diff --git a/src/basic/fileio.c b/src/basic/fileio.c
index fe0c4f4707..c82a9d2c01 100644
--- a/src/basic/fileio.c
+++ b/src/basic/fileio.c
@@ -54,6 +54,32 @@ int fdopen_unlocked(int fd, const char *options, FILE **ret) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+int take_fdopen_unlocked(int *fd, const char *options, FILE **ret) {
+        int     r;
+
+        assert(fd);
+
+        r = fdopen_unlocked(*fd, options, ret);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        *fd = -1;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+FILE* take_fdopen(int *fd, const char *options) {
+        assert(fd);
+
+        FILE *f = fdopen(*fd, options);
+        if (!f)
+                return NULL;
+
+        *fd = -1;
+
+        return f;
+}
+
 FILE* open_memstream_unlocked(char **ptr, size_t *sizeloc) {
         FILE *f = open_memstream(ptr, sizeloc);
         if (!f)
diff --git a/src/basic/fileio.h b/src/basic/fileio.h
index e6fea2afd4..525f6ac814 100644
--- a/src/basic/fileio.h
+++ b/src/basic/fileio.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ typedef enum {
 
 int fopen_unlocked(const char *path, const char *options, FILE **ret);
 int fdopen_unlocked(int fd, const char *options, FILE **ret);
+int take_fdopen_unlocked(int *fd, const char *options, FILE **ret);
+FILE* take_fdopen(int *fd, const char *options);
 FILE* open_memstream_unlocked(char **ptr, size_t *sizeloc);
 FILE* fmemopen_unlocked(void *buf, size_t size, const char *mode);