diff --git a/io/src/bridge.rs b/io/src/bridge.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45b0b8cb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/io/src/bridge.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+
+/// A bridging wrapper providing the IO traits for types that already implement `std` IO traits.
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct FromStd<T>(T);
+
+impl<T> FromStd<T> {
+    /// Wraps an IO type.
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn new(inner: T) -> Self { Self(inner) }
+
+    /// Returns the wrapped value.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn into_inner(self) -> T {
+        self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a reference to the wrapped value.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn inner(&self) -> &T {
+        &self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a mutable reference to the wrapped value.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn inner_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
+        &mut self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Wraps a mutable reference to IO type.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn new_mut(inner: &mut T) -> &mut Self {
+        // SAFETY: the type is repr(transparent) and the lifetimes match
+        unsafe { &mut *(inner as *mut _ as *mut Self) }
+    }
+
+    /// Wraps a boxed IO type.
+    #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn new_boxed(inner: Box<T>) -> Box<Self> {
+        // SAFETY: the type is repr(transparent) and the pointer is created from Box
+        unsafe { Box::from_raw(Box::into_raw(inner) as *mut Self) }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: std::io::Read> super::Read for FromStd<T> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> super::Result<usize> {
+        self.0.read(buf).map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn read_exact(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> super::Result<()> {
+        self.0.read_exact(buf).map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: std::io::BufRead> super::BufRead for FromStd<T> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn fill_buf(&mut self) -> super::Result<&[u8]> {
+        self.0.fill_buf().map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn consume(&mut self, amount: usize) {
+        self.0.consume(amount)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: std::io::Write> super::Write for FromStd<T> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> super::Result<usize> {
+        self.0.write(buf).map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> super::Result<()> {
+        self.0.flush().map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn write_all(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> super::Result<()> {
+        self.0.write_all(buf).map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+}
+
+// We also impl std traits so that mixing the calls is not annoying.
+
+impl<T: std::io::Read> std::io::Read for FromStd<T> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+        self.0.read(buf)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn read_exact(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        self.0.read_exact(buf)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: std::io::BufRead> std::io::BufRead for FromStd<T> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn fill_buf(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<&[u8]> {
+        self.0.fill_buf()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn consume(&mut self, amount: usize) {
+        self.0.consume(amount)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: std::io::Write> std::io::Write for FromStd<T> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+        self.0.write(buf)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        self.0.flush()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn write_all(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        self.0.write_all(buf)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/io/src/lib.rs b/io/src/lib.rs
index e7878625e..2bf1bfd47 100644
--- a/io/src/lib.rs
+++ b/io/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ extern crate alloc;
 
 mod error;
 mod macros;
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+mod bridge;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+pub use bridge::FromStd;
 
 #[cfg(all(not(feature = "std"), feature = "alloc"))]
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
@@ -320,6 +325,24 @@ impl std::io::Write for Sink {
 #[inline]
 pub fn sink() -> Sink { Sink }
 
+/// Wraps a `std` IO type to implement the traits from this crate.
+///
+/// All methods are passed through converting the errors.
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[inline]
+pub const fn from_std<T>(std_io: T) -> FromStd<T> {
+    FromStd::new(std_io)
+}
+
+/// Wraps a mutable reference to `std` IO type to implement the traits from this crate.
+///
+/// All methods are passed through converting the errors.
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[inline]
+pub fn from_std_mut<T>(std_io: &mut T) -> &mut FromStd<T> {
+    FromStd::new_mut(std_io)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     #[cfg(all(not(feature = "std"), feature = "alloc"))]