diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/connection/PluginMessageEvent.java b/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/connection/PluginMessageEvent.java
index 1256f7f5b..7f1063b1f 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/connection/PluginMessageEvent.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/connection/PluginMessageEvent.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ServerConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.ChannelIdentifier;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.ChannelMessageSink;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.ChannelMessageSource;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 /**
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ public final class PluginMessageEvent implements ResultedEvent<PluginMessageEven
     return Arrays.copyOf(data, data.length);
   }
 
+  public ByteArrayInputStream dataAsInputStream() {
+    return new ByteArrayInputStream(data);
+  }
+
   public ByteArrayDataInput dataAsDataStream() {
     return ByteStreams.newDataInput(data);
   }