diff --git a/libarchive/entry.py b/libarchive/entry.py
index 863dbc7..73f0909 100644
--- a/libarchive/entry.py
+++ b/libarchive/entry.py
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ def modify(self, header_codec=None, **attributes):
         for name, value in attributes.items():
             setattr(self, name, value)
 
+    @property
+    def pointer(self):
+        """Returns the FFI pointer to the `archive_entry` struct"""
+        return self._entry_p
+
     @property
     def filetype(self):
         return ffi.entry_filetype(self._entry_p)
diff --git a/libarchive/read.py b/libarchive/read.py
index 3451376..d9c00ea 100644
--- a/libarchive/read.py
+++ b/libarchive/read.py
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ def __iter__(self):
             yield entry
             entry.__class__ = PassedArchiveEntry
 
+    @property
+    def pointer(self):
+        """Returns the FFI pointer to the `archive_read` struct"""
+        return self._pointer
+
     @property
     def bytes_read(self):
         return ffi.filter_bytes(self._pointer, -1)
diff --git a/libarchive/write.py b/libarchive/write.py
index 782e0f7..59a7565 100644
--- a/libarchive/write.py
+++ b/libarchive/write.py
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ def __init__(self, archive_p, header_codec='utf-8'):
         self._pointer = archive_p
         self.header_codec = header_codec
 
+    @property
+    def pointer(self):
+        """Returns the FFI pointer to the `archive_write` struct"""
+        return self._pointer
+
     def add_entries(self, entries):
         """Add the given entries to the archive.
         """