diff --git a/Foundation/Data.swift b/Foundation/Data.swift
index 0c0ede6e10..9eec949f6f 100644
--- a/Foundation/Data.swift
+++ b/Foundation/Data.swift
@@ -196,6 +196,13 @@ public struct Data : ReferenceConvertible, CustomStringConvertible, Equatable, H
     public init<SourceType>(buffer: UnsafeBufferPointer<SourceType>) {
         _wrapped = _SwiftNSData(immutableObject: NSData(bytes: buffer.baseAddress, length: MemoryLayout<SourceType>.stride * buffer.count))
     }
+
+    /// Initialize a `Data` with copied memory content.
+    ///
+    /// - parameter buffer: A buffer pointer to copy. The size is calculated from `SourceType` and `buffer.count`.
+    public init<SourceType>(buffer: UnsafeMutableBufferPointer<SourceType>) {
+        _wrapped = _SwiftNSData(immutableObject: NSData(bytes: UnsafePointer(buffer.baseAddress), length: MemoryLayout<SourceType>.stride * buffer.count))
+    }
     
     /// Initialize a `Data` with the contents of an Array.
     ///
@@ -295,11 +302,18 @@ public struct Data : ReferenceConvertible, CustomStringConvertible, Equatable, H
         }
     }
     
-    internal init(_bridged data: NSData) {
+    /// Initialize a `Data` by adopting a reference type.
+    ///
+    /// You can use this initializer to create a `struct Data` that wraps a `class NSData`. `struct Data` will use the `class NSData` for all operations. Other initializers (including casting using `as Data`) may choose to hold a reference or not, based on a what is the most efficient representation.
+    ///
+    /// If the resulting value is mutated, then `Data` will invoke the `mutableCopy()` function on the reference to copy the contents. You may customize the behavior of that function if you wish to return a specialized mutable subclass.
+    ///
+    /// - parameter reference: The instance of `NSData` that you wish to wrap. This instance will be copied by `struct Data`.
+    public init(referencing reference: NSData) {
         // We must copy the input because it might be mutable; just like storing a value type in ObjC
-        _wrapped = _SwiftNSData(immutableObject: data.copy() as! NSObject)
+        _wrapped = _SwiftNSData(immutableObject: reference.copy() as! NSObject)
     }
-    
+
     // -----------------------------------
     // MARK: - Properties and Functions
     
@@ -639,11 +653,11 @@ extension Data {
     }
     
     public static func _forceBridgeFromObjectiveC(_ input: NSData, result: inout Data?) {
-        result = Data(_bridged: input)
+        result = Data(referencing: input)
     }
     
     public static func _conditionallyBridgeFromObjectiveC(_ input: NSData, result: inout Data?) -> Bool {
-        result = Data(_bridged: input)
+        result = Data(referencing: input)
         return true
     }
     
diff --git a/Foundation/NSData.swift b/Foundation/NSData.swift
index 7a85117e0d..83eac0ed40 100644
--- a/Foundation/NSData.swift
+++ b/Foundation/NSData.swift
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ extension NSData {
             return Data()
         }
         if range.location == 0 && range.length == self.length {
-            return Data(_bridged: self)
+            return Data(referencing: self)
         }
         return Data(bytes: bytes.advanced(by: range.location), count: range.length)
     }
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ extension NSData {
 
 extension NSData : _CFBridgable, _SwiftBridgable {
     typealias SwiftType = Data
-    internal var _swiftObject: SwiftType { return Data(_bridged: self) }
+    internal var _swiftObject: SwiftType { return Data(referencing: self) }
     
     public func bridge() -> Data {
         return _swiftObject
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ extension CFData : _NSBridgable, _SwiftBridgable {
     typealias NSType = NSData
     typealias SwiftType = Data
     internal var _nsObject: NSType { return unsafeBitCast(self, to: NSType.self) }
-    internal var _swiftObject: SwiftType { return Data(_bridged: self._nsObject) }
+    internal var _swiftObject: SwiftType { return Data(referencing: self._nsObject) }
 }
 
 extension NSMutableData {
diff --git a/TestFoundation/TestNSData.swift b/TestFoundation/TestNSData.swift
index 7d6c39867d..d62d3035f0 100644
--- a/TestFoundation/TestNSData.swift
+++ b/TestFoundation/TestNSData.swift
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ class TestNSData: XCTestCase {
             ("test_replaceBytes", test_replaceBytes),
             ("test_initDataWithCapacity", test_initDataWithCapacity),
             ("test_initDataWithCount", test_initDataWithCount),
+            ("test_initDataWithUnsafeBuffer", test_initDataWithUnsafeBuffer),
+            ("test_initDataWithUnsafeMutableBuffer", test_initDataWithUnsafeMutableBuffer),
+            ("test_initDataWithReference", test_initDataWithReference),
         ]
     }
     
@@ -393,5 +396,42 @@ class TestNSData: XCTestCase {
             return
         }
     }
-}
 
+    func test_initDataWithUnsafeBuffer() {
+        var srcArray: [UInt8] = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+        let buffer = UnsafeBufferPointer<UInt8>(start: &srcArray,
+            count: srcArray.count)
+        let data = Data(buffer: buffer)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(data.count, srcArray.count * MemoryLayout<UInt8>.stride)
+        XCTAssertTrue(Data(bytes: srcArray) == data)
+    }
+
+    func test_initDataWithUnsafeMutableBuffer() {
+        var srcArray: [UInt16] = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+        let buffer = UnsafeMutableBufferPointer<UInt16>(start: &srcArray,
+            count: srcArray.count)
+        let data = Data(buffer: buffer)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(data.count, buffer.count * MemoryLayout<UInt16>.stride)
+
+        // Mutate the original array to test the new instance is a copy
+        srcArray[0] = 0xffff
+        XCTAssertEqual(buffer[0], srcArray[0])
+        XCTAssertNotEqual(data[0], 0xff)
+        XCTAssertEqual(data[0], 0x00)
+    }
+
+    func test_initDataWithReference() {
+        let srcArray: [UInt8] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+        let srcNSData = NSData(bytes: srcArray, length: srcArray.count)
+        var data = Data(referencing: srcNSData)
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(data == Data(bytes: srcArray))
+        XCTAssertEqual(srcNSData.length, srcArray.count)
+
+        // Mutate the original array to test the new instance is a copy
+        data.resetBytes(in: data.startIndex..<data.endIndex)
+        XCTAssertFalse(data == Data(referencing: srcNSData))
+    }
+}