diff --git a/extmod/modre.c b/extmod/modre.c
index 7f00b1c23c..8697e1c6ef 100644
--- a/extmod/modre.c
+++ b/extmod/modre.c
@@ -80,7 +80,13 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t match_group(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t no_in) {
         // no match for this group
         return mp_const_none;
     }
-    return mp_obj_new_str_of_type(mp_obj_get_type(self->str),
+    const mp_obj_type_t *str_type = mp_obj_get_type(self->str);
+    if (str_type != &mp_type_str) {
+        // bytes, bytearray etc. args should return bytes
+        str_type = &mp_type_bytes;
+    }
+
+    return mp_obj_new_str_of_type(str_type,
         (const byte *)start, self->caps[no * 2 + 1] - start);
 }
 MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(match_group_obj, match_group);
@@ -120,7 +126,9 @@ STATIC void match_span_helper(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args, mp_obj_t span
     const char *start = self->caps[no * 2];
     if (start != NULL) {
         // have a match for this group
-        const char *begin = mp_obj_str_get_str(self->str);
+        mp_buffer_info_t bufinfo;
+        mp_get_buffer_raise(self->str, &bufinfo, MP_BUFFER_READ);
+        const char *begin = bufinfo.buf;
         s = start - begin;
         e = self->caps[no * 2 + 1] - begin;
     }
@@ -203,9 +211,10 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t re_exec(bool is_anchored, uint n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
         self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(mod_re_compile(1, args));
     }
     Subject subj;
-    size_t len;
-    subj.begin_line = subj.begin = mp_obj_str_get_data(args[1], &len);
-    subj.end = subj.begin + len;
+    mp_buffer_info_t bufinfo;
+    mp_get_buffer_raise(args[1], &bufinfo, MP_BUFFER_READ);
+    subj.begin_line = subj.begin = bufinfo.buf;
+    subj.end = subj.begin + bufinfo.len;
     int caps_num = (self->re.sub + 1) * 2;
     mp_obj_match_t *match = m_new_obj_var(mp_obj_match_t, char *, caps_num);
     // cast is a workaround for a bug in msvc: it treats const char** as a const pointer instead of a pointer to pointer to const char
@@ -235,10 +244,15 @@ MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(re_search_obj, 2, 4, re_search);
 STATIC mp_obj_t re_split(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     mp_obj_re_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(args[0]);
     Subject subj;
-    size_t len;
+    mp_buffer_info_t bufinfo;
     const mp_obj_type_t *str_type = mp_obj_get_type(args[1]);
-    subj.begin_line = subj.begin = mp_obj_str_get_data(args[1], &len);
-    subj.end = subj.begin + len;
+    if (str_type != &mp_type_str) {
+        // bytes, bytearray etc. args should return bytes
+        str_type = &mp_type_bytes;
+    }
+    mp_get_buffer_raise(args[1], &bufinfo, MP_BUFFER_READ);
+    subj.begin_line = subj.begin = bufinfo.buf;
+    subj.end = subj.begin + bufinfo.len;
     int caps_num = (self->re.sub + 1) * 2;
 
     int maxsplit = 0;
@@ -294,11 +308,11 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t re_sub_helper(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
         // Note: flags are currently ignored
     }
 
-    size_t where_len;
-    const char *where_str = mp_obj_str_get_data(where, &where_len);
     Subject subj;
-    subj.begin_line = subj.begin = where_str;
-    subj.end = subj.begin + where_len;
+    mp_buffer_info_t bufinfo;
+    mp_get_buffer_raise(where, &bufinfo, MP_BUFFER_READ);
+    subj.begin_line = subj.begin = bufinfo.buf;
+    subj.end = subj.begin + bufinfo.len;
     int caps_num = (self->re.sub + 1) * 2;
 
     vstr_t vstr_return;
@@ -327,10 +341,13 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t re_sub_helper(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
         vstr_add_strn(&vstr_return, subj.begin, match->caps[0] - subj.begin);
 
         // Get replacement string
-        const char *repl = mp_obj_str_get_str((mp_obj_is_callable(replace) ? mp_call_function_1(replace, MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(match)) : replace));
+        mp_obj_t repl_obj = (mp_obj_is_callable(replace) ? mp_call_function_1(replace, MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(match)) : replace);
+        mp_get_buffer_raise(repl_obj, &bufinfo, MP_BUFFER_READ);
+        const char *repl = bufinfo.buf;
+        const char *repl_top = repl + bufinfo.len;
 
         // Append replacement string to result, substituting any regex groups
-        while (*repl != '\0') {
+        while (repl < repl_top) {
             if (*repl == '\\') {
                 ++repl;
                 bool is_g_format = false;
@@ -423,8 +440,11 @@ STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_OBJ_TYPE(
 
 STATIC mp_obj_t mod_re_compile(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     (void)n_args;
-    const char *re_str = mp_obj_str_get_str(args[0]);
-    int size = re1_5_sizecode(re_str);
+
+    mp_buffer_info_t bufinfo;
+    mp_get_buffer_raise(args[0], &bufinfo, MP_BUFFER_READ);
+    const char *re_str = bufinfo.buf;
+    int size = re1_5_sizecode(re_str, bufinfo.len);
     if (size == -1) {
         goto error;
     }
@@ -435,7 +455,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t mod_re_compile(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
         flags = mp_obj_get_int(args[1]);
     }
     #endif
-    int error = re1_5_compilecode(&o->re, re_str);
+    int error = re1_5_compilecode(&o->re, re_str, bufinfo.len);
     if (error != 0) {
     error:
         mp_raise_ValueError(MP_ERROR_TEXT("error in regex"));
diff --git a/tests/extmod/re1.py b/tests/extmod/re1.py
index 7e3839ae24..4fd5820a15 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/re1.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/re1.py
@@ -93,6 +93,23 @@ m = re.match(rb"a+?", b"ab")
 print(m.group(0))
 print("===")
 
+# bytearray / memoryview objects
+m = re.match(rb"a.", bytearray(b"ab"))
+print(m.group(0))
+m = re.match(rb"a.", memoryview(b"ab"))
+print(m.group(0))
+# While micropython supports bytearray pattern, cpython does not.
+# m = re.match(bytearray(b"a."), b"ab")
+# print(m.group(0))
+print("===")
+
+# null chars
+m = re.match("ab.d", "ab\x00d")
+print(list(m.group(0)))
+m = re.match("ab\x00d", "ab\x00d")
+print(list(m.group(0)))
+print("===")
+
 # escaping
 m = re.match(r"a\.c", "a.c")
 print(m.group(0) if m else "")
diff --git a/tests/extmod/re_split.py b/tests/extmod/re_split.py
index 7769e1a121..486b1c3881 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/re_split.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/re_split.py
@@ -38,3 +38,8 @@ print(s)
 r = re.compile("^ab|cab")
 s = r.split("abababcabab")
 print(s)
+
+# bytearray objects
+r = re.compile(b"x")
+s = r.split(bytearray(b"fooxbar"))
+print(s)
diff --git a/tests/extmod/re_sub.py b/tests/extmod/re_sub.py
index 229c0e63ee..779d32374f 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/re_sub.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/re_sub.py
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ def A():
 
 print(re.sub("a", A(), "aBCBABCDabcda."))
 
+
+def B():
+    return bytearray(b"B")
+
+
+print(re.sub(b"a", B(), b"aBCBABCDabcda."))
+
 print(
     re.sub(
         r"def\s+([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*)\s*\(\s*\):",
@@ -61,10 +68,11 @@ try:
 except:
     print("invalid group")
 
-# Module function takes str/bytes/re.
+# Module function takes str/bytes/re/bytearray.
 print(re.sub("a", "a", "a"))
 print(re.sub(b".", b"a", b"a"))
 print(re.sub(re.compile("a"), "a", "a"))
+print(re.sub(b"a", bytearray(b"b"), bytearray(b"a")))
 try:
     re.sub(123, "a", "a")
 except TypeError: