diff --git a/Sources/NIOCore/ByteBuffer-aux.swift b/Sources/NIOCore/ByteBuffer-aux.swift
index e95ab8f37d..39db01bc4f 100644
--- a/Sources/NIOCore/ByteBuffer-aux.swift
+++ b/Sources/NIOCore/ByteBuffer-aux.swift
@@ -58,6 +58,43 @@ extension ByteBuffer {
         return result
     }
 
+    #if compiler(>=6.2)
+    @inlinable
+    @available(macOS 26, iOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, *)
+    public mutating func readInlineArray<
+        let count: Int,
+        IntegerType: FixedWidthInteger
+    >(
+        endianness: Endianness = .big,
+        as: InlineArray<count, IntegerType>.Type = InlineArray<count, IntegerType>.self
+    ) -> InlineArray<count, IntegerType>? {
+        // use stride to account for padding bytes
+        let stride = MemoryLayout<IntegerType>.stride
+        let bytesRequired = stride * count
+
+        guard self.readableBytes >= bytesRequired else {
+            return nil
+        }
+
+        let inlineArray = InlineArray<count, IntegerType> { (outputSpan: inout OutputSpan<IntegerType>) in
+            for index in 0..<count {
+                // already made sure of 'self.readableBytes >= bytesRequired' above,
+                // so this is safe to force-unwrap as it's guaranteed to exist
+                let integer = self.getInteger(
+                    // this is less than 'bytesRequired' so is safe to multiply
+                    at: stride &* index,
+                    endianness: endianness,
+                    as: IntegerType.self
+                )!
+                outputSpan.append(integer)
+            }
+        }
+        // already made sure of 'self.readableBytes >= bytesRequired' above
+        self._moveReaderIndex(forwardBy: bytesRequired)
+        return inlineArray
+    }
+    #endif
+
     /// Returns the Bytes at the current reader index without advancing it.
     ///
     /// This method is equivalent to calling `getBytes(at: readerIndex, ...)`
diff --git a/Tests/NIOCoreTests/ByteBufferTest.swift b/Tests/NIOCoreTests/ByteBufferTest.swift
index 73694bbd54..7885d463ce 100644
--- a/Tests/NIOCoreTests/ByteBufferTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/NIOCoreTests/ByteBufferTest.swift
@@ -4461,5 +4461,66 @@ extension ByteBufferTest {
         let result = self.buf.readBytes(length: 4)
         XCTAssertEqual(Array(0..<4), result!)
     }
+
+    @available(macOS 26, iOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, *)
+    func testReadInlineArrayOfUInt8() throws {
+        let bytes = (0..<10).map { _ in UInt8.random(in: .min ... .max) }
+
+        let startWriterIndex = self.buf.writerIndex
+        let written = self.buf.writeBytes(bytes)
+        XCTAssertEqual(startWriterIndex + written, self.buf.writerIndex)
+        XCTAssertEqual(written, self.buf.readableBytes)
+
+        let result = try XCTUnwrap(
+            self.buf.readInlineArray(as: InlineArray<10, UInt8>.self)
+        )
+        XCTAssertEqual(10, result.count)
+        for idx in result.indices {
+            XCTAssertEqual(bytes[idx], result[idx])
+        }
+        XCTAssertEqual(0, self.buf.readableBytes)
+        XCTAssertEqual(10, self.buf.readerIndex)
+    }
+
+    @available(macOS 26, iOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, *)
+    func testReadInlineArrayOfUInt64() throws {
+        let bytes = (0..<15).map { _ in UInt64.random(in: .min ... .max) }
+
+        let startWriterIndex = self.buf.writerIndex
+        var written = 0
+        for byte in bytes {
+            written += self.buf.writeInteger(byte)
+        }
+        XCTAssertEqual(startWriterIndex + written, self.buf.writerIndex)
+        XCTAssertEqual(written, self.buf.readableBytes)
+
+        let result = try XCTUnwrap(
+            self.buf.readInlineArray(as: InlineArray<15, UInt64>.self)
+        )
+        XCTAssertEqual(15, result.count)
+        for idx in result.indices {
+            XCTAssertEqual(bytes[idx], result[idx])
+        }
+        XCTAssertEqual(0, self.buf.readableBytes)
+        XCTAssertEqual(120, self.buf.readerIndex)
+    }
+
+    @available(macOS 26, iOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, *)
+    func testNotEnoughBytesToReadInlineArrayOfInt32() throws {
+        let startWriterIndex = self.buf.writerIndex
+        var written = 0
+        /// Write 15 bytes. This won't be enough to read an `InlineArray<5, Int32>`.
+        for _ in 0..<15 {
+            written += self.buf.writeInteger(UInt8.random(in: .min ... .max))
+        }
+        XCTAssertEqual(startWriterIndex + written, self.buf.writerIndex)
+        XCTAssertEqual(written, self.buf.readableBytes)
+
+        let result = self.buf.readInlineArray(as: InlineArray<5, Int32>.self)
+
+        XCTAssertNil(result)
+        XCTAssertEqual(written, self.buf.readableBytes)
+        XCTAssertEqual(0, self.buf.readerIndex)
+    }
 }
 #endif