diff --git a/src/bson.rs b/src/bson.rs
index 2004adfd..83f8b424 100644
--- a/src/bson.rs
+++ b/src/bson.rs
@@ -1130,7 +1130,8 @@ impl Binary {
         }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn as_raw_binary(&self) -> RawBinaryRef<'_> {
+    /// Borrow the contents as a `RawBinaryRef`.
+    pub fn as_raw_binary(&self) -> RawBinaryRef<'_> {
         RawBinaryRef {
             bytes: self.bytes.as_slice(),
             subtype: self.subtype,
diff --git a/src/raw/bson_ref.rs b/src/raw/bson_ref.rs
index c27ff939..a0668e01 100644
--- a/src/raw/bson_ref.rs
+++ b/src/raw/bson_ref.rs
@@ -460,6 +460,14 @@ pub struct RawBinaryRef<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> RawBinaryRef<'a> {
+    /// Copy the contents into a `Binary`.
+    pub fn to_binary(&self) -> Binary {
+        Binary {
+            subtype: self.subtype,
+            bytes: self.bytes.to_owned(),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn len(&self) -> i32 {
         match self.subtype {
             BinarySubtype::BinaryOld => self.bytes.len() as i32 + 4,