diff --git a/digestible/Cargo.toml b/digestible/Cargo.toml
index 4b7db9d..6bab75f 100644
--- a/digestible/Cargo.toml
+++ b/digestible/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "digestible"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Wyatt Herkamp <wherkamp@gmail.com>"]
 description = "A more dynamic Hash and Hasher trait for Rust"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rust-version="1.70"
 [dependencies]
 digest_0_10 = {package = "digest", version = "0.10", optional = true }
 byteorder = "1"
-digestible-macros= {path="../macros",optional = true, version = "0.2.0" }
+digestible-macros= {path="../macros",optional = true, version = "0.2.1" }
 base64 = { version = "0.21", optional = true }
 bytes = { version = "1" , optional = true}
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/digestible/src/digester_writer.rs b/digestible/src/digester_writer.rs
index a39b5bf..4e2f019 100644
--- a/digestible/src/digester_writer.rs
+++ b/digestible/src/digester_writer.rs
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ impl<'a, T: DigestWriter> DigestWriter for &'a mut T {
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 mod has_alloc {
     use crate::DigestWriter;
-    use alloc::vec::Vec;
     use alloc::boxed::Box;
+    use alloc::vec::Vec;
 
     impl DigestWriter for Vec<u8> {
         fn write(&mut self, data: &[u8]) {
@@ -179,4 +179,4 @@ impl DigestWriter for bytes::BytesMut {
     fn write(&mut self, data: &[u8]) {
         self.extend_from_slice(data);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/digestible/src/lib.rs b/digestible/src/lib.rs
index a8db090..e878a6f 100644
--- a/digestible/src/lib.rs
+++ b/digestible/src/lib.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ pub use digester_writer::DigestWriter;
 /// ```
 /// ### digest_with
 /// Function provided in the [digest_with](crate::digest_with) module Example: `#[digestible(digest_with = digest_with_hash)]`
+/// ### as_ref
+/// Will call as_ref on the field before digesting it. Example: `#[digestible(as_ref = TargetType)]`
 pub use digestible_macros::Digestible;
 #[cfg(feature = "base64")]
 #[doc(inline)]
diff --git a/digestible/src/to_base64.rs b/digestible/src/to_base64.rs
index 973c932..5e00534 100644
--- a/digestible/src/to_base64.rs
+++ b/digestible/src/to_base64.rs
@@ -71,5 +71,4 @@ where
     fn digest<B: ByteOrder>(self, data: &impl Digestible) -> Self::Target {
         Self::encode_base64(self.0.digest::<B>(data))
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/digestible/tests/test.rs b/digestible/tests/test.rs
index 4d36cd2..fd4e2f1 100644
--- a/digestible/tests/test.rs
+++ b/digestible/tests/test.rs
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ pub fn test_base64() {
 pub struct TupleStruct(String);
 #[derive(Digestible)]
 #[digestible(hash = LittleEndian, type_header = None)]
-pub struct NoHeader{
+pub struct NoHeader {
     pub name: String,
     pub id: u32,
+    #[digestible(as_ref = u32)]
+    pub as_ref_test: Data<u32>,
 }
 #[derive(Digestible)]
 #[digestible(hash = LittleEndian)]
@@ -69,6 +71,12 @@ pub enum EnumExample {
     None,
     Unit(String),
 }
+pub struct Data<T>(T);
+impl<T> AsRef<T> for Data<T> {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &T {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
 #[test]
 pub fn hash_test() {
     let test = EnumExample::One {
diff --git a/macros/Cargo.toml b/macros/Cargo.toml
index 3b560b7..6a367a1 100644
--- a/macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "digestible-macros"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Wyatt Herkamp <wherkamp@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Macros for generating digest implementations"
diff --git a/macros/src/fields.rs b/macros/src/fields.rs
index 29cbc21..2b41d60 100644
--- a/macros/src/fields.rs
+++ b/macros/src/fields.rs
@@ -2,22 +2,25 @@ use crate::consts::{digest_with_path, digestible_path};
 use proc_macro2::{Ident, TokenStream};
 use quote::{format_ident, quote, ToTokens};
 use syn::parse::{Parse, ParseStream};
-use syn::Path;
+use syn::{parse_quote, Expr, Path, Type};
 
 mod keywords {
     use syn::custom_keyword;
     custom_keyword!(skip);
     custom_keyword!(with);
     custom_keyword!(digest_with);
+    custom_keyword!(as_ref);
 }
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub struct FieldAttr {
     pub skip: bool,
+    pub as_ref: Option<Type>,
     pub digest_with: Option<Path>,
 }
 impl Parse for FieldAttr {
     fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
         let mut skip = false;
+        let mut as_ref = None;
         let mut digest_with: Option<Path> = None;
         while !input.is_empty() {
             let lookahead = input.lookahead1();
@@ -34,12 +37,20 @@ impl Parse for FieldAttr {
 
                 let internal_digest_with_path = digest_with_path(input.parse()?);
                 digest_with = Some(internal_digest_with_path);
+            } else if lookahead.peek(keywords::as_ref) {
+                let _ = input.parse::<keywords::as_ref>()?;
+                let _: syn::Token![=] = input.parse()?;
+                as_ref = Some(input.parse()?);
             } else {
                 return Err(lookahead.error());
             }
         }
 
-        let attr = Self { skip, digest_with };
+        let attr = Self {
+            skip,
+            as_ref,
+            digest_with,
+        };
         Ok(attr)
     }
 }
@@ -88,18 +99,26 @@ impl ToTokens for Field<'_> {
         }
         let digestible = digestible_path();
         let ident = &self.ident;
-        let ty = &self.ty;
+        let ty = if let Some(as_ref) = &self.attr.as_ref {
+            as_ref
+        } else {
+            &self.ty
+        };
         let endian = self.endian;
         let writer = self.writer;
+        let variable_ref: Expr = if self.attr.as_ref.is_some() {
+            parse_quote! {#ident.as_ref()}
+        } else {
+            parse_quote! {#ident}
+        };
         let result = if let Some(digest_with) = &self.attr.digest_with {
             quote! {
-                #digest_with::<#endian,_>(#ident, #writer);
+                #digest_with::<#endian,_>(#variable_ref, #writer);
             }
         } else {
-            quote! {
-                <#ty as #digestible>::digest::<#endian, _>(#ident, #writer);
-            }
+            quote! {<#ty as #digestible>::digest::<#endian, _>(#variable_ref,#writer);}
         };
+
         tokens.extend(result);
     }
 }