diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index bdea604..3c029ce 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ Buffer.prototype.readUInt32BE = function readUInt32BE (offset, noAssert) {
     this[offset + 3])
 }
 
-Buffer.prototype.readBigUInt64LE = defineBigIntMethod(function readBigUInt64LE (offset) {
+Buffer.prototype.readBigUint64LE = Buffer.prototype.readBigUInt64LE = defineBigIntMethod(function readBigUInt64LE (offset) {
   offset = offset >>> 0
   validateNumber(offset, 'offset')
   const first = this[offset]
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ Buffer.prototype.readBigUInt64LE = defineBigIntMethod(function readBigUInt64LE (
   return BigInt(lo) + (BigInt(hi) << BigInt(32))
 })
 
-Buffer.prototype.readBigUInt64BE = defineBigIntMethod(function readBigUInt64BE (offset) {
+Buffer.prototype.readBigUint64BE = Buffer.prototype.readBigUInt64BE = defineBigIntMethod(function readBigUInt64BE (offset) {
   offset = offset >>> 0
   validateNumber(offset, 'offset')
   const first = this[offset]
@@ -1547,11 +1547,11 @@ function wrtBigUInt64BE (buf, value, offset, min, max) {
   return offset + 8
 }
 
-Buffer.prototype.writeBigUInt64LE = defineBigIntMethod(function writeBigUInt64LE (value, offset = 0) {
+Buffer.prototype.writeBigUint64LE = Buffer.prototype.writeBigUInt64LE = defineBigIntMethod(function writeBigUInt64LE (value, offset = 0) {
   return wrtBigUInt64LE(this, value, offset, BigInt(0), BigInt('0xffffffffffffffff'))
 })
 
-Buffer.prototype.writeBigUInt64BE = defineBigIntMethod(function writeBigUInt64BE (value, offset = 0) {
+Buffer.prototype.writeBigUint64BE = Buffer.prototype.writeBigUInt64BE = defineBigIntMethod(function writeBigUInt64BE (value, offset = 0) {
   return wrtBigUInt64BE(this, value, offset, BigInt(0), BigInt('0xffffffffffffffff'))
 })
 
diff --git a/test/bigint-aliases.js b/test/bigint-aliases.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33aa7e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bigint-aliases.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+const test = require('tape')
+const Buffer = require('../').Buffer
+
+test('BigUint64 aliases', function (t) {
+  if (typeof BigInt === 'undefined') {
+    t.skip('BigInt is not supported')
+    t.end()
+    return
+  }
+
+  ;['LE', 'BE'].forEach(function (endianness) {
+    const read = 'readBigUint64' + endianness
+    const write = 'writeBigUint64' + endianness
+    t.equal(typeof Buffer.prototype[read], 'function', read + ' exists')
+    t.equal(typeof Buffer.prototype[write], 'function', write + ' exists')
+    t.equal(Buffer.prototype[read], Buffer.prototype['readBigUInt64' + endianness], read + ' is an alias')
+    t.equal(Buffer.prototype[write], Buffer.prototype['writeBigUInt64' + endianness], write + ' is an alias')
+    if (!Buffer.prototype[read] || !Buffer.prototype[write]) return
+
+    ;['0', '123456789', '18446744073709551615'].forEach(function (value) {
+      const buf = Buffer.alloc(9)
+      t.equal(buf[write](BigInt(value), 1), 9, 'write returns end offset')
+      t.equal(buf[read](1), BigInt(value), 'read returns the unsigned value')
+      t.equal(buf[0], 0, 'prefix byte is unchanged')
+      t.equal(buf[write](BigInt(value)), 8, 'write accepts default offset')
+      t.equal(buf[read](), BigInt(value), 'read accepts default offset')
+    })
+
+    const buf = Buffer.alloc(8)
+    t.throws(function () { buf[write](BigInt(-1)) }, RangeError)
+    t.throws(function () { buf[write](BigInt('18446744073709551616')) }, RangeError)
+    t.throws(function () { buf[read](1) }, RangeError)
+    t.throws(function () { buf[write](BigInt(0), 1) }, RangeError)
+  })
+  t.end()
+})