diff --git a/src/FixedSizeArray.jl b/src/FixedSizeArray.jl
index 0a621f7..c51c797 100644
--- a/src/FixedSizeArray.jl
+++ b/src/FixedSizeArray.jl
@@ -383,7 +383,9 @@ end
 
 # unsafe: the native address of the array's storage
 
-Base.cconvert(::Type{<:Ptr}, a::FixedSizeArray) = parent(a)
+function Base.cconvert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, a::FixedSizeArray{T}) where {T}
+    Base.cconvert(Ptr{T}, parent(a))
+end
 
 function Base.unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, a::FixedSizeArray{T}) where {T}
     Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, parent(a))
@@ -393,6 +395,18 @@ end
 
 Base.elsize(::Type{A}) where {A<:FixedSizeArray} = Base.elsize(parent_type(A))
 
+@static if isdefined(Base, :try_strides)
+    @inline size_to_strides(s, d, sz...) = (s, size_to_strides(s * d, sz...)...)
+    size_to_strides(s, d) = (s,)
+    size_to_strides(s) = ()
+    function Base.try_strides(a::FixedSizeArray)
+        s = @something try_strides(parent(a)) return nothing
+        size_to_strides(only(s), size(a)...)
+    end
+    Base.is_ptr_loadable(a::FixedSizeArray) = is_ptr_loadable(parent(a))
+    Base.is_ptr_storable(a::FixedSizeArray) = is_ptr_storable(parent(a))
+end
+
 # `reshape`: specializing it to ensure it returns a `FixedSizeArray`
 
 function Base.reshape(a::FixedSizeArray, size::(NTuple{N,Int} where {N}))