diff --git a/tokio/src/time/delay_queue.rs b/tokio/src/time/delay_queue.rs
index 821c0c27c..d0b1f1926 100644
--- a/tokio/src/time/delay_queue.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/time/delay_queue.rs
@@ -879,4 +879,9 @@ impl<T> Expired<T> {
     pub fn into_inner(self) -> T {
         self.data
     }
+
+    /// Returns the deadline that the expiration was set to.
+    pub fn deadline(&self) -> Instant {
+        self.deadline
+    }
 }