diff --git a/api/avro4k-core.api b/api/avro4k-core.api
index ccabebb..95f199d 100644
--- a/api/avro4k-core.api
+++ b/api/avro4k-core.api
@@ -414,6 +414,15 @@ public final class com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/serializer/BigIntegerSerializer
 	public fun serializeGeneric (Lkotlinx/serialization/encoding/Encoder;Ljava/math/BigInteger;)V
 }
 
+public final class com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/serializer/ByteBufferSerializer : com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/serializer/AvroSerializer {
+	public static final field INSTANCE Lcom/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/serializer/ByteBufferSerializer;
+	public synthetic fun deserializeAvro (Lcom/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/AvroDecoder;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+	public fun deserializeAvro (Lcom/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/AvroDecoder;)Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer;
+	public fun getSchema (Lcom/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/serializer/SchemaSupplierContext;)Lorg/apache/avro/Schema;
+	public synthetic fun serializeAvro (Lcom/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/AvroEncoder;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
+	public fun serializeAvro (Lcom/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/AvroEncoder;Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer;)V
+}
+
 public final class com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/serializer/ElementLocation {
 	public fun <init> (Lkotlinx/serialization/descriptors/SerialDescriptor;I)V
 	public final fun component1 ()Lkotlinx/serialization/descriptors/SerialDescriptor;
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/serializer/JavaStdLibSerializers.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/serializer/JavaStdLibSerializers.kt
index 5eea0d1..92c3f20 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/serializer/JavaStdLibSerializers.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/serializer/JavaStdLibSerializers.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public val JavaStdLibSerializersModule: SerializersModule =
         contextual(UUIDSerializer)
         contextual(BigIntegerSerializer)
         contextual(BigDecimalSerializer)
+        contextual(ByteBufferSerializer)
     }
 
 public object URLSerializer : KSerializer<URL> {
@@ -315,4 +316,31 @@ public object BigDecimalSerializer : AvroSerializer<BigDecimal>(BigDecimal::clas
         get() {
             return LogicalTypes.decimal(precision, scale)
         }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Delegates the serialization of a [ByteBuffer] to [AvroEncoder.encodeBytes] and [AvroDecoder.decodeBytes] as all the compatible types
+ * for the current writer schema are specifically handled here.
+ */
+public object ByteBufferSerializer : AvroSerializer<ByteBuffer>(ByteBuffer::class.qualifiedName!!) {
+    override fun getSchema(context: SchemaSupplierContext): Schema {
+        return Schema.create(Schema.Type.BYTES)
+    }
+
+    override fun serializeAvro(
+        encoder: AvroEncoder,
+        value: ByteBuffer,
+    ) {
+        if (value.hasArray() && value.arrayOffset() == 0 && value.array().size == value.remaining()) {
+            encoder.encodeBytes(value.array())
+        } else {
+            val bytes = ByteArray(value.remaining())
+            value.get(bytes)
+            encoder.encodeBytes(bytes)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun deserializeAvro(decoder: AvroDecoder): ByteBuffer {
+        return ByteBuffer.wrap(decoder.decodeBytes())
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/encoding/BytesEncodingTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/encoding/BytesEncodingTest.kt
index 8b0d8c4..3e6145e 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/encoding/BytesEncodingTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/github/avrokotlin/avro4k/encoding/BytesEncodingTest.kt
@@ -6,8 +6,41 @@ import com.github.avrokotlin.avro4k.record
 import io.kotest.core.spec.style.StringSpec
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 import org.apache.avro.Schema
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 
 internal class BytesEncodingTest : StringSpec({
+    "support ByteBuffer as BYTES" {
+        AvroAssertions.assertThat<ByteBuffer>(ByteBuffer.wrap(byteArrayOf(1, 4, 9)))
+            .generatesSchema(Schema.create(Schema.Type.BYTES))
+            .isEncodedAs(byteArrayOf(1, 4, 9))
+        AvroAssertions.assertThat<ByteBuffer?>(ByteBuffer.wrap(byteArrayOf(1, 4, 9)))
+            .generatesSchema(Schema.create(Schema.Type.BYTES).nullable)
+            .isEncodedAs(byteArrayOf(1, 4, 9))
+        AvroAssertions.assertThat<ByteBuffer?>(null)
+            .generatesSchema(Schema.create(Schema.Type.BYTES).nullable)
+            .isEncodedAs(null)
+    }
+
+    "support ByteBuffer as FIXED" {
+        val fixedSchema = Schema.createFixed("fixed", null, null, 3)
+        AvroAssertions.assertThat<ByteBuffer>(ByteBuffer.wrap(byteArrayOf(1, 4, 9)))
+            .isEncodedAs(byteArrayOf(1, 4, 9), writerSchema = fixedSchema)
+        AvroAssertions.assertThat<ByteBuffer?>(ByteBuffer.wrap(byteArrayOf(1, 4, 9)))
+            .isEncodedAs(byteArrayOf(1, 4, 9), writerSchema = fixedSchema.nullable)
+        AvroAssertions.assertThat<ByteBuffer?>(null)
+            .isEncodedAs(null, writerSchema = fixedSchema.nullable)
+    }
+
+    "support ByteBuffer as STRING" {
+        val stringSchema = Schema.create(Schema.Type.STRING)
+        AvroAssertions.assertThat<ByteBuffer>(ByteBuffer.wrap("string".encodeToByteArray()))
+            .isEncodedAs("string", writerSchema = stringSchema)
+        AvroAssertions.assertThat<ByteBuffer?>(ByteBuffer.wrap("string".encodeToByteArray()))
+            .isEncodedAs("string", writerSchema = stringSchema.nullable)
+        AvroAssertions.assertThat<ByteBuffer?>(null)
+            .isEncodedAs(null, writerSchema = stringSchema.nullable)
+    }
+
     "encode/decode nullable ByteArray to BYTES" {
         AvroAssertions.assertThat(NullableByteArrayTest(byteArrayOf(1, 4, 9)))
             .isEncodedAs(record(byteArrayOf(1, 4, 9)))