diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a6b1a55..e44c5d2 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class PbfReader {
      */
     constructor(buf) {
         this.buf = ArrayBuffer.isView(buf) ? buf : new Uint8Array(buf);
-        this.dataView = new DataView(this.buf.buffer);
+        this.dataView = new DataView(this.buf.buffer, this.buf.byteOffset, this.buf.byteLength);
         this.pos = 0;
         this.type = 0;
         this._valueStart = -1;
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export class PbfWriter {
      */
     constructor(buf = new Uint8Array(16)) {
         this.buf = ArrayBuffer.isView(buf) ? buf : new Uint8Array(buf);
-        this.dataView = new DataView(this.buf.buffer);
+        this.dataView = new DataView(this.buf.buffer, this.buf.byteOffset, this.buf.byteLength);
         this.pos = 0;
         this.length = this.buf.length;
     }
diff --git a/test/pbf.test.js b/test/pbf.test.js
index 0ff128c..414ebf5 100644
--- a/test/pbf.test.js
+++ b/test/pbf.test.js
@@ -162,6 +162,33 @@ test('readDouble', () => {
     assert.equal(Math.round(buf.readDouble() * 1e10) / 1e10, 12345.6789012345);
 });
 
+test('reads fixed-width fields from a view with a non-zero byteOffset', () => {
+    const backing = new ArrayBuffer(64);
+    const offset = 16;
+    const view = new Uint8Array(backing, offset, 48);
+    const dv = new DataView(backing, offset);
+    dv.setFloat64(0, 12345.6789012345, true);
+    dv.setFloat32(8, 42.5, true);
+    dv.setUint32(12, 0xdeadbeef, true);
+
+    const reader = new PbfReader(view);
+    assert.equal(Math.round(reader.readDouble() * 1e10) / 1e10, 12345.6789012345);
+    assert.equal(reader.readFloat(), 42.5);
+    assert.equal(reader.readFixed32(), 0xdeadbeef);
+});
+
+test('writes fixed-width fields to a view with a non-zero byteOffset', () => {
+    const backing = new ArrayBuffer(64);
+    const writer = new PbfWriter(new Uint8Array(backing, 16, 48));
+    writer.writeDoubleField(1, 12345.6789012345);
+
+    const reader = new PbfReader(new Uint8Array(writer.finish()));
+    reader.readFields((tag) => {
+        assert.equal(tag, 1);
+        assert.equal(Math.round(reader.readDouble() * 1e10) / 1e10, 12345.6789012345);
+    });
+});
+
 test('readPacked and writePacked', () => {
     const testNumbers2 = testNumbers.slice(0, 10);