diff --git a/bitcoin/src/lib.rs b/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
index 65984cbf..8d1980dc 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ mod prelude {
     pub use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, btree_map, BinaryHeap};
 
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
-    pub use std::io::sink;
+    pub use crate::io::sink;
 
     #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
     pub use crate::io_extras::sink;
diff --git a/io/src/lib.rs b/io/src/lib.rs
index 93d09795..ee531fc4 100644
--- a/io/src/lib.rs
+++ b/io/src/lib.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub mod io {
     compile_error!("At least one of std or core2 must be enabled");
 
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
-    pub use std::io::{Read, sink, Cursor, Take, Error, ErrorKind, Result};
+    pub use std::io::{Read, Cursor, Take, Error, ErrorKind, Result};
 
     #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
     pub use core2::io::{Read, Cursor, Take, Error, ErrorKind, Result};
@@ -95,6 +95,33 @@ pub mod io {
         #[inline]
         fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> { Ok(()) }
     }
+
+    /// A sink to which all writes succeed. See [`std::io::Sink`] for more info.
+    pub struct Sink;
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+    impl Write for Sink {
+        #[inline]
+        fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize> {
+            Ok(buf.len())
+        }
+        #[inline]
+        fn write_all(&mut self, _: &[u8]) -> Result<()> { Ok(()) }
+        #[inline]
+        fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> { Ok(()) }
+    }
+    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+    impl std::io::Write for Sink {
+        #[inline]
+        fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+            Ok(buf.len())
+        }
+        #[inline]
+        fn write_all(&mut self, _: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<()> { Ok(()) }
+        #[inline]
+        fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> { Ok(()) }
+    }
+    /// Returns a sink to which all writes succeed. See [`std::io::sink`] for more info.
+    pub fn sink() -> Sink { Sink }
 }
 
 #[doc(hidden)]