diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 2c41f6a7..c44ff6ea 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "BandedMatrices"
 uuid = "aae01518-5342-5314-be14-df237901396f"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 
 [deps]
 ArrayLayouts = "4c555306-a7a7-4459-81d9-ec55ddd5c99a"
diff --git a/src/banded/BandedMatrix.jl b/src/banded/BandedMatrix.jl
index f829cf92..9e43ee33 100644
--- a/src/banded/BandedMatrix.jl
+++ b/src/banded/BandedMatrix.jl
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ end
 
 _BandedMatrix(data::AbstractMatrix, m::Integer, l, u) = _BandedMatrix(data, oneto(m), l, u)
 
+Base.parent(B::BandedMatrix) = B.data
+
 const DefaultBandedMatrix{T} = BandedMatrix{T,Matrix{T},OneTo{Int}}
 
 bandedcolumns(_) = BandedColumns{UnknownLayout}()
diff --git a/test/test_banded.jl b/test/test_banded.jl
index 3aab6951..b761e79e 100644
--- a/test/test_banded.jl
+++ b/test/test_banded.jl
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ Base.similar(::MyMatrix, ::Type{T}, m::Int, n::Int) where T = MyMatrix{T}(undef,
         @test BandedMatrix{Int64, typeof(matrix)}(matrix, (1, 1)).data isa typeof(matrix)
         @test_throws UndefRefError BandedMatrix{Vector{Float64}}(undef, (5,5), (1,1))[1,1]
 
+        @testset "parent" begin
+            A = zeros(3,5)
+            B = _BandedMatrix(A, 5, 1, 1)
+            @test parent(B) === A
+        end
+
         @testset "Construction from Diagonal" begin
             D = Diagonal(1:4)
             B1 = BandedMatrix(D)