diff --git a/docs/release.rst b/docs/release.rst
index fcd3422f..b9de7569 100644
--- a/docs/release.rst
+++ b/docs/release.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ Release notes
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+
+Fixes
+~~~~~
+
+* Fix Zarr serialization with ZFP when array is a view.
+  By :user:`Altay Sansal <tasansal>`, :issue:`812`
+
 .. _release_0.16.5:
 
 0.16.5
diff --git a/numcodecs/zfpy.py b/numcodecs/zfpy.py
index 80a1e78a..ab84d5f2 100644
--- a/numcodecs/zfpy.py
+++ b/numcodecs/zfpy.py
@@ -77,13 +77,16 @@ def encode(self, buf):
                     "The zfp codec does not support none numpy arrays."
                     f" Your buffers were {type(buf)}."
                 )
-            if buf.flags.c_contiguous:
-                flatten = False
-            else:
+            if buf.flags.f_contiguous:
                 raise ValueError(
                     "The zfp codec does not support F order arrays. "
                     f"Your arrays flags were {buf.flags}."
                 )
+            # Force C-contiguous if needed (copies only if not already C-contiguous)
+            buf = np.ascontiguousarray(buf)
+
+            # No flattening needed for C-order
+            flatten = False
             buf = ensure_contiguous_ndarray(buf, flatten=flatten)
 
             # do compression