diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/ReferenceCountingSegment.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/ReferenceCountingSegment.java
index c30a7b95e98..8a4505da333 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/ReferenceCountingSegment.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/ReferenceCountingSegment.java
@@ -180,4 +180,9 @@ public class ReferenceCountingSegment extends AbstractSegment
       baseSegment.close();
     }
   }
+
+  public <T> T as(Class<T> clazz)
+  {
+    return getBaseSegment().as(clazz);
+  }
 }