diff --git a/include/tscpp/util/LocalBuffer.h b/include/tscpp/util/LocalBuffer.h
index aaaac0a2ade..3c3e186e518 100644
--- a/include/tscpp/util/LocalBuffer.h
+++ b/include/tscpp/util/LocalBuffer.h
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ template <class T = uint8_t, std::size_t EstSizeBound = 1024> class LocalBuffer
   T *data() const;
   std::size_t size() const;
 
+  T &operator[](std::size_t index);
+  const T &operator[](std::size_t index) const;
+
+  operator T *();
+
 private:
   T _buf[EstSizeBound];
   T *const _ptr;
@@ -69,4 +74,19 @@ LocalBuffer<T, S>::size() const
   return _size;
 }
 
+template <class T, std::size_t S> inline T &LocalBuffer<T, S>::operator[](std::size_t index)
+{
+  return data()[index];
+}
+
+template <class T, std::size_t S> inline const T &LocalBuffer<T, S>::operator[](std::size_t index) const
+{
+  return data()[index];
+}
+
+template <class T, std::size_t S> inline LocalBuffer<T, S>::operator T *()
+{
+  return data();
+}
+
 } // namespace ts
diff --git a/src/tscpp/util/unit_tests/test_LocalBuffer.cc b/src/tscpp/util/unit_tests/test_LocalBuffer.cc
index 9d4b3a3bbd0..a37f6d36ded 100644
--- a/src/tscpp/util/unit_tests/test_LocalBuffer.cc
+++ b/src/tscpp/util/unit_tests/test_LocalBuffer.cc
@@ -108,4 +108,24 @@ TEST_CASE("LocalBuffer", "[libts][LocalBuffer]")
       CHECK(local_buffer.size() == 4096);
     }
   }
+
+  SECTION("Transparent access")
+  {
+    const size_t len = 1024;
+    ts::LocalBuffer local_buffer1(len);
+    ts::LocalBuffer local_buffer2(len);
+
+    memset(local_buffer1, 0xAA, len);
+    local_buffer1[len - 1] = 0xBB;
+
+    CHECK(local_buffer1[0] == 0xAA);
+    CHECK(local_buffer1[len - 1] == 0xBB);
+    CHECK(local_buffer1.size() == 1024);
+
+    memcpy(local_buffer2, local_buffer1, local_buffer2.size());
+
+    CHECK(local_buffer2[0] == 0xAA);
+    CHECK(local_buffer2[len - 1] == 0xBB);
+    CHECK(local_buffer2.size() == 1024);
+  }
 }