diff --git a/lib/constructor.js b/lib/constructor.js
index b69adb73..7e67411f 100644
--- a/lib/constructor.js
+++ b/lib/constructor.js
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ const debuglog = util.debuglog('sharp');
  *   }
  * }).toFile('text_rgba.png');
  *
- * @param {(Buffer|Uint8Array|Uint8ClampedArray|Int8Array|Uint16Array|Int16Array|Uint32Array|Int32Array|Float32Array|Float64Array|string)} [input] - if present, can be
- *  a Buffer / Uint8Array / Uint8ClampedArray containing JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, SVG or TIFF image data, or
+ * @param {(Buffer|ArrayBuffer|Uint8Array|Uint8ClampedArray|Int8Array|Uint16Array|Int16Array|Uint32Array|Int32Array|Float32Array|Float64Array|string)} [input] - if present, can be
+ *  a Buffer / ArrayBuffer / Uint8Array / Uint8ClampedArray containing JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, SVG or TIFF image data, or
  *  a TypedArray containing raw pixel image data, or
  *  a String containing the filesystem path to an JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, SVG or TIFF image file.
  *  JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, SVG, TIFF or raw pixel image data can be streamed into the object when not present.
diff --git a/lib/index.d.ts b/lib/index.d.ts
index cce81714..6b6e0543 100644
--- a/lib/index.d.ts
+++ b/lib/index.d.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ declare function sharp(options?: sharp.SharpOptions): sharp.Sharp;
 declare function sharp(
     input?:
         | Buffer
+        | ArrayBuffer
         | Uint8Array
         | Uint8ClampedArray
         | Int8Array
diff --git a/lib/input.js b/lib/input.js
index 3b403d89..971da50c 100644
--- a/lib/input.js
+++ b/lib/input.js
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ function _createInputDescriptor (input, inputOptions, containerOptions) {
       throw Error('Input Buffer is empty');
     }
     inputDescriptor.buffer = input;
+  } else if (is.arrayBuffer(input)) {
+    if (input.byteLength === 0) {
+      throw Error('Input bit Array is empty');
+    }
+    inputDescriptor.buffer = Buffer.from(input, 0, input.byteLength);
   } else if (is.typedArray(input)) {
     if (input.length === 0) {
       throw Error('Input Bit Array is empty');
diff --git a/lib/is.js b/lib/is.js
index 24b8a957..a7724a63 100644
--- a/lib/is.js
+++ b/lib/is.js
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ const typedArray = function (val) {
   return false;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Is this value an ArrayBuffer object?
+ * @private
+ */
+const arrayBuffer = function (val) {
+  return val instanceof ArrayBuffer;
+};
+
 /**
  * Is this value a non-empty string?
  * @private
@@ -134,6 +142,7 @@ module.exports = {
   bool: bool,
   buffer: buffer,
   typedArray: typedArray,
+  arrayBuffer: arrayBuffer,
   string: string,
   number: number,
   integer: integer,
diff --git a/test/unit/io.js b/test/unit/io.js
index 79d1d6bc..57ae935e 100644
--- a/test/unit/io.js
+++ b/test/unit/io.js
@@ -150,6 +150,23 @@ describe('Input/output', function () {
     readable.pipe(pipeline).pipe(writable);
   });
 
+  it('Read from ArrayBuffer and write to Buffer', async () => {
+    const uint8array = Uint8Array.from([255, 255, 255, 0, 0, 0]);
+    const arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(uint8array.byteLength);
+    new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer).set(uint8array);
+    const { data, info } = await sharp(arrayBuffer, {
+      raw: {
+        width: 2,
+        height: 1,
+        channels: 3
+      }
+    }).toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: true });
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(uint8array, new Uint8Array(data));
+    assert.strictEqual(info.width, 2);
+    assert.strictEqual(info.height, 1);
+  });
+
   it('Read from Uint8Array and write to Buffer', async () => {
     const uint8array = Uint8Array.from([255, 255, 255, 0, 0, 0]);
     const { data, info } = await sharp(uint8array, {
diff --git a/test/unit/raw.js b/test/unit/raw.js
index 6f8bef98..e3513ed0 100644
--- a/test/unit/raw.js
+++ b/test/unit/raw.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ describe('Raw pixel data', function () {
       assert.throws(function () {
         sharp(Buffer.from(''));
       }, /empty/);
+      assert.throws(function () {
+        sharp(new ArrayBuffer(0));
+      }, /empty/);
       assert.throws(function () {
         sharp(new Uint8Array(0));
       }, /empty/);