diff --git a/tokio-io/src/async_buf_read.rs b/tokio-io/src/async_buf_read.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c2c55db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokio-io/src/async_buf_read.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+use crate::AsyncRead;
+use std::io;
+use std::ops::DerefMut;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+/// Read bytes asynchronously.
+///
+/// This trait inherits from `std::io::BufRead` and indicates that an I/O object is
+/// **non-blocking**. All non-blocking I/O objects must return an error when
+/// bytes are unavailable instead of blocking the current thread.
+pub trait AsyncBufRead: AsyncRead {
+    /// Attempt to return the contents of the internal buffer, filling it with more data
+    /// from the inner reader if it is empty.
+    ///
+    /// On success, returns `Poll::Ready(Ok(buf))`.
+    ///
+    /// If no data is available for reading, the method returns
+    /// `Poll::Pending` and arranges for the current task (via
+    /// `cx.waker().wake_by_ref()`) to receive a notification when the object becomes
+    /// readable or is closed.
+    ///
+    /// This function is a lower-level call. It needs to be paired with the
+    /// [`consume`] method to function properly. When calling this
+    /// method, none of the contents will be "read" in the sense that later
+    /// calling [`poll_read`] may return the same contents. As such, [`consume`] must
+    /// be called with the number of bytes that are consumed from this buffer to
+    /// ensure that the bytes are never returned twice.
+    ///
+    /// An empty buffer returned indicates that the stream has reached EOF.
+    ///
+    /// [`poll_read`]: AsyncRead::poll_read
+    /// [`consume`]: AsyncBufRead::consume
+    fn poll_fill_buf<'a>(
+        self: Pin<&'a mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<&'a [u8]>>;
+
+    /// Tells this buffer that `amt` bytes have been consumed from the buffer,
+    /// so they should no longer be returned in calls to [`poll_read`].
+    ///
+    /// This function is a lower-level call. It needs to be paired with the
+    /// [`poll_fill_buf`] method to function properly. This function does
+    /// not perform any I/O, it simply informs this object that some amount of
+    /// its buffer, returned from [`poll_fill_buf`], has been consumed and should
+    /// no longer be returned. As such, this function may do odd things if
+    /// [`poll_fill_buf`] isn't called before calling it.
+    ///
+    /// The `amt` must be `<=` the number of bytes in the buffer returned by
+    /// [`poll_fill_buf`].
+    ///
+    /// [`poll_read`]: AsyncRead::poll_read
+    /// [`poll_fill_buf`]: AsyncBufRead::poll_fill_buf
+    fn consume(self: Pin<&mut Self>, amt: usize);
+}
+
+macro_rules! deref_async_buf_read {
+    () => {
+        fn poll_fill_buf<'a>(self: Pin<&'a mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>)
+            -> Poll<io::Result<&'a [u8]>>
+        {
+            Pin::new(&mut **self.get_mut()).poll_fill_buf(cx)
+        }
+
+        fn consume(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, amt: usize) {
+            Pin::new(&mut **self).consume(amt)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized + AsyncBufRead + Unpin> AsyncBufRead for Box<T> {
+    deref_async_buf_read!();
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized + AsyncBufRead + Unpin> AsyncBufRead for &mut T {
+    deref_async_buf_read!();
+}
+
+impl<P> AsyncBufRead for Pin<P>
+where
+    P: DerefMut + Unpin,
+    P::Target: AsyncBufRead,
+{
+    fn poll_fill_buf<'a>(
+        self: Pin<&'a mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<&'a [u8]>> {
+        self.get_mut().as_mut().poll_fill_buf(cx)
+    }
+
+    fn consume(self: Pin<&mut Self>, amt: usize) {
+        self.get_mut().as_mut().consume(amt)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tokio-io/src/lib.rs b/tokio-io/src/lib.rs
index 165cc1ca6..ad8b833d9 100644
--- a/tokio-io/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-io/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 //! [found online]: https://tokio.rs/docs/
 //! [low level details]: https://tokio.rs/docs/going-deeper-tokio/core-low-level/
 
+mod async_buf_read;
 mod async_read;
 mod async_write;
 
+pub use self::async_buf_read::AsyncBufRead;
 pub use self::async_read::AsyncRead;
 pub use self::async_write::AsyncWrite;
diff --git a/tokio/src/io/async_buf_read_ext.rs b/tokio/src/io/async_buf_read_ext.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f0db43f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokio/src/io/async_buf_read_ext.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use tokio_io::AsyncBufRead;
+
+/// An extension trait which adds utility methods to `AsyncBufRead` types.
+pub trait AsyncBufReadExt: AsyncBufRead {}
+
+impl<R: AsyncBufRead + ?Sized> AsyncBufReadExt for R {}
diff --git a/tokio/src/io/mod.rs b/tokio/src/io/mod.rs
index e66dc1812..10d7b4b28 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 //! [`ErrorKind`]: enum.ErrorKind.html
 //! [`Result`]: type.Result.html
 
+mod async_buf_read_ext;
 mod async_read_ext;
 mod async_write_ext;
 mod copy;
@@ -45,13 +46,14 @@ mod read_to_end;
 mod write;
 mod write_all;
 
+pub use self::async_buf_read_ext::AsyncBufReadExt;
 pub use self::async_read_ext::AsyncReadExt;
 pub use self::async_write_ext::AsyncWriteExt;
 
 // standard input, output, and error
 #[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 pub use tokio_fs::{stderr, stdin, stdout, Stderr, Stdin, Stdout};
-pub use tokio_io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
+pub use tokio_io::{AsyncBufRead, AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 
 // Re-export io::Error so that users don't have to deal
 // with conflicts when `use`ing `tokio::io` and `std::io`.