diff --git a/go/lib.go b/go/lib.go
index adfce52..9a333ff 100644
--- a/go/lib.go
+++ b/go/lib.go
@@ -11,3 +11,15 @@
 	n := GetUOffsetT(buf[offset:])
 	fb.Init(buf, n+offset)
 }
+
+// GetSizePrefixedRootAs is a generic helper to initialize a FlatBuffer with the provided size-prefixed buffer
+// bytes and its data offset
+func GetSizePrefixedRootAs(buf []byte, offset UOffsetT, fb FlatBuffer) {
+	n := GetUOffsetT(buf[offset+sizePrefixLength:])
+	fb.Init(buf, n+offset+sizePrefixLength)
+}
+
+// GetSizePrefix reads the size from a size-prefixed flatbuffer
+func GetSizePrefix(buf []byte, offset UOffsetT) uint32 {
+	return GetUint32(buf[offset:])
+}