime/_backend/native/NativeCFFI.hx
+++ b/lime/_backend/native/NativeCFFI.hx
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ class NativeCFFI {
 	@:cffi private static function lime_application_update (handle:Dynamic):Bool;
 	@:cffi private static function lime_audio_load (data:Dynamic, buffer:Dynamic):Dynamic;
 	@:cffi private static function lime_bytes_from_data_pointer (data:Float, length:Int):Dynamic;
-	@:cffi private static function lime_bytes_get_data_pointer (data:Dynamic):Float;
+	@:cffi private static function lime_bytes_get_data_pointer (data:Dynamic, offset:Int):Float;
 	@:cffi private static function lime_bytes_read_file (path:String, bytes:Dynamic):Dynamic;
 	@:cffi private static function lime_cffi_get_native_pointer (ptr:Dynamic):Float;
 	@:cffi private static function lime_clipboard_get_text ():Dynamic;
 	@:cffi private static function lime_clipboard_set_text (text:String):Void;
+	@:cffi private static function lime_data_pointer_offset (dataPointer:DataPointer, offset:Int):Float;
 	@:cffi private static function lime_deflate_compress (data:Dynamic, bytes:Dynamic):Dynamic;
 	@:cffi private static function lime_deflate_decompress (data:Dynamic, bytes:Dynamic):Dynamic;
 	@:cffi private static function lime_drop_event_manager_register (callback:Dynamic, eventObject:Dynamic):Void;
diff --git a/lime/utils/DataPointer.hx b/lime/utils/DataPointer.hx
index 50e2af2ac..675fc16c5 100644
--- a/lime/utils/DataPointer.hx
+++ b/lime/utils/DataPointer.hx
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ abstract DataPointer(DataPointerType) to DataPointerType {
 	@:from @:noCompletion public static function fromBytesPointer (pointer:BytePointer):DataPointer {
 		
 		#if (lime_cffi && !macro)
-		if (pointer == null) return cast 0;
-		var data:Float = NativeCFFI.lime_bytes_get_data_pointer (pointer.bytes);
-		return new DataPointer (data + pointer.offset);
+		if (pointer == null || pointer.bytes == null) return cast 0;
+		var data:Float = NativeCFFI.lime_bytes_get_data_pointer (pointer.bytes, pointer.offset);
+		return new DataPointer (data);
 		#elseif (js && !display)
 		return fromBytes (pointer.bytes);
 		#else
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ abstract DataPointer(DataPointerType) to DataPointerType {
 		
 		#if (lime_cffi && !js && !macro)
 		if (arrayBufferView == null) return cast 0;
-		var data:Float = NativeCFFI.lime_bytes_get_data_pointer (arrayBufferView.buffer);
-		return new DataPointer (data + arrayBufferView.byteOffset);
+		var data:Float = NativeCFFI.lime_bytes_get_data_pointer (arrayBufferView.buffer, arrayBufferView.byteOffset);
+		return new DataPointer (data);
 		#elseif (js && !display)
 		return new DataPointer (arrayBufferView);
 		#else
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ abstract DataPointer(DataPointerType) to DataPointerType {
 		
 		#if (lime_cffi && !macro)
 		if (bytes == null) return cast 0;
-		var data:Float = NativeCFFI.lime_bytes_get_data_pointer (bytes);
+		var data:Float = NativeCFFI.lime_bytes_get_data_pointer (bytes, 0);
 		return new DataPointer (data);
 		#elseif (js && !display)
 		return fromArrayBuffer (bytes.getData ());
@@ -152,6 +152,19 @@ abstract DataPointer(DataPointerType) to DataPointerType {
 	}
 	
