diff --git a/bij.ml b/bij.ml
index d19727a1..7eadb52e 100644
--- a/bij.ml
+++ b/bij.ml
@@ -92,6 +92,21 @@ let with_version v t =
         else raise (DecodingError ("expected version " ^ v)))
     (pair string_ t)
 
+let array_ m =
+  map
+    ~inject:(fun a -> Array.to_list a)
+    ~extract:(fun l -> Array.of_list l)
+    (list_ m)
+
+let hashtbl ma mb =
+  map
+    ~inject:(fun h -> Hashtbl.fold (fun k v l -> (k,v)::l) h [])
+    ~extract:(fun l ->
+      let h = Hashtbl.create 5 in
+      List.iter (fun (k,v) -> Hashtbl.add h k v) l;
+      h)
+    (list_ (pair ma mb))
+
 (** {2 Source of parsing} *)
 
 module type SOURCE = sig
diff --git a/bij.mli b/bij.mli
index 41d8217a..53f7749f 100644
--- a/bij.mli
+++ b/bij.mli
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ val with_version : string -> 'a t -> 'a t
   (** Guards the values with a given version. Only values encoded with
       the same version will fit. *)
 
+val array_ : 'a t -> 'a array t
+val hashtbl : 'a t -> 'b t -> ('a, 'b) Hashtbl.t t
+
 (** {2 Exceptions} *)
 
 exception EOF