diff --git a/services-directions-models/src/main/java/com/mapbox/api/directions/v5/models/DirectionsResponse.java b/services-directions-models/src/main/java/com/mapbox/api/directions/v5/models/DirectionsResponse.java
index 3350be797..bb01efb46 100644
--- a/services-directions-models/src/main/java/com/mapbox/api/directions/v5/models/DirectionsResponse.java
+++ b/services-directions-models/src/main/java/com/mapbox/api/directions/v5/models/DirectionsResponse.java
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 import com.mapbox.api.directions.v5.DirectionsAdapterFactory;
 import com.mapbox.geojson.Point;
 import com.mapbox.geojson.PointAsCoordinatesTypeAdapter;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -146,6 +154,48 @@ public static DirectionsResponse fromJson(@NonNull String json) {
     return gson.create().fromJson(json, DirectionsResponse.class).toBuilder().build();
   }
 
+  public static DirectionsResponse fromJson(@NonNull ByteBuffer json, Charset charsets) {
+    GsonBuilder gson = new GsonBuilder();
+    gson.registerTypeAdapterFactory(DirectionsAdapterFactory.create());
+    gson.registerTypeAdapter(Point.class, new PointAsCoordinatesTypeAdapter());
+    // rebuilding to ensure that underlying routes have assigned indices and UUID
+
+    InputStream is = new ByteBufferBackedInputStream(json);
+    InputStreamReader r = new InputStreamReader(is, charsets);
+    return gson.create().fromJson(r, DirectionsResponse.class).toBuilder().build();
+  }
+
+  private static class ByteBufferBackedInputStream extends InputStream {
+
+    ByteBuffer buf;
+
+    public ByteBufferBackedInputStream(ByteBuffer buf) {
+      this.buf = buf;
+    }
+
+    public synchronized int read() throws IOException {
+      if (!buf.hasRemaining()) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+      return buf.get() & 0xFF;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int available() throws IOException {
+      return buf.remaining();
+    }
+
+    public synchronized int read(byte[] bytes, int off, int len) throws IOException {
+      if (!buf.hasRemaining()) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+
+      len = Math.min(len, buf.remaining());
+      buf.get(bytes, off, len);
+      return len;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a new instance of this class by passing in a formatted valid JSON String.
    * <p>
diff --git a/services-directions-models/src/test/java/com/mapbox/api/directions/v5/models/DirectionsResponseTest.java b/services-directions-models/src/test/java/com/mapbox/api/directions/v5/models/DirectionsResponseTest.java
index 80d8dd304..6575d8824 100644
--- a/services-directions-models/src/test/java/com/mapbox/api/directions/v5/models/DirectionsResponseTest.java
+++ b/services-directions-models/src/test/java/com/mapbox/api/directions/v5/models/DirectionsResponseTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.mapbox.api.directions.v5.models;
 
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@
 import com.mapbox.geojson.Point;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -83,6 +87,25 @@ public void fromJson_correctlyBuildsFromJson() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(1, response.routes().size());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void deserialization_from_byte_buffer() throws Exception {
+    String textJson = loadJsonFixture(DIRECTIONS_V5_PRECISION6_FIXTURE);
+    ByteBuffer buffer = putTextToDirectByteBuffer(textJson, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+    DirectionsResponse responseFromBuffer = DirectionsResponse.fromJson(buffer, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    DirectionsResponse responseFromText = DirectionsResponse.fromJson(textJson);
+
+    assertEquals(responseFromText, responseFromBuffer);
+  }
+
+  @NonNull private ByteBuffer putTextToDirectByteBuffer(String textJson, Charset charset) {
+    byte[] json = textJson.getBytes(charset);
+    ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(json.length);
+    buffer.put(json);
+    buffer.position(0);
+    return buffer;
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testToFromJsonWithRealResponse() throws Exception {
     Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();