diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/message/Message.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/message/Message.scala
index 37680dc801a..c7ba4f94142 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/message/Message.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/message/Message.scala
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ object Message {
 class Message(val buffer: ByteBuffer) {
   
   import kafka.message.Message._
-    
-  
-  private def this(checksum: Long, bytes: Array[Byte], compressionCodec: CompressionCodec) = {
-    this(ByteBuffer.allocate(Message.headerSize(Message.CurrentMagicValue) + bytes.length))
+
+
+  private def this(checksum: Long, bytes: Array[Byte], offset: Int, size: Int, compressionCodec: CompressionCodec) = {
+    this(ByteBuffer.allocate(Message.headerSize(Message.CurrentMagicValue) + size))
     buffer.put(CurrentMagicValue)
     var attributes:Byte = 0
     if (compressionCodec.codec > 0) {
@@ -95,18 +95,22 @@ class Message(val buffer: ByteBuffer) {
     }
     buffer.put(attributes)
     Utils.putUnsignedInt(buffer, checksum)
-    buffer.put(bytes)
+    buffer.put(bytes, offset, size)
     buffer.rewind()
   }
 
-  def this(checksum:Long, bytes:Array[Byte]) = this(checksum, bytes, NoCompressionCodec)
-  
-  def this(bytes: Array[Byte], compressionCodec: CompressionCodec) = {
+  def this(checksum:Long, bytes:Array[Byte]) = this(checksum, bytes, 0, bytes.length, NoCompressionCodec)
+
+  def this(bytes: Array[Byte], offset: Int, size: Int, compressionCodec: CompressionCodec) = {
     //Note: we're not crc-ing the attributes header, so we're susceptible to bit-flipping there
-    this(Utils.crc32(bytes), bytes, compressionCodec)
+    this(Utils.crc32(bytes, offset, size), bytes, offset, size, compressionCodec)
   }
 
-  def this(bytes: Array[Byte]) = this(bytes, NoCompressionCodec)
+  def this(bytes: Array[Byte], compressionCodec: CompressionCodec) = this(bytes, 0, bytes.length, compressionCodec)
+
+  def this(bytes: Array[Byte], offset: Int, size: Int) = this(bytes, offset, size, NoCompressionCodec)
+
+  def this(bytes: Array[Byte]) = this(bytes, 0, bytes.length, NoCompressionCodec)
   
   def size: Int = buffer.limit