 	
+	private static function __withOffset (data:DataPointer, offset:Int):DataPointer {
+		
+		#if (lime_cffi && !macro)
+		if (data == 0) return cast 0;
+		var data:Float = NativeCFFI.lime_data_pointer_offset (data, offset);
+		return new DataPointer (data);
+		#else
+		return null;
+		#end
+		
+	}
+	
+	
 	@:noCompletion @:op(A == B) private static inline function equals (a:DataPointer, b:Int):Bool { return (a:Float) == b; }
 	@:noCompletion @:op(A == B) private static inline function equalsPointer (a:DataPointer, b:DataPointer):Bool { return (a:Float) == (b:Float); }
 	@:noCompletion @:op(A > B) private static inline function greaterThan (a:DataPointer, b:Int):Bool { return (a:Float) > b; }
@@ -164,10 +177,10 @@ abstract DataPointer(DataPointerType) to DataPointerType {
 	@:noCompletion @:op(A <= B) private static inline function lessThanOrEqualPointer (a:DataPointer, b:CFFIPointer):Bool { return (a:Float) <= b; }
 	@:noCompletion @:op(A != B) private static inline function notEquals (a:DataPointer, b:Int):Bool { return (a:Float) != b; }
 	@:noCompletion @:op(A != B) private static inline function notEqualsPointer (a:DataPointer, b:DataPointer):Bool { return (a:Float) != (b:Float); }
-	@:noCompletion @:op(A + B) private static inline function plus (a:DataPointer, b:Int):DataPointer { return new DataPointer ((a:Float) + b); }
-	@:noCompletion @:op(A + B) private static inline function plusPointer (a:DataPointer, b:DataPointer):DataPointer { return  new DataPointer ((a:Float) + (b:Float)); }
-	@:noCompletion @:op(A - B) private static inline function minus (a:DataPointer, b:Int):DataPointer { return  new DataPointer ((a:Float) - b); }
-	@:noCompletion @:op(A - B) private static inline function minusPointer (a:DataPointer, b:DataPointer):DataPointer { return  new DataPointer ((a:Float) - (b:Float)); }
+	@:noCompletion @:op(A + B) private static inline function plus (a:DataPointer, b:Int):DataPointer { return __withOffset (a, b); }
+	@:noCompletion @:op(A + B) private static inline function plusPointer (a:DataPointer, b:DataPointer):DataPointer { return  __withOffset (a, Std.int ((b:Float))); }
+	@:noCompletion @:op(A - B) private static inline function minus (a:DataPointer, b:Int):DataPointer { return __withOffset (a, -b); }
+	@:noCompletion @:op(A - B) private static inline function minusPointer (a:DataPointer, b:DataPointer):DataPointer { return __withOffset (a, -Std.int ((b:Float))); }
 	
 	
 }
diff --git a/project/src/ExternalInterface.cpp b/project/src/ExternalInterface.cpp
index 713ad0f4c..e2252296c 100644
--- a/project/src/ExternalInterface.cpp
+++ b/project/src/ExternalInterface.cpp
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ namespace lime {
 	}
 	
 	
-	double lime_bytes_get_data_pointer (value bytes) {
+	double lime_bytes_get_data_pointer (value bytes, int offset) {
 		
 		Bytes data = Bytes (bytes);
-		return (uintptr_t)data.Data ();
+		return (uintptr_t)data.Data () + offset;
 		
 	}
 	
@@ -292,6 +292,13 @@ namespace lime {
 	}
 	
 	
+	double lime_data_pointer_offset (double pointer, int offset) {
+		
+		return (uintptr_t)pointer + offset;
+		
+	}
+	
+	
 	value lime_deflate_compress (value buffer, value bytes) {
 		
 		#ifdef LIME_ZLIB
@@ -1773,12 +1780,13 @@ namespace lime {
 	DEFINE_PRIME1 (lime_application_update);
 	DEFINE_PRIME2 (lime_audio_load);
 	DEFINE_PRIME2 (lime_bytes_from_data_pointer);
-	DEFINE_PRIME1 (lime_bytes_get_data_pointer);
+	DEFINE_PRIME2 (lime_bytes_get_data_pointer);
 	DEFINE_PRIME2 (lime_bytes_read_file);
 	DEFINE_PRIME1 (lime_cffi_get_native_pointer);
 	DEFINE_PRIME1 (lime_cffi_set_finalizer);
 	DEFINE_PRIME0 (lime_clipboard_get_text);
 	DEFINE_PRIME1v (lime_clipboard_set_text);
+	DEFINE_PRIME2 (lime_data_pointer_offset);
 	DEFINE_PRIME2 (lime_deflate_compress);
 	DEFINE_PRIME2 (lime_deflate_decompress);
 	DEFINE_PRIME2v (lime_drop_event_manager_register);