diff --git a/offset-buffer.js b/offset-buffer.js
index ebaee0e..abad39e 100644
--- a/offset-buffer.js
+++ b/offset-buffer.js
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ module.exports = function(ref, int24, logger) {
         this.buf.writeInt8(value, this.write_offset);
         this.write_offset += 1;
     };
+    
+    OffsetBuffer.prototype.writeUInt8 = function(value) {
+        this.buf.writeUInt8(value, this.write_offset);
+        this.write_offset += 1;
+    };
 
     OffsetBuffer.prototype.writeInt16BE = function(value) {
         this.buf.writeInt16BE(value, this.write_offset);
@@ -69,6 +74,12 @@ module.exports = function(ref, int24, logger) {
         this.read_offset += 1;
         return result;
     };
+    
+    OffsetBuffer.prototype.readUInt8 = function() {
+        var result = this.buf.readUInt8(this.read_offset);
+        this.read_offset += 1;
+        return result;
+    };
 
     OffsetBuffer.prototype.readInt16BE = function() {
         var result = this.buf.readInt16BE(this.read_offset);
@@ -251,4 +262,4 @@ module.exports = function(ref, int24, logger) {
     };
 
     return OffsetBuffer;
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/test/offset-buffer-test.js b/test/offset-buffer-test.js
index 689d79c..51156a9 100644
--- a/test/offset-buffer-test.js
+++ b/test/offset-buffer-test.js
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ test('writeInt8', function(t) {
     t.end();
 });
 
+test('writeUInt8', function(t) {
+    var b = new OffsetBuffer(1);
+    b.writeUInt8(0xfe);
+    t.equal(b.buf[0], 0xfe, 'writeUInt8: Written data matches');
+    t.equal(b.write_offset, 1, 'writeUInt8: write offset correct');
+    t.end();
+});
+
 test('writeInt16BE', function(t) {
     var b = new OffsetBuffer(2);
     b.writeInt16BE(0x04);
@@ -176,6 +184,14 @@ test('readInt8', function(t) {
     t.end();
 });
 
+test('readUInt8', function(t) {
+    var b = new OffsetBuffer([0xfe]);
+    t.equal(b.readUInt8(), 0xfe, 'readInt8: Read data matches');
+    t.equal(b.read_offset, 1, 'readInt8: read offset correct');
+    t.end();
+});
+
+
 test('readInt16BE', function(t) {
     var b = new OffsetBuffer([0x04, 0x05]);
     t.equal(b.readInt16BE(), 1029, 'readInt16BE: Read data matches');
@@ -342,13 +358,3 @@ test('copyTo', function(t) {
     t.equal(from.read_offset, 5, 'copyTo: read offset at the end of the buffer');
     t.end();
 });
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