diff --git a/src/sys/pipe.rs b/src/sys/pipe.rs
index 3ff61d7..5e2f228 100644
--- a/src/sys/pipe.rs
+++ b/src/sys/pipe.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use super::*;
 use errno::Errno;
 use std::{error, fmt};
+use std::ops::Drop;
 
 /// Kind of pipe error
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -31,6 +32,97 @@ pub(crate) fn unix_pipe() -> Result<(i32, i32), Error>
     }
 }
 
+/// A writer for a bi-directinoal unix pipe
+///
+/// Created by splitting `Pipe`, data written to this is available to be read from its `ReadHalf` counterpart.
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct WriteHalf(i32);
+
+/// A reader for a bi-directional unix pipe.
+///
+/// Created by splitting `Pipe`, data read from this is data that was sent to its `WriteHalf` counterpart.
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct ReadHalf(i32);
+
+/// A bi-drectional unix pipe
+///
+/// Data written to the pipe is available to be read from it (unless the pipe is mismatched.)
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Pipe
+{
+    tx: i32,
+    rx: i32,
+}
+
+impl Pipe
+{
+    /// Split this pipe into a read and write half.
+    ///
+    /// Data written to the `WriteHalf` is sent to the `ReadHalf` (unless the pipe is mismatched.)
+    #[inline] pub fn split(self) -> (WriteHalf, ReadHalf)
+    {
+	(WriteHalf(self.tx), ReadHalf(self.rx))
+    }
+
+    /// Create a `Pipe` from two halves.
+    ///
+    /// # Mismatched halves
+    /// The halves do not need to have originated from the same `Pipe`.
+    /// If they are not, then writing to the `Pipe` will send the data to its original receiver, and reading from it will take the data from its original sender.
+    #[inline] pub fn unsplit(tx: WriteHalf, rx: ReadHalf) -> Self
+    {
+	Self::new_from_raw((tx.0, rx.0))
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new `Pipe` from a pair of raw file descriptors.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    /// Does not check that the integers provided are valid and open file descriptors.
+    #[inline(always)] fn new_from_raw((tx, rx): (i32, i32)) -> Self
+    {
+	Self{tx,rx}
+    }
+    
+    /// Create a new `Pipe` from a pair of raw file descriptors.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    /// The caller must check that `tx` and `rx` are valid, open file descriptors
+    // TODO: When writing the async version make sure to state that the fds need to be non-blocking.
+    /// Does not check that the integers provided are valid and open file descriptors.
+    #[inline] pub unsafe fn from_raw(tx: i32, rx: i32) -> Self
+    {
+	Self::new_from_raw((tx, rx))
+    }
+}
+
+//TODO: Impl io::Read +/ io::Write for the types above
+
+impl Drop for ReadHalf
+{
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+	unsafe {
+	    libc::close(self.0);
+	}
+    }
+}
+impl Drop for WriteHalf
+{
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+	unsafe {
+	    libc::close(self.0);
+	}
+    }
+}
+impl Drop for Pipe
+{
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+	unsafe {
+	    libc::close(self.tx);
+	    libc::close(self.rx);
+	}
+    }
+}
+
 impl fmt::Display for ErrorKind
 {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result
@@ -55,7 +147,7 @@ impl ErrorKind
     }    
     /// Consume into `Error` using the last `errno` value, if it's not set then return the result of `fun`.
     #[inline] pub(crate) fn try_into_error_or_with<F, T>(self, fun: F) -> Result<T, Error>
-	where F: FnOnce() -> T
+    where F: FnOnce() -> T
     {
 	Error::or_last_with(self, fun)
     }