diff --git a/tokio-util/src/lib.rs b/tokio-util/src/lib.rs
index 524fc4705..b074aad32 100644
--- a/tokio-util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-util/src/lib.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ pub mod sync;
 
 pub mod either;
 
+pub use bytes;
+
 #[cfg(any(feature = "io", feature = "codec"))]
 mod util {
     use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, ReadBuf};