diff --git a/src/Wrap/PyArray.jl b/src/Wrap/PyArray.jl
index 7b1dc8d3..a7710e18 100644
--- a/src/Wrap/PyArray.jl
+++ b/src/Wrap/PyArray.jl
@@ -627,14 +627,17 @@ Base.IndexStyle(::Type{PyArray{T,N,M,L,R}}) where {T,N,M,L,R} =
 
 Base.unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, x::PyArray{T,N,M,L,T}) where {T,N,M,L} = x.ptr
 
-Base.elsize(::Type{PyArray{T,N,M,L,T}}) where {T,N,M,L} = sizeof(T)
+# Setting this to 1 means strides will be interpreted as bytes not elements
+Base.elsize(::Type{PyArray{T,N,M,L,T}}) where {T,N,M,L} = 1
 
-Base.strides(x::PyArray{T,N,M,L,R}) where {T,N,M,L,R} =
-    if all(mod.(x.strides, sizeof(R)) .== 0)
-        div.(x.strides, sizeof(R))
-    else
-        error("strides are not a multiple of element size")
-    end
+Base.strides(x::PyArray{T,N,M,L,R}) where {T,N,M,L,R} = x.strides
+
+@static if isdefined(Base, :is_strided)
+    Base.is_strided(::Type{<:PyArray{T,N,M,L,T}}) where {T,N,M,L} = true
+    Base.is_vec_strided(::Type{<:PyArray{T,N,M,L,T}}) where {T,N,M,L} = L
+    Base.is_ptr_loadable(::Type{<:PyArray{T,N,M,L,T}}) where {T,N,M,L} = true
+    Base.is_ptr_storable(::Type{<:PyArray{T,N,M,L,T}}) where {T,N,M,L} = M
+end
 
 function Base.showarg(io::IO, x::PyArray{T,N}, toplevel::Bool) where {T,N}
     toplevel || print(io, "::")
diff --git a/test/Wrap.jl b/test/Wrap.jl
index c42d45ab..88c5f813 100644
--- a/test/Wrap.jl
+++ b/test/Wrap.jl
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
         @test Base.IndexStyle(z) === Base.IndexCartesian()
     end
     @testset "strides" begin
-        @test strides(y) === (1,)
-        @test strides(z) === (1,)
+        @test strides(y) === (4,)
+        @test strides(z) === (4,)
     end
     @testset "elsize" begin
-        @test Base.elsize(y) === sizeof(Cint)
-        @test Base.elsize(z) === sizeof(Cint)
-        @test Base.elsize(PyArray{Cint,1,true,true,Cint}) === sizeof(Cint)
-        @test Base.elsize(PyArray{Cint,1,false,false,Cint}) === sizeof(Cint)
+        @test Base.elsize(y) === 1
+        @test Base.elsize(z) === 1
+        @test Base.elsize(PyArray{Cint,1,true,true,Cint}) === 1
+        @test Base.elsize(PyArray{Cint,1,false,false,Cint}) === 1
         @test_throws Exception elsize(PyArray{Cint,1,true,false,Cchar})
     end
     @testset "getindex" begin