diff --git a/lime/system/System.hx b/lime/system/System.hx
index b6e1bbd28..df2e4ae71 100644
--- a/lime/system/System.hx
+++ b/lime/system/System.hx
@@ -410,6 +410,21 @@ class System {
 				
 			}
 			
+			#if hybrid
+			var init = load ("lime-legacy", "neko_init", 5);
+			
+			if (init != null) {
+				
+				loaderTrace ("Found nekoapi @ " + __moduleNames.get ("lime-legacy"));
+				init (function(s) return new String (s), function (len:Int) { var r = []; if (len > 0) r[len - 1] = null; return r; }, null, true, false);
+				
+			} else {
+				
+				throw ("Could not find NekoAPI interface.");
+				
+			}
+			#end
+			
 			__loadedNekoAPI = true;
 			
 		}
diff --git a/lime/utils/ByteArray.hx b/lime/utils/ByteArray.hx
index b9f4cd5dc..53b26f34f 100644
--- a/lime/utils/ByteArray.hx
+++ b/lime/utils/ByteArray.hx
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ class ByteArray #if !js extends Bytes implements ArrayAccess<Int> implements IDa
 		var init = System.load ("lime", "lime_byte_array_init", 4);
 		init (factory, slen, resize, bytes);
 		
+		#if hybrid
+		var init = System.load ("lime-legacy", "lime_byte_array_init", 4);
+		init (factory, slen, resize, bytes);
+		#end
+		
 	}
 	#end