diff --git a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/SUMMARY.md b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/SUMMARY.md
index 6134757304170..9b77d99403fdb 100644
--- a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/SUMMARY.md
+++ b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/SUMMARY.md
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
     - [linked_list_extras](library-features/linked-list-extras.md)
     - [lookup_host](library-features/lookup-host.md)
     - [manually_drop](library-features/manually-drop.md)
+    - [more_io_inner_methods](library-features/more-io-inner-methods.md)
     - [mpsc_select](library-features/mpsc-select.md)
     - [n16](library-features/n16.md)
     - [never_type_impls](library-features/never-type-impls.md)
diff --git a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/library-features/more-io-inner-methods.md b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/library-features/more-io-inner-methods.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c84f40e7ee551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/library-features/more-io-inner-methods.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# `more_io_inner_methods`
+
+The tracking issue for this feature is: [#41519]
+
+[#41519]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/41519
+
+------------------------
+
+This feature enables several internal accessor methods on structures in
+`std::io` including `Take::{get_ref, get_mut}` and `Chain::{into_inner, get_ref,
+get_mut}`.
diff --git a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
index cd096c115ba5a..d08ba591de018 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
@@ -1494,6 +1494,87 @@ pub struct Chain<T, U> {
     done_first: bool,
 }
 
+impl<T, U> Chain<T, U> {
+    /// Consumes the `Chain`, returning the wrapped readers.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(more_io_inner_methods)]
+    ///
+    /// # use std::io;
+    /// use std::io::prelude::*;
+    /// use std::fs::File;
+    ///
+    /// # fn foo() -> io::Result<()> {
+    /// let mut foo_file = File::open("foo.txt")?;
+    /// let mut bar_file = File::open("bar.txt")?;
+    ///
+    /// let chain = foo_file.chain(bar_file);
+    /// let (foo_file, bar_file) = chain.into_inner();
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[unstable(feature = "more_io_inner_methods", issue="41519")]
+    pub fn into_inner(self) -> (T, U) {
+        (self.first, self.second)
+    }
+
+    /// Gets references to the underlying readers in this `Chain`.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(more_io_inner_methods)]
+    ///
+    /// # use std::io;
+    /// use std::io::prelude::*;
+    /// use std::fs::File;
+    ///
+    /// # fn foo() -> io::Result<()> {
+    /// let mut foo_file = File::open("foo.txt")?;
+    /// let mut bar_file = File::open("bar.txt")?;
+    ///
+    /// let chain = foo_file.chain(bar_file);
+    /// let (foo_file, bar_file) = chain.get_ref();
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[unstable(feature = "more_io_inner_methods", issue="41519")]
+    pub fn get_ref(&self) -> (&T, &U) {
+        (&self.first, &self.second)
+    }
+
+    /// Gets mutable references to the underlying readers in this `Chain`.
+    ///
+    /// Care should be taken to avoid modifying the internal I/O state of the
+    /// underlying readers as doing so may corrupt the internal state of this
+    /// `Chain`.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(more_io_inner_methods)]
+    ///
+    /// # use std::io;
+    /// use std::io::prelude::*;
+    /// use std::fs::File;
+    ///
+    /// # fn foo() -> io::Result<()> {
+    /// let mut foo_file = File::open("foo.txt")?;
+    /// let mut bar_file = File::open("bar.txt")?;
+    ///
+    /// let mut chain = foo_file.chain(bar_file);
+    /// let (foo_file, bar_file) = chain.get_mut();
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[unstable(feature = "more_io_inner_methods", issue="41519")]
+    pub fn get_mut(&mut self) -> (&mut T, &mut U) {
+        (&mut self.first, &mut self.second)
+    }
+}
+
 #[stable(feature = "std_debug", since = "1.16.0")]
 impl<T: fmt::Debug, U: fmt::Debug> fmt::Debug for Chain<T, U> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
@@ -1606,6 +1687,64 @@ impl<T> Take<T> {
     pub fn into_inner(self) -> T {
         self.inner
     }
+
+    /// Gets a reference to the underlying reader.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(more_io_inner_methods)]
+    ///
+    /// use std::io;
+    /// use std::io::prelude::*;
+    /// use std::fs::File;
+    ///
+    /// # fn foo() -> io::Result<()> {
+    /// let mut file = File::open("foo.txt")?;
+    ///
+    /// let mut buffer = [0; 5];
+    /// let mut handle = file.take(5);
+    /// handle.read(&mut buffer)?;
+    ///
+    /// let file = handle.get_ref();
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[unstable(feature = "more_io_inner_methods", issue="41519")]
+    pub fn get_ref(&self) -> &T {
+        &self.inner
+    }
+
+    /// Gets a mutable reference to the underlying reader.
+    ///
+    /// Care should be taken to avoid modifying the internal I/O state of the
+    /// underlying reader as doing so may corrupt the internal limit of this
+    /// `Take`.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(more_io_inner_methods)]
+    ///
+    /// use std::io;
+    /// use std::io::prelude::*;
+    /// use std::fs::File;
+    ///
+    /// # fn foo() -> io::Result<()> {
+    /// let mut file = File::open("foo.txt")?;
+    ///
+    /// let mut buffer = [0; 5];
+    /// let mut handle = file.take(5);
+    /// handle.read(&mut buffer)?;
+    ///
+    /// let file = handle.get_mut();
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[unstable(feature = "more_io_inner_methods", issue="41519")]
+    pub fn get_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
+        &mut self.inner
+    }
 }
 
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]