diff --git a/src/hb-iter.hh b/src/hb-iter.hh
index f23904c22..9a3c2f43f 100644
--- a/src/hb-iter.hh
+++ b/src/hb-iter.hh
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ static const struct
   operator () (T&& c) const
   { return c.iter (); }
 
+  template <typename T>
+  hb_iter_t (T)
+  operator () (T* c) const
+  { return c->iter (); }
+
   /* Specialization for C arrays. */
 
   template <typename Type> inline hb_array_t<Type>
diff --git a/src/test-iter.cc b/src/test-iter.cc
index 675bbe397..dcfdd1183 100644
--- a/src/test-iter.cc
+++ b/src/test-iter.cc
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   int dst[20];
   hb_vector_t<int> v;
 
+  hb_iter (v);
+  hb_iter (&v);
+
   array_iter_t<const int> s (src); /* Implicit conversion from static array. */
   array_iter_t<const int> s2 (v); /* Implicit conversion from vector. */
   array_iter_t<int> t (dst);