diff --git a/jni/jffi/MemoryIO.c b/jni/jffi/MemoryIO.c
index 29c78e80..6ebfca28 100644
--- a/jni/jffi/MemoryIO.c
+++ b/jni/jffi/MemoryIO.c
@@ -144,6 +144,29 @@ getArrayChecked(JNIEnv* env, jlong address, jobject obj, jint offset, jint lengt
     },);
 }
 
+static jsize
+UTFStrLen(const char* str, jsize maxlen, jint nullTerminatorWidth)
+{
+    jsize matchingBytesCount = 0;
+    const char* char_ptr = str;
+    const char* end_char_ptr = str + maxlen;
+    while (char_ptr < end_char_ptr) {
+        if (*char_ptr == '\0') {
+            matchingBytesCount++;
+            char_ptr++;
+        } else {
+            char_ptr += nullTerminatorWidth - matchingBytesCount;//jump to start of next character
+            matchingBytesCount = 0;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (matchingBytesCount == nullTerminatorWidth) {
+            char_ptr -= nullTerminatorWidth;//trim to the last byte just before null terminator
+            return char_ptr - str;
+        }
+    }
+    return maxlen;
+}
+
 #define UNSAFE(J, N) GET(J, N) PUT(J, N) COPY(J, N)
 
 UNSAFE(Byte, jbyte);
@@ -347,6 +370,23 @@ Java_com_kenai_jffi_Foreign_getZeroTerminatedByteArray__JI(JNIEnv* env, jobject
     return bytes;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Class:     com_kenai_jffi_Foreign
+ * Method:    getZeroTerminatedByteArray
+ * Signature: (JII)[B
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jbyteArray JNICALL
+Java_com_kenai_jffi_Foreign_getZeroTerminatedByteArray__JII(JNIEnv* env, jobject self, jlong address, jint maxlen, jint nullTerminatorWidth)
+{
+    const char *str = (const char*) j2p(address);
+    jsize len = UTFStrLen(str, maxlen, nullTerminatorWidth);
+    jbyteArray bytes = (*env)->NewByteArray(env, len);
+    (*env)->SetByteArrayRegion(env, bytes, 0, len, (jbyte *) str);
+
+    return bytes;
+}
+
+
 JNIEXPORT jbyteArray JNICALL
 Java_com_kenai_jffi_Foreign_getZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked__JI(JNIEnv* env, jobject self, jlong address, jint maxlen)
 {
@@ -361,6 +401,24 @@ Java_com_kenai_jffi_Foreign_getZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked__JI(JNIEnv* env, j
     return bytes;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Class:     com_kenai_jffi_Foreign
+ * Method:    getZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked
+ * Signature: (JII)[B
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jbyteArray JNICALL
+Java_com_kenai_jffi_Foreign_getZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked__JII(JNIEnv* env, jobject self, jlong address, jint maxlen, jint nullTerminatorWidth)
+{
+    const char *str = (const char*) j2p(address);
+    jsize len;
+
+    PROT(len = UTFStrLen(str, maxlen, nullTerminatorWidth), NULL);
+    jbyteArray bytes = (*env)->NewByteArray(env, len);
+    (*env)->SetByteArrayRegion(env, bytes, 0, len, (jbyte *) str);
+
+    return bytes;   
+}
+
 /*
  * Class:     com_kenai_jffi_Foreign
  * Method:    putZeroTerminatedByteArray
@@ -374,6 +432,24 @@ Java_com_kenai_jffi_Foreign_putZeroTerminatedByteArray(JNIEnv *env, jobject self
     *((char *) (uintptr_t) address + length) = '\0';
 }
 
+/*
+ * Class:     com_kenai_jffi_Foreign
+ * Method:    putZeroTerminatedByteArray
+ * Signature: (J[BIII)V
+ */
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
+Java_com_kenai_jffi_Foreign_putZeroTerminatedByteArray__J_3BIII(JNIEnv *env, jobject self,
+   jlong address, jbyteArray data, jint offset, jint length, jint nullTerminatorWidth)
+{
+    (*env)->GetByteArrayRegion(env, data, offset, length, (jbyte *)j2p(address));
+    char *str = (char*) j2p(address);
+    jint i;
+    for(i = 0; i < nullTerminatorWidth; i++){
+        str[address + length + i] = '\0';
+    }
+}
+
+
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
 Java_com_kenai_jffi_Foreign_putZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked(JNIEnv *env, jobject self,
    jlong address, jbyteArray data, jint offset, jint length)
@@ -383,6 +459,22 @@ Java_com_kenai_jffi_Foreign_putZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked(JNIEnv *env, jobje
     (*env)->GetByteArrayRegion(env, data, offset, length, (jbyte *)j2p(address));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Class:     com_kenai_jffi_Foreign
+ * Method:    putZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked
+ * Signature: (J[BIII)V
+ */
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
+Java_com_kenai_jffi_Foreign_putZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked__J_3BIII(JNIEnv *env, jobject self,
+   jlong address, jbyteArray data, jint offset, jint length, jint nullTerminatorWidth)
+{
+    char* cp = (char *) (uintptr_t) address;
+    jint i;
+    PROT({ *cp = 0; for(i = 0; i < nullTerminatorWidth; i++) cp[address + length + i] = '\0';},);
+    (*env)->GetByteArrayRegion(env, data, offset, length, (jbyte *)j2p(address));
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Class:     com_kenai_jffi_Foreign
  * Method:    allocateMemory
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/Foreign.java b/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/Foreign.java
index 6706aacb..20110f78 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/Foreign.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/Foreign.java
@@ -1425,6 +1425,20 @@ static native void invokePointerParameterArray(long callContext, long functionCo
      */
     static native byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, int maxlen);
 
