diff --git a/lib/ffi/upskirt/buffer.rb b/lib/ffi/upskirt/buffer.rb
index dec7e03..c991c98 100644
--- a/lib/ffi/upskirt/buffer.rb
+++ b/lib/ffi/upskirt/buffer.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'ffi'
+require 'ffi/upskirt/upskirt'
 
 module FFI
   module Upskirt
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ class Buffer < FFI::Struct
              :unit, :size_t,
              :ref, :int
 
+      def to_smartypants
+        smart_buffer = Upskirt.bufnew(128)
+
+        Upskirt.upshtml_smartypants(smart_buffer,self)
+        result = smart_buffer.data.get_string(0,smart_buffer.size)
+
+        smart_buffer.free
+        return result
+      end
+
     end
   end
 end