diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/Sys.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/Sys.java
index a41db991..bdaa9381 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/Sys.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/Sys.java
@@ -127,13 +127,30 @@ public final class Sys {
 	private static void initialize() {
 		System.loadLibrary(LIBRARY_NAME);
 		setTime(0);
-	}		
+	}
 
         /**
          * Gets the native NULL constant value
          */
         private static native ByteBuffer nGetNULLValue();
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a buffer representing an index into a ARB_vertex_buffer_object buffer.
+	 *
+	 * Example:
+	 *
+	 * ByteBuffer b = Sys.createARBVBOBuffer(0);
+	 * gl.glVertexPointer(3, GL.GL_INT, 0, b);
+	 *
+	 * is equivalent to the C call:
+	 *
+	 * glVertexPointer(3, GL.GL_INT, 0, 0);
+	 *
+	 * @param index The VBO index to represent
+	 * @return a ByteBuffer representing the VBO index
+	 */
+	public static native ByteBuffer createARBVBOBuffer(int index);
+
 	/**
 	 * Obtains the number of ticks that the hires timer does in a second.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/native/common/org_lwjgl_Sys.h b/src/native/common/org_lwjgl_Sys.h
index 30361e6a..6c4b1b5f 100644
--- a/src/native/common/org_lwjgl_Sys.h
+++ b/src/native/common/org_lwjgl_Sys.h
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ extern "C" {
 JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_nGetNULLValue
   (JNIEnv *, jclass);
 
+/*
+ * Class:     org_lwjgl_Sys
+ * Method:    createARBVBOBuffer
+ * Signature: (I)Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer;
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_createARBVBOBuffer
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jint);
+
 /*
  * Class:     org_lwjgl_Sys
  * Method:    getTimerResolution
diff --git a/src/native/configure.in b/src/native/configure.in
index 10bb5981..2634541a 100644
--- a/src/native/configure.in
+++ b/src/native/configure.in
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ if test "x$JAVA_HOME" = x; then
 else
   AC_MSG_RESULT($JAVA_HOME)
   JAVA_HOME="$JAVA_HOME"
-  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_DEBUG -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -pthread -D_X11 -Wall -I$JAVA_HOME/include -I$JAVA_HOME/include/linux"
-  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_DEBUG -pthread -D_X11 -Wall -I$JAVA_HOME/include -I$JAVA_HOME/include/linux"
+  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -pthread -D_X11 -Wall -I$JAVA_HOME/include -I$JAVA_HOME/include/linux"
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pthread -D_X11 -Wall -I$JAVA_HOME/include -I$JAVA_HOME/include/linux"
 fi
 
 dnl Checks for libraries.
diff --git a/src/native/linux/org_lwjgl_Sys.cpp b/src/native/linux/org_lwjgl_Sys.cpp
index ed3b4eff..5acd8fa6 100644
--- a/src/native/linux/org_lwjgl_Sys.cpp
+++ b/src/native/linux/org_lwjgl_Sys.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_nGetNULLValue
 {
 	return env->NewDirectByteBuffer(NULL, 0);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Class:     org_lwjgl_Sys
+ * Method:    createARBVBOBuffer
+ * Signature: (I)Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer;
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_createARBVBOBuffer
+  (JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint address)
+{
+	return env->NewDirectByteBuffer((void *)address, 0);
+}
   
 /*
  * Class:     org_lwjgl_Sys
diff --git a/src/native/win32/org_lwjgl_Sys.cpp b/src/native/win32/org_lwjgl_Sys.cpp
index bb81e308..8085c81f 100644
--- a/src/native/win32/org_lwjgl_Sys.cpp
+++ b/src/native/win32/org_lwjgl_Sys.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_nGetNULLValue
 	return env->NewDirectByteBuffer(NULL, 0);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Class:     org_lwjgl_Sys
+ * Method:    createARBVBOBuffer
+ * Signature: (I)Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer;
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_createARBVBOBuffer
+  (JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint address)
+{
+	return env->NewDirectByteBuffer((void *)address, 0);
+}
+
 /*
  * Class:     org_lwjgl_Sys
  * Method:    getTimerResolution