diff --git a/src/base/conversion.rs b/src/base/conversion.rs
index 532ab8ed..94fd4a3a 100644
--- a/src/base/conversion.rs
+++ b/src/base/conversion.rs
@@ -452,6 +452,12 @@ impl<'a, T: Scalar + Copy> From<&'a [T]> for DVectorSlice<'a, T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a, T: Scalar> From<DVectorSlice<'a, T>> for &'a [T] {
+    fn from(vec: DVectorSlice<'a, T>) -> &'a [T] {
+        vec.data.into_slice()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a, T: Scalar + Copy> From<&'a mut [T]> for DVectorSliceMut<'a, T> {
     #[inline]
     fn from(slice: &'a mut [T]) -> Self {
@@ -459,6 +465,12 @@ impl<'a, T: Scalar + Copy> From<&'a mut [T]> for DVectorSliceMut<'a, T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a, T: Scalar> From<DVectorSliceMut<'a, T>> for &'a mut [T] {
+    fn from(vec: DVectorSliceMut<'a, T>) -> &'a mut [T] {
+        vec.data.into_slice_mut()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: Scalar + PrimitiveSimdValue, R: Dim, C: Dim> From<[OMatrix<T::Element, R, C>; 2]>
     for OMatrix<T, R, C>
 where