diff --git a/lib/src/unpacker.dart b/lib/src/unpacker.dart
index cd734c2..f2e2cb8 100644
--- a/lib/src/unpacker.dart
+++ b/lib/src/unpacker.dart
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ class Unpacker {
     return len;
   }
 
-  /// Unpack value if packed value is binary or `null`.
+  /// Unpack value as Uint8List if packed value is binary or `null`.
   ///
   /// Encoded in msgpack packet null unpacks to [List] with 0 length for convenience.
   /// Throws [FormatException] if value is not a binary.
-  List<int> unpackBinary() {
+  Uint8List unpackBinaryUint8() {
     final b = _d.getUint8(_offset);
     int len;
     if (b == 0xc4) {
@@ -222,7 +222,15 @@ class Unpacker {
     final data =
         Uint8List.view(_list.buffer, _list.offsetInBytes + _offset, len);
     _offset += len;
-    return data.toList();
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  /// Unpack value if packed value is binary or `null`.
+  ///
+  /// Encoded in msgpack packet null unpacks to [List] with 0 length for convenience.
+  /// Throws [FormatException] if value is not a binary.
+  List<int> unpackBinary() {
+    return unpackBinaryUint8().toList();
   }
 
   Object? _unpack() {
diff --git a/test/messagepack_test.dart b/test/messagepack_test.dart
index 3ab41dd..6980210 100644
--- a/test/messagepack_test.dart
+++ b/test/messagepack_test.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:math';
+import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:messagepack/messagepack.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
@@ -72,6 +73,64 @@ final strs = [
   'hi'
 ];
 
+/// Example recursive datastruct and one way to pack/unpack.
+class MyData {
+  MyData(this.data) : children = {};
+  MyData._new(this.data, this.children);
+
+  static MyData unpack(Uint8List bytes) {
+    final u = Unpacker(bytes);
+    return _unpack(u);
+  }
+
+  static MyData _unpack(Unpacker u) {
+    final data = u.unpackInt()!;
+    final children = <int, MyData>{};
+    final mapLength = u.unpackMapLength();
+    for (var i = 0; i < mapLength; ++i) {
+      final key = u.unpackInt();
+      if (key != null) {
+        children[key] = _unpack(u);
+      }
+    }
+    return MyData._new(data, children);
+  }
+
+  Uint8List pack() {
+    final p = Packer();
+    _pack(p);
+    return p.takeBytes();
+  }
+
+  void _pack(Packer p) {
+    p.packInt(data);
+    p.packMapLength(children.length);
+    for (final MapEntry<int, MyData> entry in children.entries) {
+      p.packInt(entry.key);
+      entry.value._pack(p);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void add(int key, MyData child) => children[key] = child;
+  @override
+  bool operator ==(Object other) {
+    if (!(other is MyData) ||
+        other.runtimeType != runtimeType ||
+        other.data != data ||
+        other.children.length != children.length) return false;
+    for (final item in children.entries) {
+      if (other.children[item.key] != item.value) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  int get hashCode => Object.hash(data, children);
+
+  int data;
+  Map<int, MyData> children;
+}
+
 void main() {
   test('int sequentially increasing [independent]', () {
     for (int v = -65536; v < 65536; v++) {
@@ -329,13 +388,21 @@ void main() {
     p.packBool(true);
     p.packBinary(bytes2);
     p.packInt(3);
-    final u = Unpacker(p.takeBytes());
+    final packedBytes = p.takeBytes();
+    final u = Unpacker(packedBytes);
     expect(u.unpackBinary(), equals(empty));
     expect(u.unpackBinary(), equals(empty));
     expect(u.unpackBinary(), equals(bytes1));
     expect(u.unpackBool(), equals(true));
     expect(u.unpackBinary(), equals(bytes2));
     expect(u.unpackInt(), equals(3));
+    final u2 = Unpacker(packedBytes);
+    expect(u2.unpackBinaryUint8(), equals(empty));
+    expect(u2.unpackBinaryUint8(), equals(empty));
+    expect(u2.unpackBinaryUint8(), equals(bytes1));
+    expect(u2.unpackBool(), equals(true));
+    expect(u2.unpackBinaryUint8(), equals(bytes2));
+    expect(u2.unpackInt(), equals(3));
   });
 
   test('Manual int example [dependent]', () {
@@ -413,4 +480,22 @@ void main() {
     final l = u.unpackList();
     print(l);
   });
+
+  test('Recursive strutures', () {
+    final myData = MyData(0);
+    myData.add(11, MyData(1));
+    myData.add(12, MyData(2)..add(33, MyData(4)));
+    myData.add(13, MyData(3));
+    final bytes = myData.pack();
+    print('encoded length: ${bytes.lengthInBytes}');
+
+    final unpackedData = MyData.unpack(bytes);
+    expect(myData.data, unpackedData.data);
+    final otherChildren = unpackedData.children;
+    expect(otherChildren, containsPair(11, MyData(1)));
+    expect(otherChildren, containsPair(12, MyData(2)..add(33, MyData(4))));
+    expect(otherChildren, containsPair(13, MyData(3)));
+    expect(myData.children.length, otherChildren.length);
+    expect(myData, equals(unpackedData));
+  });
 }