diff --git a/binding/Binding/SKManagedStream.cs b/binding/Binding/SKManagedStream.cs
index 50927a0aa8..8bf6dab1c0 100644
--- a/binding/Binding/SKManagedStream.cs
+++ b/binding/Binding/SKManagedStream.cs
@@ -87,20 +87,22 @@ protected override void DisposeManaged ()
 
 		private IntPtr OnReadManagedStream (IntPtr buffer, IntPtr size)
 		{
-			if (buffer == IntPtr.Zero)
-				throw new ArgumentNullException (nameof (buffer));
 			if ((int)size < 0)
 				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException (nameof (size));
 
 			if (size == IntPtr.Zero)
 				return IntPtr.Zero;
 
+			// NOTE: some skips still requires a read as some streams cannot seek
 			using var managedBuffer = Utils.RentArray<byte> ((int)size);
 			var len = stream.Read (managedBuffer.Array, 0, managedBuffer.Length);
 
-			var src = managedBuffer.Span.Slice (0, len);
-			var dst = buffer.AsSpan (managedBuffer.Length);
-			src.CopyTo (dst);
+			if (buffer != IntPtr.Zero) {
+				// read
+				var src = managedBuffer.Span.Slice (0, len);
+				var dst = buffer.AsSpan (managedBuffer.Length);
+				src.CopyTo (dst);
+			}
 
 			if (!stream.CanSeek && (int)size > 0 && len <= (int)size)
 				isAsEnd = true;
diff --git a/tests/Content/images/tomato.bmp b/tests/Content/images/tomato.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4c67b501a
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/Content/images/tomato.bmp differ
diff --git a/tests/Tests/SKBitmapTest.cs b/tests/Tests/SKBitmapTest.cs
index 9f671b4a23..88d58e8c66 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/SKBitmapTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tests/SKBitmapTest.cs
@@ -739,5 +739,20 @@ public void CanDecodePotentiallyCorruptPngFiles(string filename)
 
 			Assert.NotNull(bitmap);
 		}
+
+		[Theory]
+		[InlineData("tomato.bmp")]
+		[InlineData("baboon.jpg")]
+		[InlineData("baboon.png")]
+		[InlineData("animated-heart.gif")]
+		public void CanDecodeImageStreams(string filename)
+		{
+			var path = Path.Combine(PathToImages, filename);
+
+			using var stream = File.OpenRead(path);
+			using var bitmap = SKBitmap.Decode(stream);
+
+			Assert.NotNull(bitmap);
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/Tests/SKManagedStreamTest.cs b/tests/Tests/SKManagedStreamTest.cs
index 1ae70ad3ad..9fa99eb86f 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/SKManagedStreamTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tests/SKManagedStreamTest.cs
@@ -147,11 +147,83 @@ public void ReadIsCorrect(int dataSize, int readSize, int finalPos, int expected
 			var actualReadSize = managedStream.Read(buffer, readSize);
 
 			Assert.Equal(expectedReadSize, actualReadSize);
+			Assert.Equal(finalPos, stream.Position);
 			Assert.Equal(finalPos, managedStream.Position);
 			Assert.Equal(data.Take(readSize), buffer.Take(actualReadSize));
 			Assert.All(buffer.Skip(actualReadSize), i => Assert.Equal(0, i));
 		}
 
+		[SkippableTheory]
+		[InlineData(1024, 0, 0, 0)]
+		[InlineData(1024, 1, 1, 1)]
+		[InlineData(1024, 10, 10, 10)]
+		[InlineData(1024, 100, 100, 100)]
+		[InlineData(1024, 1000, 1000, 1000)]
+		[InlineData(1024, 10000, 1024, 1024)]
+		public void SkipIsCorrect(int dataSize, int readSize, int finalPos, int expectedReadSize)
+		{
+			var data = new byte[dataSize];
+			for (var i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
+			{
+				data[i] = (byte)(i % byte.MaxValue);
+			}
+
+			var stream = new MemoryStream(data);
+			var managedStream = new SKManagedStream(stream);
+
+			var actualReadSize = managedStream.Skip(readSize);
+
+			Assert.Equal(expectedReadSize, actualReadSize);
+			Assert.Equal(finalPos, stream.Position);
+			Assert.Equal(finalPos, managedStream.Position);
+		}
+
+		[SkippableTheory]
+		[InlineData(1024, 0, 0, 0)]
+		[InlineData(1024, 1, 1, 1)]
+		[InlineData(1024, 10, 10, 10)]
+		[InlineData(1024, 100, 100, 100)]
+		[InlineData(1024, 1000, 1000, 1000)]
+		[InlineData(1024, 10000, 1024, 1024)]
+		public void SkipNonSeekableIsCorrect(int dataSize, int readSize, int finalPos, int expectedReadSize)
+		{
+			var data = new byte[dataSize];
+			for (var i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
+			{
+				data[i] = (byte)(i % byte.MaxValue);
+			}
+
+			var stream = new MemoryStream(data);
+			var nonSeekable = new NonSeekableReadOnlyStream(stream);
+			var managedStream = new SKManagedStream(nonSeekable);
+
+			var actualReadSize = managedStream.Skip(readSize);
+
+			Assert.Equal(expectedReadSize, actualReadSize);
+			Assert.Equal(finalPos, stream.Position);
+		}
+
+		[SkippableFact]
+		public void SkipOffsetChunkCorrectly()
+		{
+			var data = new byte[1024];
+			for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
+			{
+				data[i] = (byte)(i % byte.MaxValue);
+			}
+
+			var stream = new MemoryStream(data);
+			var skManagedStream = new SKManagedStream(stream);
+
+			var offset = 768;
+
+			skManagedStream.Position = offset;
+
+			var taken = skManagedStream.Skip(data.Length);
+
+			Assert.Equal(data.Length - offset, taken);
+		}
+
 		[SkippableFact]
 		public void ManagedStreamReadsChunkCorrectly()
 		{