diff --git a/Extensions.st b/Extensions.st
index 631d911..7ba6037 100644
--- a/Extensions.st
+++ b/Extensions.st
@@ -97,6 +97,37 @@ Sockets.Socket extend [
     ]
 ]
 
+Sockets.StreamSocket extend [
+    nextUshort [
+	"Return the next 2 bytes in the byte array, interpreted as a 16 bit unsigned int"
+        <category: '*-OsmoCore-message'>
+	^self nextBytes: 2 signed: false
+    ]
+
+    nextBytes: n signed: signed [
+	"Private - Get an integer out of the next anInteger bytes in the stream"
+
+        <category: '*-OsmoCore-message'>
+	| int msb |
+	int := 0.
+	0 to: n * 8 - 16
+	    by: 8
+	    do: [:i | int := int + (self nextByte bitShift: i)].
+	msb := self nextByte.
+	(signed and: [msb > 127]) ifTrue: [msb := msb - 256].
+	^int + (msb bitShift: n * 8 - 8)
+    ]
+
+    nextByte [
+	"Return the next byte in the file, or nil at eof"
+
+        <category: '*-OsmoCore-message'>
+	| a |
+	a := self next.
+	^a isNil ifTrue: [a] ifFalse: [a asInteger]
+    ]
+]
+
 ByteArray extend [
     castTo: type [
         <category: '*-OsmoCore-message'>