diff --git a/src/math.rs b/src/math.rs
index 9f3c9a4..ec19ef6 100644
--- a/src/math.rs
+++ b/src/math.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 use cmp::Ord;
 use num::{Num, from_int};
 
+// TODO: move to a more appropriate module
+pub trait ToPtr<T> {
+    pure fn to_ptr() -> *T;
+}
+
 pub trait ExactEq {
     pure fn exact_eq(other: &self) -> bool;
 }
diff --git a/src/matrix.rs b/src/matrix.rs
index 952d639..36cde2a 100644
--- a/src/matrix.rs
+++ b/src/matrix.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::cmp::FuzzyEq;
 use cmp::Eq;
-use math::{ExactEq, Sqrt};
+use math::{ToPtr, ExactEq, Sqrt};
 use quaternion::Quat;
 use vector::{Vec2, Vec3, Vec4};
 
@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ pub impl Mat2: FuzzyEq {
     }
 }
 
+pub impl Mat2: ToPtr<float> {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pure fn to_ptr() -> *float {
+        self[0].to_ptr()
+    }
+}
+
 
 
 
@@ -473,6 +480,13 @@ pub impl Mat3: FuzzyEq {
     }
 }
 
+pub impl Mat3: ToPtr<float> {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pure fn to_ptr() -> *float {
+        self[0].to_ptr()
+    }
+}
+
 
 
 
@@ -723,4 +737,11 @@ pub impl Mat4: FuzzyEq {
         self[2].fuzzy_eq(&other[2]) &&
         self[3].fuzzy_eq(&other[3])
     }
+}
+
+pub impl Mat4: ToPtr<float> {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pure fn to_ptr() -> *float {
+        self[0].to_ptr()
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/quaternion.rs b/src/quaternion.rs
index c57bcbd..5375f0b 100644
--- a/src/quaternion.rs
+++ b/src/quaternion.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use vec::raw::buf_as_slice;
 use ptr::to_unsafe_ptr;
 use cmp::Eq;
 use std::cmp::FuzzyEq;
-use math::{ExactEq, Sqrt};
+use math::{ToPtr, ExactEq, Sqrt};
 use matrix::{Mat3, Mat4};
 use vector::Vec3;
 
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ pub impl Quat: FuzzyEq {
     }
 }
 
+pub impl Quat: ToPtr<float> {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pure fn to_ptr() -> *float {
+        to_unsafe_ptr(&self[0])
+    }
+}
+
 pub impl Quat: ToStr {
     pure fn to_str() -> ~str {
         fmt!("Quat[ %f, %f, %f, %f ]", self.w, self.x, self.y, self.z)
diff --git a/src/vector.rs b/src/vector.rs
index 9803deb..87d6efd 100644
--- a/src/vector.rs
+++ b/src/vector.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use vec::raw::buf_as_slice;
 use ptr::to_unsafe_ptr;
 use cmp::Eq;
 use std::cmp::FuzzyEq;
-use math::{Abs, abs, ExactEq, max, min, Sqrt};
+use math::{ToPtr, Abs, abs, ExactEq, max, min, Sqrt};
 
 //
 //  N-dimensional Vector
@@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ pub impl Vec2: FuzzyEq {
     }
 }
 
+pub impl Vec2: ToPtr<float> {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pure fn to_ptr() -> *float {
+        to_unsafe_ptr(&self[0])
+    }
+}
+
 pub impl Vec2: ToStr {
     pure fn to_str() -> ~str {
         fmt!("Vec2[ %f, %f ]", self[0], self[1])
@@ -392,6 +399,13 @@ pub impl Vec3: FuzzyEq {
     }
 }
 
+pub impl Vec3: ToPtr<float> {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pure fn to_ptr() -> *float {
+        to_unsafe_ptr(&self[0])
+    }
+}
+
 pub impl Vec3: ToStr {
     pure fn to_str() -> ~str {
         fmt!("Vec3[ %f, %f, %f ]", self[0], self[1], self[2])
@@ -589,6 +603,13 @@ pub impl Vec4: FuzzyEq {
     }
 }
 
+pub impl Vec4: ToPtr<float> {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pure fn to_ptr() -> *float {
+        to_unsafe_ptr(&self[0])
+    }
+}
+
 pub impl Vec4: ToStr {
     pure fn to_str() -> ~str {
         fmt!("Vec4[ %f, %f, %f, %f ]", self[0], self[1], self[2], self[3])