diff --git a/src/node_buffer.cc b/src/node_buffer.cc
index 2dbdd61923f026..99d2cc74a87c8e 100644
--- a/src/node_buffer.cc
+++ b/src/node_buffer.cc
@@ -229,6 +229,18 @@ MaybeLocal<Uint8Array> New(Environment* env,
   return ui;
 }
 
+MaybeLocal<Uint8Array> New(Isolate* isolate,
+                           Local<ArrayBuffer> ab,
+                           size_t byte_offset,
+                           size_t length) {
+  Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(isolate);
+  if (env == nullptr) {
+    THROW_ERR_BUFFER_CONTEXT_NOT_AVAILABLE(isolate);
+    return MaybeLocal<Uint8Array>();
+  }
+  return New(env, ab, byte_offset, length);
+}
+
 
 MaybeLocal<Object> New(Isolate* isolate,
                        Local<String> string,
diff --git a/src/node_buffer.h b/src/node_buffer.h
index 122afc37709f73..11010017ce0df8 100644
--- a/src/node_buffer.h
+++ b/src/node_buffer.h
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ NODE_EXTERN v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> New(v8::Isolate* isolate,
                                            char* data,
                                            size_t len);
 
+// Creates a Buffer instance over an existing ArrayBuffer.
+NODE_EXTERN v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Uint8Array> New(v8::Isolate* isolate,
+                                               v8::Local<v8::ArrayBuffer> ab,
+                                               size_t byte_offset,
+                                               size_t length);
+
 // This is verbose to be explicit with inline commenting
 static inline bool IsWithinBounds(size_t off, size_t len, size_t max) {
   // Asking to seek too far into the buffer
diff --git a/src/node_internals.h b/src/node_internals.h
index 10ef3bf5ed22d3..2bd0ff78da7c33 100644
--- a/src/node_internals.h
+++ b/src/node_internals.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> New(Environment* env,
                                char* data,
                                size_t length,
                                bool uses_malloc);
-// Creates a Buffer instance over an existing Uint8Array.
+// Creates a Buffer instance over an existing ArrayBuffer.
 v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Uint8Array> New(Environment* env,
                                    v8::Local<v8::ArrayBuffer> ab,
                                    size_t byte_offset,