diff --git a/src/x25519.rs b/src/x25519.rs
index e13e81e..01b22bb 100644
--- a/src/x25519.rs
+++ b/src/x25519.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ impl PublicKey {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsRef<[u8]> for PublicKey {
+    /// View this public key as a byte array.
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.as_bytes()
+    }
+}
+
 /// A short-lived Diffie-Hellman secret key that can only be used to compute a single
 /// [`SharedSecret`].
 ///
@@ -187,11 +195,13 @@ impl StaticSecret {
     }
 
     /// Extract this key's bytes for serialization.
+    #[inline]
     pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> [u8; 32] {
         self.0.to_bytes()
     }
 
     /// View this key as a byte array.
+    #[inline]
     pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8; 32] {
         self.0.as_bytes()
     }
@@ -211,6 +221,14 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a StaticSecret> for PublicKey {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsRef<[u8]> for StaticSecret {
+    /// View this key as a byte array.
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.as_bytes()
+    }
+}
+
 /// The result of a Diffie-Hellman key exchange.
 ///
 /// Each party computes this using their [`EphemeralSecret`] or [`StaticSecret`] and their
@@ -271,6 +289,14 @@ impl SharedSecret {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsRef<[u8]> for SharedSecret {
+    /// View this shared secret key as a byte array.
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.as_bytes()
+    }
+}
+
 /// "Decode" a scalar from a 32-byte array.
 ///
 /// By "decode" here, what is really meant is applying key clamping by twiddling