diff --git a/base/subarray.jl b/base/subarray.jl
index ff2408bb48534..ffeee0c85865c 100644
--- a/base/subarray.jl
+++ b/base/subarray.jl
@@ -432,10 +432,10 @@ find_extended_inds() = ()
 function unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, V::SubArray{T,N,P,<:Tuple{Vararg{RangeIndex}}}) where {T,N,P}
     return unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, V.parent) + _memory_offset(V.parent, map(first, V.indices)...)
 end
+unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, V::FastContiguousSubArray{T}) where {T} = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, V.parent) + V.offset1 * sizeof(T)
 
 pointer(V::FastSubArray, i::Int) = pointer(V.parent, V.offset1 + V.stride1*i)
 pointer(V::FastContiguousSubArray, i::Int) = pointer(V.parent, V.offset1 + i)
-
 function pointer(V::SubArray{<:Any,<:Any,<:Array,<:Tuple{Vararg{RangeIndex}}}, is::AbstractCartesianIndex{N}) where {N}
     index = first_index(V)
     strds = strides(V)
diff --git a/test/reinterpretarray.jl b/test/reinterpretarray.jl
index 8d2d7c6dc9f2c..5f193ca8d76ec 100644
--- a/test/reinterpretarray.jl
+++ b/test/reinterpretarray.jl
@@ -546,3 +546,13 @@ end
     @test setindex!(x, SomeSingleton(:), 3, 5) == x2
     @test_throws MethodError x[2,4] = nothing
 end
+
+@testset "pointer for StridedArray" begin
+    a = rand(Float64, 251)
+    v = view(a, UInt(2):UInt(251));
+    A = reshape(v, 25, 10);
+    @test A isa StridedArray && pointer(A) === pointer(a, 2)
+    Av = view(A, 1:20, 1:2)
+    @test Av isa StridedArray && pointer(Av) === pointer(a, 2)
+    @test Av * Av' isa Array
+end