+    /**
+     * Copies a zero (nul) terminated by array from native memory.
+     *
+     * This method will search for a varying size null terminator, starting from <code>address</code>
+     * and stop once the terminator is encountered. The returned byte array does not
+     * contain the terminating zero bytes.
+     *
+     * @param address The address to copy the array from
+     * @param maxlen The maximum number of bytes to search for the nul terminator
+     * @param nullTerminatorWidth size of null terminator in bytes
+     * @return A byte array containing the bytes copied from native memory.
+     */
+    static native byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, int maxlen, int nullTerminatorWidth);
+
     /**
      * Copies a java byte array to native memory and appends a NUL terminating byte.
      *
@@ -1436,6 +1450,19 @@ static native void invokePointerParameterArray(long callContext, long functionCo
      * @param length The number of bytes to copy to native memory
      */
     static native void putZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length);
+
+    /**
+     * Copies a java byte array to native memory and appends a varying width null terminator.
+     *
+     * <b>Note</b> A total of length + nullTerminatorWidth bytes is written to native memory.
+     *
+     * @param address The address to copy to.
+     * @param data The byte array to copy to native memory
+     * @param offset The offset within the byte array to begin copying from
+     * @param length The number of bytes to copy to native memory
+     * @param nullTerminatorWidth size of null terminator in bytes
+     */
+    static native void putZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length, int nullTerminatorWidth);
     
     /**
      * Reads an 8 bit integer from a native memory location.
@@ -1757,7 +1784,7 @@ static native void invokePointerParameterArray(long callContext, long functionCo
     static native byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked(long address);
 
     /**
-     * Copies a zero Checked(nul) terminated by array from native memory.
+     * Copies a zero Checked(nul) terminated byte array from native memory.
      *
      * This method will search for a zero byte, starting from <code>address</code>
      * and stop once a zero byte is encountered.  The returned byte array does not
@@ -1769,6 +1796,20 @@ static native void invokePointerParameterArray(long callContext, long functionCo
      */
     static native byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked(long address, int maxlen);
 
+    /**
+     * Copies a zero Checked(nul) terminated byte array from native memory.
+     *
+     * This method will search for a varying length null terminator, starting from <code>address</code>
+     * and stop once the terminator is encountered. The returned byte array does not
+     * contain the terminating zero bytes.
+     *
+     * @param address The address to copy the array from
+     * @param maxlen The maximum number of bytes to search for the nul terminator
+     * @param nullTerminatorWidth size of null terminator in bytes
+     * @return A byte array containing the bytes copied from native memory.
+     */
+    static native byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked(long address, int maxlen, int nullTerminatorWidth);
+
     /**
      * Copies a java byte array to native memory and appends a NUL terminating byte.
      *
@@ -1781,6 +1822,19 @@ static native void invokePointerParameterArray(long callContext, long functionCo
      */
     static native void putZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length);
 
+    /**
+     * Copies a java byte array to native memory and appends a varying width null terminator.
+     *
+     * <b>Note</b> A total of length + nullTerminatorWidth bytes is written to native memory.
+     *
+     * @param address The address to copy to.
+     * @param data The byte array to copy to native memory
+     * @param offset The offset within the byte array to begin copying from
+     * @param length The number of bytes to copy to native memory
+     * @param nullTerminatorWidth size of null terminator in bytes
+     */
+    static native void putZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length, int nullTerminatorWidth);
+
     /**
      * Creates a new Direct ByteBuffer for a native memory region.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/MemoryIO.java b/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/MemoryIO.java
index ddab5e87..729f40df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/MemoryIO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/MemoryIO.java
@@ -522,6 +522,20 @@ public final void freeMemory(long address) {
      */
     public abstract byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, int maxlen);
 
