diff --git a/sol/compatibility.hpp b/sol/compatibility.hpp
index b7dc8705..374074d5 100644
--- a/sol/compatibility.hpp
+++ b/sol/compatibility.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 // comes from https://github.com/keplerproject/lua-compat-5.2
 // but has been modified in many places for use with Sol and luajit,
 // though the core abstractions remain the same
+
+#ifndef SOL_NO_COMPAT
+
 #include "compatibility/version.hpp"
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -38,4 +41,6 @@ extern "C" {
 }
 #endif
 
+#endif // SOL_NO_COMPAT
+
 #endif // SOL_COMPATIBILITY_HPP
diff --git a/sol/compatibility/5.1.0.h b/sol/compatibility/5.1.0.h
index d37bc078..a90cd5fa 100644
--- a/sol/compatibility/5.1.0.h
+++ b/sol/compatibility/5.1.0.h
@@ -144,6 +144,27 @@ void luaL_pushresult(luaL_Buffer_52 *B);
 #define luaL_pushresultsize(B, s) \
   (luaL_addsize(B, s), luaL_pushresult(B))
 
+typedef struct kepler_lua_compat_get_string_view {
+	const char *s;
+	size_t size;
+} kepler_lua_compat_get_string_view;
+
+inline const char* kepler_lua_compat_get_string(lua_State* L, void* ud, size_t* size) {
+    kepler_lua_compat_get_string_view* ls = (kepler_lua_compat_get_string_view*) ud;
+    (void)L;
+    if (ls->size == 0) return NULL;
+    *size = ls->size;
+    ls->size = 0;
+    return ls->s;
+}
+
+inline int luaL_loadbufferx(lua_State* L, const char* buff, size_t size, const char* name, const char* mode) {
+    kepler_lua_compat_get_string_view ls;
+    ls.s = buff;
+    ls.size = size;
+    return lua_load(L, getS, &ls, name, mode);
+}
+
 #endif /* Lua 5.1 */
 
 #endif // SOL_5_1_0_H
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