diff --git a/dlib/simd/simd4f.h b/dlib/simd/simd4f.h
index 7ed09e015..ae43c1dfb 100644
--- a/dlib/simd/simd4f.h
+++ b/dlib/simd/simd4f.h
@@ -83,10 +83,15 @@ namespace dlib
         simd4f(const simd4i& val) { x[0]=val[0]; x[1]=val[1]; x[2]=val[2]; x[3]=val[3];}
 
         // truncate to 32bit integers
-        operator simd4i() const { return simd4i((int32)x[0], 
-                                                (int32)x[1],
-                                                (int32)x[2],
-                                                (int32)x[3]); }
+        operator simd4i::rawarray() const 
+        { 
+            simd4i::rawarray temp;
+            temp.a[0] = (int32)x[0];
+            temp.a[1] = (int32)x[1];
+            temp.a[2] = (int32)x[2];
+            temp.a[3] = (int32)x[3];
+            return temp;
+        }
 
         void load_aligned(const type* ptr)
         {
diff --git a/dlib/simd/simd4i.h b/dlib/simd/simd4i.h
index d32bc1c9a..d310697dd 100644
--- a/dlib/simd/simd4i.h
+++ b/dlib/simd/simd4i.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ namespace dlib
         __m128i x;
     };
 #else
+
     class simd4i
     {
     public:
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@ namespace dlib
         simd4i(int32 f) { x[0]=f; x[1]=f; x[2]=f; x[3]=f; }
         simd4i(int32 r0, int32 r1, int32 r2, int32 r3) { x[0]=r0; x[1]=r1; x[2]=r2; x[3]=r3;}
 
+        struct rawarray
+        {
+            int32 a[4];
+        };
+        simd4i(const rawarray& a) { x[0]=a.a[0]; x[1]=a.a[1]; x[2]=a.a[2]; x[3]=a.a[3]; }
+
         void load_aligned(const type* ptr)
         {
             x[0] = ptr[0];