diff --git a/Source/LuaBridge/detail/CFunctions.h b/Source/LuaBridge/detail/CFunctions.h
index 5633a133..cf7cf626 100644
--- a/Source/LuaBridge/detail/CFunctions.h
+++ b/Source/LuaBridge/detail/CFunctions.h
@@ -34,10 +34,22 @@ template <class T>
 auto unwrap_argument_or_error(lua_State* L, std::size_t index, std::size_t start)
 {
     auto result = Stack<T>::get(L, static_cast<int>(index + start));
-    if (! result)
-        raise_lua_error(L, "Error decoding argument #%d: %s", static_cast<int>(index + 1), result.message().c_str());
+    if (result)
+        return std::move(*result);
+
+    // TODO - this might be costly, how to deal with it ?
+    if constexpr (! std::is_lvalue_reference_v<T>)
+    {
+        using U = std::reference_wrapper<std::remove_reference_t<T>>;
 
-    return std::move(*result);
+        auto resultRef = Stack<U>::get(L, static_cast<int>(index));
+        if (resultRef)
+            return (*resultRef).get();
+    }
+
+    raise_lua_error(L, "Error decoding argument #%d: %s", static_cast<int>(index + 1), result.message().c_str());
+
+    unreachable();
 }
 
 template <class ArgsPack, std::size_t Start, std::size_t... Indices>
@@ -567,7 +579,6 @@ struct property_getter<T, void>
         return 1;
     }
 };
-
 /**
  * @brief lua_CFunction to get a class data member.
  *
diff --git a/Source/LuaBridge/detail/LuaHelpers.h b/Source/LuaBridge/detail/LuaHelpers.h
index 3cbaa6d2..2a17a83f 100644
--- a/Source/LuaBridge/detail/LuaHelpers.h
+++ b/Source/LuaBridge/detail/LuaHelpers.h
@@ -502,6 +502,47 @@ void* lua_newuserdata_aligned(lua_State* L, Args&&... args)
     return pointer;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Deallocate lua userdata from pointer.
+ */
+template <class T>
+int lua_deleteuserdata_pointer(lua_State* L)
+{
+    assert(isfulluserdata(L, 1));
+
+    T** aligned = align<T*>(lua_touserdata(L, 1));
+    delete *aligned;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Allocate lua userdata from pointer.
+ */
+template <class T>
+void* lua_newuserdata_pointer(lua_State* L, T* ptr)
+{
+#if LUABRIDGE_ON_LUAU
+    void* pointer = lua_newuserdatadtor(L, maximum_space_needed_to_align<T*>(), [](void* x)
+    {
+        T** aligned = align<T*>(x);
+        delete *aligned;
+    });
+#else
+    void* pointer = lua_newuserdata_x<T*>(L, maximum_space_needed_to_align<T*>());
+
+    lua_newtable(L);
+    lua_pushcfunction_x(L, &lua_deleteuserdata_pointer<T*>);
+    rawsetfield(L, -2, "__gc");
+    lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
+#endif
+
+    T** aligned = align<T*>(pointer);
+    *aligned = ptr;
+
+    return pointer;
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Safe error able to walk backwards for error reporting correctly.
  */
diff --git a/Source/LuaBridge/detail/Stack.h b/Source/LuaBridge/detail/Stack.h
index 50ba92b0..dfb1dee2 100644
--- a/Source/LuaBridge/detail/Stack.h
+++ b/Source/LuaBridge/detail/Stack.h
@@ -1343,8 +1343,81 @@ struct Stack<T[N]>
     }
 };
 
-namespace detail {
+//=================================================================================================
+/**
+ * @brief Stack specialization for `std::reference_wrapper`.
+ */
+template <class T>
+struct Stack<std::reference_wrapper<T>>
+{
+    static Result push(lua_State* L, const std::reference_wrapper<T>& reference)
+    {
+        lua_newuserdata_aligned<std::reference_wrapper<T>>(L, reference.get());
+
+        luaL_newmetatable(L, typeName());
+        lua_pushvalue(L, -2);
+        lua_pushcclosure_x(L, &get_set_reference_value<T>, 1);
+        rawsetfield(L, -2, "__call");
+        lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
+
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    static TypeResult<std::reference_wrapper<T>> get(lua_State* L, int index)
+    {
+        auto ptr = luaL_testudata(L, index, typeName());
+        if (ptr == nullptr)
+            return makeErrorCode(ErrorCode::InvalidTypeCast);
+
+        auto reference = reinterpret_cast<std::reference_wrapper<T>*>(ptr);
+        if (reference == nullptr)
+            return makeErrorCode(ErrorCode::InvalidTypeCast);
+
+        return *reference;
+    }
+    
+    static bool isInstance(lua_State* L, int index)
+    {
+        return luaL_testudata(L, index, typeName()) != nullptr;
+    }
+
+private:
+    static const char* typeName()
+    {
+        static const std::string s{ detail::typeName<std::reference_wrapper<T>>() };
+        return s.c_str();
+    }
+
+    template <class U>
+    static int get_set_reference_value(lua_State* L)
+    {
+        LUABRIDGE_ASSERT(lua_isuserdata(L, lua_upvalueindex(1)));
+
+        std::reference_wrapper<U>* ptr = static_cast<std::reference_wrapper<U>*>(lua_touserdata(L, lua_upvalueindex(1)));
+        LUABRIDGE_ASSERT(ptr != nullptr);
 
+        if (lua_gettop(L) > 1)
+        {
+            auto result = Stack<U>::get(L, 2);
+            if (! result)
+                luaL_error(L, "%s", result.message().c_str());
+
+            ptr->get() = *result;
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            auto result = Stack<U>::push(L, ptr->get());
+            if (! result)
+                luaL_error(L, "%s", result.message().c_str());
+
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+namespace detail {
 template <class T>
 struct StackOpSelector<T&, false>
 {
@@ -1398,7 +1471,6 @@ struct StackOpSelector<const T*, false>
 
     static bool isInstance(lua_State* L, int index) { return Stack<T>::isInstance(L, index); }
 };
-
 } // namespace detail
 
 template <class T>
diff --git a/Source/LuaBridge/detail/Userdata.h b/Source/LuaBridge/detail/Userdata.h
index 87732495..27d0b4ea 100644
--- a/Source/LuaBridge/detail/Userdata.h
+++ b/Source/LuaBridge/detail/Userdata.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class Userdata
             lua_remove(L, -2); // Stack: rt, pot
         }
 
-        // no return
+        unreachable();
     }
 
     static bool isInstance(lua_State* L, int index, const void* registryClassKey)
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ class Userdata
 
             lua_remove(L, -2); // Stack: rt, pot
         }
+
+        unreachable();
     }
 
     static Userdata* throwBadArg(lua_State* L, int index)
diff --git a/Tests/Source/ClassTests.cpp b/Tests/Source/ClassTests.cpp
index 70866490..10e4b4ed 100644
--- a/Tests/Source/ClassTests.cpp
+++ b/Tests/Source/ClassTests.cpp
@@ -2786,6 +2786,139 @@ TEST_F(ClassTests, NewIndexFallbackMetaMethodFreeFunctor)
     ASSERT_EQ(246, result<int>());
 }
 
+TEST_F(ClassTests, ReferenceWrapperRead)
+{
+    int x = 13;
+    std::reference_wrapper<int> ref_wrap_x(x);
+
+    luabridge::getGlobalNamespace(L)
+        .beginNamespace("test")
+        .addProperty("ref_wrap_x", &ref_wrap_x)
+        .addFunction("changeReference", [](std::reference_wrapper<int> r) { r.get() = 100; })
+        .endNamespace();
+
+    runLua(R"(
+        result = test.ref_wrap_x
+        test.changeReference(result)
+    )");
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(result().isUserdata());
+    EXPECT_EQ(x, result().unsafe_cast<std::reference_wrapper<int>>().get());
+    EXPECT_EQ(100, x);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ClassTests, ReferenceWrapperWrite)
+{
+    int x = 13;
+    std::reference_wrapper<int> ref_wrap_x(x);
+
+    luabridge::getGlobalNamespace(L)
+        .beginNamespace("test")
+        .addProperty("ref_wrap_x", &ref_wrap_x)
+        .endNamespace();
+
+    runLua(R"(
+        test.ref_wrap_x(100)
+        result = test.ref_wrap_x
+    )");
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(result().isUserdata());
+    EXPECT_EQ(x, result().unsafe_cast<std::reference_wrapper<int>>().get());
+    EXPECT_EQ(100, x);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ClassTests, ReferenceWrapperRedirect)
+{
+    int x = 13;
+    int y = 100;
+    std::reference_wrapper<int> ref_wrap_x(x);
+    std::reference_wrapper<int> ref_wrap_y(y);
+
+    luabridge::getGlobalNamespace(L)
+        .beginNamespace("test")
+        .addProperty("ref_wrap_x", &ref_wrap_x)
+        .addProperty("ref_wrap_y", &ref_wrap_y)
+        .endNamespace();
+
+    runLua(R"(
+        test.ref_wrap_x = test.ref_wrap_y
+        result = test.ref_wrap_x
+    )");
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(result().isUserdata());
+    EXPECT_EQ(y, result().unsafe_cast<std::reference_wrapper<int>>().get());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ClassTests, ReferenceWrapperDecaysToType)
+{
+    int x = 13;
+    std::reference_wrapper<int> ref_wrap_x(x);
+
+    luabridge::getGlobalNamespace(L)
+        .beginNamespace("test")
+        .addProperty("ref_wrap_x", &ref_wrap_x)
+        .addFunction("takeReference", [](int r) { return r * 10; })
+        .endNamespace();
+
+    runLua(R"(
+        result = test.takeReference(test.ref_wrap_x)
+    )");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(130, result().unsafe_cast<int>());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ClassTests, ReferenceWrapperFailsOnInvalidType)
+{
+    int x = 13;
+    std::reference_wrapper ref_wrap_x(x);
+
+    float y = 1.0f;
+    std::reference_wrapper ref_wrap_y(y);
+
+    luabridge::getGlobalNamespace(L)
+        .beginNamespace("test")
+        .addProperty("ref_wrap_x", &ref_wrap_x)
+        .addProperty("ref_wrap_y", &ref_wrap_y)
+        .addFunction("takeReference1", [](float r) { return r * 10; })
+        .addFunction("takeReference2", [](int r) { return r * 10; })
+        .addFunction("takeReference3", [](std::reference_wrapper<float> r) { return r.get() * 10; })
+        .addFunction("takeReference4", [](std::reference_wrapper<int> r) { return r.get() * 10; })
+        .endNamespace();
+
+#if LUABRIDGE_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
+    EXPECT_THROW(runLua("result = test.takeReference1(test.ref_wrap_x)"), std::exception);
+    EXPECT_THROW(runLua("result = test.takeReference2(test.ref_wrap_y)"), std::exception);
+    EXPECT_THROW(runLua("result = test.takeReference3(test.ref_wrap_x)"), std::exception);
+    EXPECT_THROW(runLua("result = test.takeReference4(test.ref_wrap_y)"), std::exception);
+#else
+    EXPECT_FALSE(runLua("result = test.takeReference1(test.ref_wrap_x)"));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(runLua("result = test.takeReference2(test.ref_wrap_y)"));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(runLua("result = test.takeReference3(test.ref_wrap_x)"));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(runLua("result = test.takeReference4(test.ref_wrap_y)"));
+#endif
+}
+
+TEST_F(ClassTests, ReferenceWrapperAccessFromLua)
+{
+    int x = 13;
+    std::reference_wrapper<int> ref_wrap_x(x);
+
+    luabridge::getGlobalNamespace(L)
+        .beginNamespace("test")
+        .addProperty("ref_wrap_x", &ref_wrap_x)
+        .endNamespace();
+
+    runLua(R"(
+        function xyz(x)
+            return x() * 10
+        end
+
+        result = xyz(test.ref_wrap_x)
+    )");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(130, result().unsafe_cast<int>());
+}
+
 namespace {
 struct ExtensibleBase
 {