diff --git a/Buffers.monkey.js b/Buffers.monkey.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef7c73d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Buffers.monkey.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+exports.patch = function(Buffers) {
+  Buffers.prototype.skip = function (i) {
+    if (i == 0) {
+      return;
+    } else if (i == this.length) {
+      this.buffers = [];
+      this.length = 0;
+      return;
+    }
+    var pos = this.pos(i);
+    this.buffers = this.buffers.slice(pos.buf);
+    this.buffers[0].length -= pos.offset;
+    this.buffers[0].offset += pos.offset;
+    this.length -= i;
+  };
+};
diff --git a/Connection.js b/Connection.js
index 1d0863d..e54a8ec 100644
--- a/Connection.js
+++ b/Connection.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ function spec(b) {
   var Binary = b.Binary || require('binary');
   var Put = b.Put || require('bufferput');
   var Buffers = b.Buffers || require('buffers');
+  require('./Buffers.monkey').patch(Buffers);
   var noop = function() {};
   var util = b.util || require('./util/util');
   var Parser = b.Parser || require('./util/BinaryParser').class();
diff --git a/Number.monkey.js b/Number.monkey.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1d906c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Number.monkey.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+exports.patch = function(Number) {
+  //round to specified number of places
+  Number.prototype.round = function(places) {
+    if(!places) return Math.round(this);
+    var tmp = Math.pow(10,places);
+    return Math.round(this * tmp) / tmp;
+  };
+};