diff --git a/src/libstd/os.rs b/src/libstd/os.rs
index d7ba4877086ea..2ba03ac5d6044 100644
--- a/src/libstd/os.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/os.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ use vec::Vec;
 #[cfg(unix)] use c_str::ToCStr;
 #[cfg(unix)] use libc::c_char;
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub use sys::ext as unix;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub use sys::ext as windows;
+
 /// Get the number of cores available
 pub fn num_cpus() -> uint {
     unsafe {
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/ext.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/ext.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2c58ee69e8b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/ext.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+//! Experimental extensions to `std` for Windows.
+//!
+//! For now, this module is limited to extracting handles, file
+//! descriptors, and sockets, but its functionality will grow over
+//! time.
+
+#![experimental]
+
+use sys_common::AsInner;
+use libc;
+
+use io;
+
+/// Raw HANDLEs.
+pub type Handle = libc::HANDLE;
+
+/// Raw SOCKETs.
+pub type Socket = libc::SOCKET;
+
+/// Extract raw handles.
+pub trait AsRawHandle {
+    /// Extract the raw handle, without taking any ownership.
+    fn as_raw_handle(&self) -> Handle;
+}
+
+impl AsRawHandle for io::fs::File {
+    fn as_raw_handle(&self) -> Handle {
+        self.as_inner().handle()
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRawHandle for io::pipe::PipeStream {
+    fn as_raw_handle(&self) -> Handle {
+        self.as_inner().handle()
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRawHandle for io::net::pipe::UnixStream {
+    fn as_raw_handle(&self) -> Handle {
+        self.as_inner().handle()
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRawHandle for io::net::pipe::UnixListener {
+    fn as_raw_handle(&self) -> Handle {
+        self.as_inner().handle()
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRawHandle for io::net::pipe::UnixAcceptor {
+    fn as_raw_handle(&self) -> Handle {
+        self.as_inner().handle()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Extract raw sockets.
+pub trait AsRawSocket {
+    fn as_raw_socket(&self) -> Socket;
+}
+
+impl AsRawSocket for io::net::tcp::TcpStream {
+    fn as_raw_socket(&self) -> Socket {
+        self.as_inner().fd()
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRawSocket for io::net::tcp::TcpListener {
+    fn as_raw_socket(&self) -> Socket {
+        self.as_inner().fd()
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRawSocket for io::net::tcp::TcpAcceptor {
+    fn as_raw_socket(&self) -> Socket {
+        self.as_inner().fd()
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRawSocket for io::net::udp::UdpSocket {
+    fn as_raw_socket(&self) -> Socket {
+        self.as_inner().fd()
+    }
+}
+
+/// A prelude for conveniently writing platform-specific code.
+///
+/// Includes all extension traits, and some important type definitions.
+pub mod prelude {
+    pub use super::{Socket, Handle, AsRawSocket, AsRawHandle};
+}
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/mod.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/mod.rs
index 815ace21f879d..33e7094612e39 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/mod.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ macro_rules! helper_init( (static $name:ident: Helper<$m:ty>) => (
 ) )
 
 pub mod c;
+pub mod ext;
 pub mod fs;
 pub mod os;
 pub mod tcp;
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/pipe.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/pipe.rs
index 60bd2b1370f55..ca7985aa35bf8 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/pipe.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/pipe.rs
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ impl UnixAcceptor {
     }
 
     pub fn handle(&self) -> libc::HANDLE {
-        self.event.ref0
+        self.listener.handle()
     }
 }