diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index e7b9e41..92b1266 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 name = "StrideArraysCore"
 uuid = "7792a7ef-975c-4747-a70f-980b88e8d1da"
 authors = ["Chris Elrod <elrodc@gmail.com> and contributors"]
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 
 [deps]
 ArrayInterface = "4fba245c-0d91-5ea0-9b3e-6abc04ee57a9"
 CloseOpenIntervals = "fb6a15b2-703c-40df-9091-08a04967cfa9"
 IfElse = "615f187c-cbe4-4ef1-ba3b-2fcf58d6d173"
 LayoutPointers = "10f19ff3-798f-405d-979b-55457f8fc047"
+LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 ManualMemory = "d125e4d3-2237-4719-b19c-fa641b8a4667"
 SIMDTypes = "94e857df-77ce-4151-89e5-788b33177be4"
 Static = "aedffcd0-7271-4cad-89d0-dc628f76c6d3"
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ ArrayInterface = "7"
 CloseOpenIntervals = "0.1.2"
 IfElse = "0.1"
 LayoutPointers = "0.1.1"
+LinearAlgebra = "1"
 ManualMemory = "0.1.6"
 SIMDTypes = "0.1"
 Static = "0.7, 0.8"
diff --git a/src/ptr_array.jl b/src/ptr_array.jl
index 3dcaa9b..2b1a58e 100644
--- a/src/ptr_array.jl
+++ b/src/ptr_array.jl
@@ -232,11 +232,29 @@ const BitPtrVector1{R,S,X} = AbstractPtrArray{Bool,1,R,S,X,NTuple{1,One},Bit}
 const BitPtrMatrix0{R,S,X} = AbstractPtrArray{Bool,2,R,S,X,NTuple{2,Zero},Bit}
 const BitPtrMatrix1{R,S,X} = AbstractPtrArray{Bool,2,R,S,X,NTuple{2,One},Bit}
 
+struct SquarePtrMatrix{T,R,S,X,O} <:
+       AbstractPtrStrideArray{T,2,R,Tuple{S,S},X,O}
+  ptr::Ptr{T}
+  size::S
+  strides::X
+  offsets::O
+end
+SquarePtrMatrix(p::Ptr{T}, s::S) where {T,S} =
+  SquarePtrMatrix{T,(1, 2),S,Tuple{Nothing,Nothing},Tuple{One,One}}(
+    p,
+    s,
+    (nothing, nothing),
+    (One(), One())
+  )
+import LinearAlgebra
+LinearAlgebra.checksquare(A::SquarePtrMatrix) = getfield(A, :size)
+
 @inline valisbit(::AbstractPtrArray{<:Any,<:Any,<:Any,<:Any,<:Any,<:Any,Bit}) =
   Val(true)
 @inline valisbit(
   ::AbstractPtrArray{<:Any,<:Any,<:Any,<:Any,<:Any,<:Any,<:Any}
 ) = Val(false)
+@inline valisbit(::SquarePtrMatrix) = Val(false)
 
 # function PtrArray(
 #   ptr::Ptr{T}, sizes::S, strides::X, offsets::O, ::Val{R}
@@ -489,6 +507,10 @@ end
 
 @inline ArrayInterface.static_size(A::AbstractPtrStrideArray) =
   getfield(A, :sizes)
+@inline function ArrayInterface.static_size(A::SquarePtrMatrix)
+  s = getfield(A, :size)
+  (s, s)
+end
 @inline function ArrayInterface.static_strides(
   A::AbstractPtrStrideArray{<:Any,<:Any,R}
 ) where {R}
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 5010fe7..e3cc784 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ end
 
 @testset "StrideArraysCore.jl" begin
   # Currently StrideArraysCore commits piracy with zero_offsets(A::AbstractArray) and preserve_buffer(A::MemoryBuffer)
-  Aqua.test_all(StrideArraysCore; piracies=false) 
+  Aqua.test_all(StrideArraysCore; piracies = false)
 
   @testset "StrideArrays Basic" begin
 
@@ -442,4 +442,11 @@ end
     @test C ≈ Ca
 
   end
+  @testset "square" begin
+    A = rand(5, 5)
+    GC.@preserve A begin
+      B = StrideArraysCore.SquarePtrMatrix(pointer(A), 5)
+      @test A == B
+    end
+  end
 end