diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyInputStream.java
index baca10a..30e482c 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyInputStream.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public class SnappyInputStream extends InputStream
     @Override
     public int read() throws IOException {
         if (uncompressedCursor < uncompressedLimit) {
-            return uncompressed[uncompressedCursor++];
+            return uncompressed[uncompressedCursor++] & 0xFF;
         }
         else {
             if (hasNextChunk())
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/xerial/snappy/CalgaryTest.java b/src/test/java/org/xerial/snappy/CalgaryTest.java
index 4457a2e..1f98af2 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/xerial/snappy/CalgaryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/xerial/snappy/CalgaryTest.java
@@ -91,4 +91,28 @@ public class CalgaryTest
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void byteWiseRead() throws Exception {
+        for (String f : files) {
+            byte[] orig = readFile("testdata/calgary/" + f);
+
+            ByteArrayOutputStream compressedBuf = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            SnappyOutputStream out = new SnappyOutputStream(compressedBuf);
+            out.write(orig);
+            out.close();
+
+            SnappyInputStream in = new SnappyInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(compressedBuf.toByteArray()));
+            byte[] uncompressed = new byte[orig.length];
+            int cursor = 0;
+            for (;;) {
+                int b = in.read();
+                if (b == -1)
+                    break;
+                uncompressed[cursor++] = (byte) b;
+            }
+            assertEquals(orig.length, cursor);
+            assertArrayEquals(orig, uncompressed);
+        }
+    }
+
 }