diff --git a/binding/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Header.java b/binding/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Header.java
index 8239639af74403d905b506e8d0c396ed2fc25e3b..8ff0680752746442e3a05b18576ce1bced74bb9e 100644
--- a/binding/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Header.java
+++ b/binding/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Header.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public class Header {
     public final int createdAt;
     public final int startIndexPtr;
     public final int endIndexPtr;
+    public final byte[] buffer;
 
     public Header(byte[] buff) {
         assert buff.length >= 16;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ public class Header {
         createdAt = Searcher.getInt(buff, 4);
         startIndexPtr = Searcher.getInt(buff, 8);
         endIndexPtr = Searcher.getInt(buff, 12);
+        buffer = buff;
     }
 
     @Override public String toString() {