+    /**
+     * Reads a byte array from native memory, stopping when a null terminator is found,
+     * or the maximum length is reached.
+     *
+     * This can be used to read non single byte terminator strings from native memory.
+     *
+     * @param address The address to read the data from.
+     * @param maxlen The limit of the memory area to scan for null terminator.
+     * @param nullTerminatorWidth size of null terminator in bytes
+     * @return The byte array containing a copy of the native data.  Any zero
+     * byte is stripped from the end.
+     */
+    public abstract byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, int maxlen, int nullTerminatorWidth);
+
     @Deprecated
     public final byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, long maxlen) {
         return getZeroTerminatedByteArray(address, (int) maxlen);
@@ -539,6 +553,19 @@ public final byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, long maxlen) {
      */
     public abstract void putZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length);
 
+    /**
+     * Copies a java byte array to native memory and appends a varying width NUL terminator.
+     *
+     * <b>Note</b> A total of length + 1 bytes is written to native memory.
+     *
+     * @param address The address to copy to.
+     * @param data The byte array to copy to native memory
+     * @param offset The offset within the byte array to begin copying from
+     * @param length The number of bytes to copy to native memory
+     * @param nullTerminatorWidth size of null terminator in bytes
+     */
+    public abstract void putZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length, int nullTerminatorWidth);
+
     /**
      * Finds the location of a byte value in a native memory region.
      *
@@ -693,9 +720,15 @@ public final byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address) {
         public final byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, int maxlen) {
             return Foreign.getZeroTerminatedByteArray(address, maxlen);
         }
+        public final byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, int maxlen, int nullTerminatorWidth) {
+            return Foreign.getZeroTerminatedByteArray(address, maxlen, nullTerminatorWidth);
+        }
         public final void putZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length) {
             Foreign.putZeroTerminatedByteArray(address, data, offset, length);
         }
+        public final void putZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length, int nullTerminatorWidth) {
+            Foreign.putZeroTerminatedByteArray(address, data, offset, length, nullTerminatorWidth);
+        }
 
     }
 
@@ -822,9 +855,15 @@ public final byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address) {
         public final byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, int maxlen) {
             return Foreign.getZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked(address, maxlen);
         }
+        public final byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, int maxlen, int nullTerminatorWidth) {
+            return Foreign.getZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked(address, maxlen, nullTerminatorWidth);
+        }
         public final void putZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length) {
             Foreign.putZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked(address, data, offset, length);
         }
+        public final void putZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length, int nullTerminatorWidth) {
+            Foreign.putZeroTerminatedByteArrayChecked(address, data, offset, length, nullTerminatorWidth);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/UnsafeMemoryIO.java b/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/UnsafeMemoryIO.java
index 7b23d039..52be7f49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/UnsafeMemoryIO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/UnsafeMemoryIO.java
@@ -120,9 +120,15 @@ public final byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address) {
     public final byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, int maxlen) {
         return Foreign.getZeroTerminatedByteArray(address, maxlen);
     }
+    public final byte[] getZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, int maxlen, int nullTerminatorWidth) {
+        return Foreign.getZeroTerminatedByteArray(address, maxlen, nullTerminatorWidth);
+    }
     public final void putZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length) {
         Foreign.putZeroTerminatedByteArray(address, data, offset, length);
     }
+    public final void putZeroTerminatedByteArray(long address, byte[] data, int offset, int length, int nullTerminatorWidth) {
+        Foreign.putZeroTerminatedByteArray(address, data, offset, length, nullTerminatorWidth);
+    }
 
     /**
      * A 32 bit optimized implementation of <code>MemoryIO</code> using sun.misc.Unsafe
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kenai/jffi/MemoryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kenai/jffi/MemoryTest.java
index 93f78c0e..b0fe4f43 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kenai/jffi/MemoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kenai/jffi/MemoryTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 public class MemoryTest {
 
@@ -54,7 +55,14 @@ public void tearDown() {
         byte[] string = MemoryIO.getInstance().getZeroTerminatedByteArray(memory, 4);
         assertArrayEquals(MAGIC, string);
     }
-
+    @Test public void zeroTerminatedArrayWithVaryingTerminatorWidth() {
+        byte[] MAGIC = new String("goodbye").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_16LE);
+        byte[] nullTerminator = new String("\0").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_16LE);
+        long memory = MemoryIO.getInstance().allocateMemory(MAGIC.length + nullTerminator.length, true);
+        MemoryIO.getInstance().putZeroTerminatedByteArray(memory, MAGIC, 0, MAGIC.length, nullTerminator.length);
+        assertArrayEquals("String not written to native memory", MAGIC,
+                MemoryIO.getInstance().getZeroTerminatedByteArray(memory, MAGIC.length + nullTerminator.length, nullTerminator.length));
+    }
     @Test public void putZeroTerminatedByteArray() {
         final byte[] DIRTY = { 'd', 'i', 'r', 't', 'y' };
         final byte[] MAGIC = { 't', 'e', 's', 't' };