diff --git a/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs b/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs
index 56948ffa66e..92671a1f64d 100644
--- a/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs
@@ -807,6 +807,61 @@ impl TcpStream {
         mio_socket.set_linger(dur)
     }
 
+    /// Reads the keepalive duration for this socket by getting the `SO_KEEPALIVE`
+    /// option along with more system-specific parameters (e.g. TCP_KEEPALIVE
+    /// or SIO_KEEPALIVE_VALS).
+    ///
+    /// For more information about this option, see [`set_keepalive`].
+    ///
+    /// [`set_keepalive`]: TcpStream::set_keepalive
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+    ///
+    /// # async fn dox() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    /// let stream = TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:8080").await?;
+    ///
+    /// println!("{:?}", stream.keepalive()?);
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))))]
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+    pub fn keepalive(&self) -> io::Result<Option<Duration>> {
+        let mio_socket = std::mem::ManuallyDrop::new(self.to_mio());
+        mio_socket.get_keepalive_time()
+    }
+
+    /// Sets the keepalive duration of this socket by setting the SO_KEEPALIVE option
+    /// along with more system-specific parameters (e.g. TCP_KEEPALIVE or SIO_KEEPALIVE_VALS).
+    ///
+    /// This option controls whether keep-alive TCP packets should be used
+    /// for a socket connection and what should be their idle interval.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+    ///
+    /// # async fn dox() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    /// let stream = TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:8080").await?;
+    ///
+    /// stream.set_keepalive(None)?;
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn set_keepalive(&self, dur: Option<Duration>) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let mio_socket = std::mem::ManuallyDrop::new(self.to_mio());
+
+        if let Some(duration) = dur {
+            mio_socket.set_keepalive_params(mio::net::TcpKeepalive::new().with_time(duration))
+        } else {
+            mio_socket.set_keepalive(false)
+        }
+    }
+
     fn to_mio(&self) -> mio::net::TcpSocket {
         #[cfg(windows)]
         {
diff --git a/tokio/tests/tcp_stream.rs b/tokio/tests/tcp_stream.rs
index 58b06ee3233..3f2eda6b152 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/tcp_stream.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/tcp_stream.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@ async fn set_linger() {
     assert!(stream.linger().unwrap().is_none());
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+async fn set_keepalive() {
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+
+    let stream = TcpStream::connect(listener.local_addr().unwrap())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_ok!(stream.set_keepalive(Some(Duration::from_secs(1))));
+    assert_eq!(stream.keepalive().unwrap().unwrap().as_secs(), 1);
+
+    assert_ok!(stream.set_keepalive(None));
+    assert!(stream.keepalive().unwrap().is_none());
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn try_read_write() {
     const DATA: &[u8] = b"this is some data to write to the socket";