diff --git a/nokhwa-core/src/buffer.rs b/nokhwa-core/src/buffer.rs
index fdc8486..37b694a 100644
--- a/nokhwa-core/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/nokhwa-core/src/buffer.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use crate::{
     pixel_format::FormatDecoder,
     types::{FrameFormat, Resolution},
 };
-use bytes::Bytes;
+use bytes::{Buf, Bytes};
 use image::ImageBuffer;
 
 /// A buffer returned by a camera to accommodate custom decoding.
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ impl Buffer {
             buffer,
         )
     }
+
     /// Decodes a image with allocation using the provided [`FormatDecoder`] into a [`Mat`](https://docs.rs/opencv/latest/opencv/core/struct.Mat.html).
     ///
     /// Note that this does a clone when creating the buffer, to decouple the lifetime of the internal data to the temporary Buffer. If you want to avoid this, please see [`decode_opencv_mat`](Self::decode_opencv_mat).
@@ -152,4 +153,92 @@ impl Buffer {
             Ok(mat1)
         }
     }
+
+    /// Decodes a image with allocation using the provided [`FormatDecoder`] into a [`Mat`](https://docs.rs/opencv/latest/opencv/core/struct.Mat.html).
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    /// Will error when the decoding fails, or `OpenCV` failed to create/copy the [`Mat`](https://docs.rs/opencv/latest/opencv/core/struct.Mat.html).
+    #[cfg(feature = "opencv-mat")]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "docs-features", doc(cfg(feature = "opencv-mat")))]
+    #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_wrap)]
+    pub fn decode_into_opencv_mat<F: FormatDecoder>(
+        &mut self,
+        dst: &mut opencv::core::Mat,
+    ) -> Result<(), NokhwaError> {
+        use image::Pixel;
+        use opencv::core::{
+            Mat, MatTraitConst, MatTraitManual, Scalar, CV_8UC1, CV_8UC2, CV_8UC3, CV_8UC4,
+        };
+
+        let array_type = match F::Output::CHANNEL_COUNT {
+            1 => CV_8UC1,
+            2 => CV_8UC2,
+            3 => CV_8UC3,
+            4 => CV_8UC4,
+            _ => {
+                return Err(NokhwaError::ProcessFrameError {
+                    src: FrameFormat::RAWRGB,
+                    destination: "OpenCV Mat".to_string(),
+                    error: "Invalid Decoder FormatDecoder Channel Count".to_string(),
+                })
+            }
+        };
+
+        // If destination does not exist, create a new matrix.
+        if dst.empty() {
+            *dst = Mat::new_rows_cols_with_default(
+                self.resolution.height_y as i32,
+                self.resolution.width_x as i32,
+                array_type,
+                Scalar::default(),
+            )
+            .map_err(|why| NokhwaError::ProcessFrameError {
+                src: FrameFormat::RAWRGB,
+                destination: "OpenCV Mat".to_string(),
+                error: why.to_string(),
+            })?;
+        } else {
+            if dst.typ() != array_type {
+                return Err(NokhwaError::ProcessFrameError {
+                    src: FrameFormat::RAWRGB,
+                    destination: "OpenCV Mat".to_string(),
+                    error: "Invalid Matrix Channel Count".to_string(),
+                });
+            }
+
+            if dst.rows() != self.resolution.height_y as _
+                || dst.cols() != self.resolution.width_x as _
+            {
+                return Err(NokhwaError::ProcessFrameError {
+                    src: FrameFormat::RAWRGB,
+                    destination: "OpenCV Mat".to_string(),
+                    error: "Invalid Matrix Dimensions".to_string(),
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
+        let mut bytes = match dst.data_bytes_mut() {
+            Ok(bytes) => bytes,
+            Err(_e) => {
+                return Err(NokhwaError::ProcessFrameError {
+                    src: FrameFormat::RAWRGB,
+                    destination: "OpenCV Mat".to_string(),
+                    error: "Matrix Must Be Continuous".to_string(),
+                })
+            }
+        };
+
+        let mut buffer = self.buffer.as_ref();
+        if bytes.len() != buffer.len() {
+            return Err(NokhwaError::ProcessFrameError {
+                src: FrameFormat::RAWRGB,
+                destination: "OpenCV Mat".to_string(),
+                error: "Matrix Buffer Size Mismatch".to_string(),
+            });
+        }
+
+        buffer.copy_to_slice(&mut bytes);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }