diff --git a/models/box01.glb b/models/box01.glb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7477e89
Binary files /dev/null and b/models/box01.glb differ
diff --git a/test_runner.py b/test_runner.py
index 26345db..fd96ad9 100644
--- a/test_runner.py
+++ b/test_runner.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def run(filename):
         p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
         (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate()
     except:
-        print "Failed to execute: ", cmd
+        print("Failed to execute: ", cmd)
         raise
 
     if p.returncode != 0:
diff --git a/tests/tester.cc b/tests/tester.cc
index 1cee2b4..377ea0e 100644
--- a/tests/tester.cc
+++ b/tests/tester.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #define TINYGLTF_IMPLEMENTATION
 #define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION
+#define STB_IMAGE_WRITE_IMPLEMENTATION
 #include "tiny_gltf.h"
 
 #define CATCH_CONFIG_MAIN  // This tells Catch to provide a main() - only do this in one cpp file
@@ -24,3 +25,18 @@ TEST_CASE("parse-error", "[parse]") {
 
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("datauri-in-glb", "[issue-79]") {
+
+  tinygltf::Model model;
+  tinygltf::TinyGLTF ctx;
+  std::string err;
+
+  bool ret = ctx.LoadBinaryFromFile(&model, &err, "../models/box01.glb");
+  if (!err.empty()) {
+    std::cerr << err << std::endl;
+  }
+    
+  REQUIRE(true == ret);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/tiny_gltf.h b/tiny_gltf.h
index 40f1d38..4fab08d 100644
--- a/tiny_gltf.h
+++ b/tiny_gltf.h
@@ -2260,11 +2260,21 @@ static bool ParseBuffer(Buffer *buffer, std::string *err, const json &o,
 
   size_t bytes = static_cast<size_t>(byteLength);
   if (is_binary) {
-    // Still binary glTF accepts external dataURI. First try external resources.
-
+    // Still binary glTF accepts external dataURI. 
     if (!buffer->uri.empty()) {
-      // External .bin file.
-      LoadExternalFile(&buffer->data, err, buffer->uri, basedir, bytes, true, fs);
+      // First try embedded data URI.
+      if (IsDataURI(buffer->uri)) {
+        std::string mime_type;
+        if (!DecodeDataURI(&buffer->data, mime_type, buffer->uri, bytes, true)) {
+            if (err) {
+                (*err) += "Failed to decode 'uri' : " + buffer->uri + " in Buffer\n";
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+      } else { 
+        // External .bin file.
+        LoadExternalFile(&buffer->data, err, buffer->uri, basedir, bytes, true, fs);
+      }
     } else {
       // load data from (embedded) binary data