diff --git a/util/src/io.rs b/util/src/io.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dde4b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/src/io.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use std::{borrow::Borrow, io};
+
+pub trait IoErrorKind {
+    fn io_error_kind(&self) -> io::ErrorKind;
+}
+
+impl<T: Borrow<io::Error>> IoErrorKind for T {
+    fn io_error_kind(&self) -> io::ErrorKind {
+        self.borrow().kind()
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait TryIoErrorKind {
+    fn try_io_error_kind(&self) -> Option<io::ErrorKind>;
+}
+
+impl<T: IoErrorKind> TryIoErrorKind for T {
+    fn try_io_error_kind(&self) -> Option<io::ErrorKind> {
+        Some(self.io_error_kind())
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait IoResultKindHintExt<T>: Sized {
+    type Error;
+    fn io_err_kind_hint(self) -> Result<T, (Self::Error, io::ErrorKind)>;
+}
+
+impl<T, E: IoErrorKind> IoResultKindHintExt<T> for Result<T, E> {
+    type Error = E;
+    fn io_err_kind_hint(self) -> Result<T, (E, io::ErrorKind)> {
+        self.map_err(|e| {
+            let kind = e.borrow().io_error_kind();
+            (e, kind)
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait TryIoResultKindHintExt<T>: Sized {
+    type Error;
+    fn try_io_err_kind_hint(self) -> Result<T, (Self::Error, Option<io::ErrorKind>)>;
+}
+
+impl<T, E: TryIoErrorKind> TryIoResultKindHintExt<T> for Result<T, E> {
+    type Error = E;
+    fn try_io_err_kind_hint(self) -> Result<T, (E, Option<io::ErrorKind>)> {
+        self.map_err(|e| {
+            let opt_kind = e.borrow().try_io_error_kind();
+            (e, opt_kind)
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/util/src/lib.rs b/util/src/lib.rs
index 637de5d..f16e98f 100644
--- a/util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/util/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pub mod b64;
 pub mod fd;
 pub mod file;
 pub mod functional;
+pub mod io;
 pub mod mem;
 pub mod ord;
 pub mod result;