diff --git a/tokio-io/Cargo.toml b/tokio-io/Cargo.toml
index d5e5cb786c1..82c520097ec 100644
--- a/tokio-io/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio-io/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 futures-core-preview = "=0.3.0-alpha.18"
 memchr = { version = "2.2", optional = true }
 pin-utils = { version = "=0.1.0-alpha.4", optional = true }
+pin-project = "=0.4.0-alpha.11"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "0.2.0-alpha.4", path = "../tokio" }
diff --git a/tokio-io/src/io/buf_reader.rs b/tokio-io/src/io/buf_reader.rs
index 7f0fdd7c7e8..738f5a5a2c2 100644
--- a/tokio-io/src/io/buf_reader.rs
+++ b/tokio-io/src/io/buf_reader.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE;
-use crate::{AsyncBufRead, AsyncRead};
+use crate::{AsyncBufRead, AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 use futures_core::ready;
 use pin_utils::{unsafe_pinned, unsafe_unpinned};
 use std::io::{self, Read};
@@ -152,6 +152,24 @@ impl<R: AsyncRead> AsyncBufRead for BufReader<R> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<R: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite> AsyncWrite for BufReader<R> {
+    fn poll_write(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &[u8],
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
+        self.get_pin_mut().poll_write(cx, buf)
+    }
+
+    fn poll_flush(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
+        self.get_pin_mut().poll_flush(cx)
+    }
+
+    fn poll_shutdown(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
+        self.get_pin_mut().poll_shutdown(cx)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<R: AsyncRead + fmt::Debug> fmt::Debug for BufReader<R> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("BufReader")
diff --git a/tokio-io/src/io/buf_stream.rs b/tokio-io/src/io/buf_stream.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2abfb08ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokio-io/src/io/buf_stream.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+use crate::io::{BufReader, BufWriter};
+use crate::{AsyncBufRead, AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
+use pin_project::pin_project;
+use std::io::{self};
+use std::{
+    pin::Pin,
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+};
+
+/// Wraps a type that is [`AsyncWrite`] and [`AsyncRead`], and buffers its input and output.
+///
+/// It can be excessively inefficient to work directly with something that implements [`AsyncWrite`]
+/// and [`AsyncRead`]. For example, every `write`, however small, has to traverse the syscall
+/// interface, and similarly, every read has to do the same. The [`BufWriter`] and [`BufReader`]
+/// types aid with these problems respectively, but do so in only one direction. `BufStream` wraps
+/// one in the other so that both directions are buffered. See their documentation for details.
+#[pin_project]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct BufStream<RW: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite>(#[pin] BufReader<BufWriter<RW>>);
+
+impl<RW: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite> BufStream<RW> {
+    /// Wrap a type in both [`BufWriter`] and [`BufReader`].
+    ///
+    /// See the documentation for those types and [`BufStream`] for details.
+    pub fn new(stream: RW) -> BufStream<RW> {
+        BufStream(BufReader::new(BufWriter::new(stream)))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<RW: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite> AsyncWrite for BufStream<RW> {
+    fn poll_write(
+        mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &[u8],
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
+        self.project().0.poll_write(cx, buf)
+    }
+
+    fn poll_flush(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
+        self.project().0.poll_flush(cx)
+    }
+
+    fn poll_shutdown(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
+        self.project().0.poll_shutdown(cx)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<RW: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite> AsyncRead for BufStream<RW> {
+    fn poll_read(
+        mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &mut [u8],
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
+        self.project().0.poll_read(cx, buf)
+    }
+
+    // we can't skip unconditionally because of the large buffer case in read.
+    unsafe fn prepare_uninitialized_buffer(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> bool {
+        self.0.prepare_uninitialized_buffer(buf)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<RW: AsyncBufRead + AsyncRead + AsyncWrite> AsyncBufRead for BufStream<RW> {
+    fn poll_fill_buf(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<&[u8]>> {
+        self.project_into().0.poll_fill_buf(cx)
+    }
+
+    fn consume(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, amt: usize) {
+        self.project().0.consume(amt)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tokio-io/src/io/buf_writer.rs b/tokio-io/src/io/buf_writer.rs
index 438bc653be7..2e8613b6e9e 100644
--- a/tokio-io/src/io/buf_writer.rs
+++ b/tokio-io/src/io/buf_writer.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE;
-use crate::AsyncWrite;
+use crate::{AsyncBufRead, AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 use futures_core::ready;
 use pin_utils::{unsafe_pinned, unsafe_unpinned};
 use std::fmt;
@@ -145,6 +145,31 @@ impl<W: AsyncWrite> AsyncWrite for BufWriter<W> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<W: AsyncWrite + AsyncRead> AsyncRead for BufWriter<W> {
+    fn poll_read(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &mut [u8],
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
+        self.get_pin_mut().poll_read(cx, buf)
+    }
+
+    // we can't skip unconditionally because of the large buffer case in read.
+    unsafe fn prepare_uninitialized_buffer(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> bool {
+        self.get_ref().prepare_uninitialized_buffer(buf)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<W: AsyncWrite + AsyncBufRead> AsyncBufRead for BufWriter<W> {
+    fn poll_fill_buf(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<&[u8]>> {
+        self.get_pin_mut().poll_fill_buf(cx)
+    }
+
+    fn consume(self: Pin<&mut Self>, amt: usize) {
+        self.get_pin_mut().consume(amt)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<W: AsyncWrite + fmt::Debug> fmt::Debug for BufWriter<W> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("BufWriter")
diff --git a/tokio-io/src/io/mod.rs b/tokio-io/src/io/mod.rs
index 36eae7a3d8b..ab3a2b42d89 100644
--- a/tokio-io/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio-io/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mod async_buf_read_ext;
 mod async_read_ext;
 mod async_write_ext;
 mod buf_reader;
+mod buf_stream;
 mod buf_writer;
 mod chain;
 mod copy;
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ pub use self::async_write_ext::AsyncWriteExt;
 #[allow(unreachable_pub)] // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/57411
 pub use self::buf_reader::BufReader;
 #[allow(unreachable_pub)] // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/57411
+pub use self::buf_stream::BufStream;
+#[allow(unreachable_pub)] // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/57411
 pub use self::buf_writer::BufWriter;
 
 // used by `BufReader` and `BufWriter`
diff --git a/tokio-io/src/lib.rs b/tokio-io/src/lib.rs
index 0e9c5f7204c..f54fc065e36 100644
--- a/tokio-io/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-io/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub use self::async_read::AsyncRead;
 pub use self::async_write::AsyncWrite;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "util")]
-pub use self::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader, BufWriter};
+pub use self::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader, BufStream, BufWriter};
 
 // Re-export `Buf` and `BufMut` since they are part of the API
 pub use bytes::{Buf, BufMut};