diff --git a/src/zlib/bufread.rs b/src/zlib/bufread.rs
index 85bbd38a..07a7ebe3 100644
--- a/src/zlib/bufread.rs
+++ b/src/zlib/bufread.rs
@@ -217,6 +217,16 @@ impl<R> ZlibDecoder<R> {
         &mut self.obj
     }
 
+    /// Acquires a reference to the underlying `Decompress` instance
+    pub fn get_data(&self) -> &Decompress {
+        &self.data
+    }
+
+    /// Acquires a mutable reference to the underlying `Decompress` instance
+    pub fn get_data_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Decompress {
+        &mut self.data
+    }
+
     /// Consumes this decoder, returning the underlying reader.
     pub fn into_inner(self) -> R {
         self.obj
diff --git a/src/zlib/read.rs b/src/zlib/read.rs
index 3b41ae6c..f53509f0 100644
--- a/src/zlib/read.rs
+++ b/src/zlib/read.rs
@@ -222,6 +222,22 @@ impl<R> ZlibDecoder<R> {
         self.inner.get_mut().reset(r)
     }
 
+    /// Resets the state of the decoder entirely
+    /// Opposed to `reset`, this function takes into account that there was
+    /// previously a custom Decompress in place
+    ///
+    /// `zlib_header` should be whatever was used before in `new_with_decompress`
+    pub fn reset_on_custom(&mut self, r: R, zlib_header: bool) -> R {
+        self.inner.get_data_mut().reset(zlib_header);
+        self.inner.get_mut().reset(r)
+    }
+
+    /// Resets the stream for another, without wiping the bufreader.
+    /// Use this when your 2nd stream is dependant on previous' streams.
+    pub fn continue_read(&mut self, r: R) -> R {
+        self.inner.get_mut().reset(r)
+    }
+
     /// Acquires a reference to the underlying stream
     pub fn get_ref(&self) -> &R {
         self.inner.get_ref().get_ref()