diff --git a/mmh3module.cpp b/mmh3module.cpp
index d377e0e..45f2dc8 100644
--- a/mmh3module.cpp
+++ b/mmh3module.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,28 @@ mmh3_hash(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
 #endif
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+mmh3_hash_from_buffer(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
+{
+  Py_buffer target_buf;
+  uint32_t seed = 0;
+  int32_t result[1];
+
+  static char *kwlist[] = {(char *)"key", (char *)"seed", NULL};
+
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywds, "s*|I", kwlist,
+                                   &target_buf, &seed)) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  MurmurHash3_x86_32(target_buf.buf, target_buf.len, seed, result);
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+  return PyLong_FromLong(result[0]);
+#else
+  return PyInt_FromLong(result[0]);
+#endif
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 mmh3_hash64(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
 {
@@ -151,6 +173,8 @@ static struct module_state _state;
 static PyMethodDef Mmh3Methods[] = {
     {"hash", (PyCFunction)mmh3_hash, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
         "hash(key[, seed=0]) -> hash value\n Return a 32 bit integer."},
+    {"hash_from_buffer", (PyCFunction)mmh3_hash_from_buffer, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
+     "hash(key[, seed=0]) -> hash a memory buffer\n Return a 32 bit integer."},
     {"hash64", (PyCFunction)mmh3_hash64, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
         "hash64(key[, seed=0, x64arch=True]) -> (hash value 1, hash value 2)\n Return a tuple of two 64 bit integers for a string. Optimized for the x64 bit architecture when x64arch=True, otherwise for x86."},
     {"hash128", (PyCFunction)mmh3_hash128, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
diff --git a/test_mmh3.py b/test_mmh3.py
index a8e4c08..4eb0dc3 100755
--- a/test_mmh3.py
+++ b/test_mmh3.py
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ def test_hash2():
     assert mmh3.hash('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog',
         0x9747b28c) == u32_to_s32(0x2FA826CD)
 
+def test_hash_from_buffer():
+    mview = memoryview('foo'.encode('utf8'))
+    assert mmh3.hash_from_buffer(mview) == -156908512
+
 def test_hash_bytes():
     assert mmh3.hash_bytes('foo') == b'aE\xf5\x01W\x86q\xe2\x87}\xba+\xe4\x87\xaf~'
     # TODO
@@ -120,4 +124,4 @@ def test_64bit():
     assert mmh3.hash(a) == -1988950868
     assert mmh3.hash64(a) == (-6319308327427928234, -8156928649350215884)
     assert mmh3.hash128(a) == 189813591698865711411311444615608766294
-    assert mmh3.hash_bytes(a) == b'V\x8f}\xad\x8eNM\xa84\x07FU\x9c\xc4\xcc\x8e'
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+    assert mmh3.hash_bytes(a) == b'V\x8f}\xad\x8eNM\xa84\x07FU\x9c\xc4\xcc\x8e'