diff --git a/cocotbext/axi/axis.py b/cocotbext/axi/axis.py
index b37d072..66cee81 100644
--- a/cocotbext/axi/axis.py
+++ b/cocotbext/axi/axis.py
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ class AxiStreamFrame(object):
     def __iter__(self):
         return self.tdata.__iter__()
 
+    def __bytes__(self):
+        return bytes(self.tdata)
+
 
 class AxiStreamSource(object):