diff --git a/bencode/bytes.go b/bencode/bytes.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..483feb79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bencode/bytes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package bencode
+
+type Bytes []byte
+
+var (
+	_ Unmarshaler = &Bytes{}
+	_ Marshaler   = &Bytes{}
+)
+
+func (me *Bytes) UnmarshalBencode(b []byte) error {
+	*me = append([]byte(nil), b...)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (me *Bytes) MarshalBencode() ([]byte, error) {
+	return *me, nil
+}