diff --git a/dotnet/build/common.props b/dotnet/build/common.props
index 78e1b3a..d994b78 100644
--- a/dotnet/build/common.props
+++ b/dotnet/build/common.props
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <QVersion>1</QVersion>
 
     <!-- Overrides -->
-    <MMDDVersion>112</MMDDVersion>
+    <MMDDVersion>114</MMDDVersion>
     <PackageHHMMSSSuffix></PackageHHMMSSSuffix>
     
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Spreads.Native/UnsafeEx.cs b/dotnet/src/Spreads.Native/UnsafeEx.cs
index 0b33a07..e339ace 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Spreads.Native/UnsafeEx.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Spreads.Native/UnsafeEx.cs
@@ -212,6 +212,18 @@ public static void SetAsObject<T>(object obj, IntPtr offset, int index, object v
             Unsafe.WriteUnaligned(ref Unsafe.As<T, byte>(ref GetRef<T>(obj, offset, index)), value);
         }
 
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public static T ReadUnaligned<T>(ref T source)
+        {
+            return Unsafe.ReadUnaligned<T>(ref Unsafe.As<T, byte>(ref source));
+        }
+
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public static void WriteUnaligned<T>(ref T destination, T value)
+        {
+            Unsafe.WriteUnaligned<T>(ref Unsafe.As<T, byte>(ref destination), value);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Get a native method pointer to <see cref="SetAsObject{T}"/> method for type <typeparamref name="T"/>.
         /// The pointer should be used with <see cref="SetIndirect"/> method.
diff --git a/dotnet/tests/Spreads.Native.Tests/VecTests.cs b/dotnet/tests/Spreads.Native.Tests/VecTests.cs
index 4956950..6d2990c 100644
--- a/dotnet/tests/Spreads.Native.Tests/VecTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/tests/Spreads.Native.Tests/VecTests.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,30 @@ public void CouldUseVecSlice()
             Assert.IsTrue(vecT.Span.SequenceEqual(vec.AsSpan<int>()));
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public unsafe void ArrayAndPointerCtorsHaveSameBehavior()
+        {
+            var arr = new int[1000];
+            var pin = arr.AsMemory().Pin();
+
+            var vArr = new Vec(arr, 500, 500);
+            var vPtr = new Vec((byte*)pin.Pointer + 500 * 4, 500, typeof(int));
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(vArr.Length, vPtr.Length);
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
+            {
+                arr[i] = i;
+            }
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
+            {
+                Assert.AreEqual(vArr.Get<int>(i), vPtr.Get<int>(i));
+            }
+
+            pin.Dispose();
+        }
+
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining
 #if NETCOREAPP3_0
                     | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization