diff --git a/web3.js/module.d.ts b/web3.js/module.d.ts
index e0a95c087e..da837401b5 100644
--- a/web3.js/module.d.ts
+++ b/web3.js/module.d.ts
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ declare module '@solana/web3.js' {
     authorizedPubkey: PublicKey;
     nonce: Blockhash;
     feeCalculator: FeeCalculator;
+    static fromAccountData(
+      buffer: Buffer | Uint8Array | Array<number>,
+    ): NonceAccount;
   }
 
   export const NONCE_ACCOUNT_LENGTH: number;
diff --git a/web3.js/module.flow.js b/web3.js/module.flow.js
index a9af3d5d96..8a894a8320 100644
--- a/web3.js/module.flow.js
+++ b/web3.js/module.flow.js
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ declare module '@solana/web3.js' {
     authorizedPubkey: PublicKey;
     nonce: Blockhash;
     feeCalculator: FeeCalculator;
+    static fromAccountData(
+      buffer: Buffer | Uint8Array | Array<number>,
+    ): NonceAccount;
   }
 
   declare export var NONCE_ACCOUNT_LENGTH: number;
diff --git a/web3.js/src/nonce-account.js b/web3.js/src/nonce-account.js
index 1d02cc86ad..99d0d6e750 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/nonce-account.js
+++ b/web3.js/src/nonce-account.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as Layout from './layout';
 import {PublicKey} from './publickey';
 import type {FeeCalculator} from './fee-calculator';
 import {FeeCalculatorLayout} from './fee-calculator';
+import {toBuffer} from './util/to-buffer';
 
 /**
  * See https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/blob/0ea2843ec9cdc517572b8e62c959f41b55cf4453/sdk/src/nonce_state.rs#L29-L32
@@ -36,8 +37,10 @@ export class NonceAccount {
    * @param buffer account data
    * @return NonceAccount
    */
-  static fromAccountData(buffer: Buffer): NonceAccount {
-    const nonceAccount = NonceAccountLayout.decode(buffer, 0);
+  static fromAccountData(
+    buffer: Buffer | Uint8Array | Array<number>,
+  ): NonceAccount {
+    const nonceAccount = NonceAccountLayout.decode(toBuffer(buffer), 0);
     nonceAccount.authorizedPubkey = new PublicKey(
       nonceAccount.authorizedPubkey,
     );