diff --git a/gio/src/file_descriptor_based.rs b/gio/src/file_descriptor_based.rs
index 3a08c0b62a7b..074f14d66fc6 100644
--- a/gio/src/file_descriptor_based.rs
+++ b/gio/src/file_descriptor_based.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // Take a look at the license at the top of the repository in the LICENSE file.
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
-use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd, RawFd};
+use std::os::unix::io::{AsFd, AsRawFd, BorrowedFd, FromRawFd, RawFd};
 
 use crate::ffi;
 use glib::{prelude::*, translate::*};
 #[cfg(all(not(unix), docsrs))]
-use socket::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd, IntoRawFd, RawFd};
+use socket::{AsFd, AsRawFd, BorrowedFd, FromRawFd, IntoRawFd, RawFd};
 
 glib::wrapper! {
     #[doc(alias = "GFileDescriptorBased")]
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ impl AsRawFd for FileDescriptorBased {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsFd for FileDescriptorBased {
+    fn as_fd(&self) -> BorrowedFd<'_> {
+        unsafe { BorrowedFd::borrow_raw(self.as_raw_fd()) }
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait FileDescriptorBasedExtManual: IsA<FileDescriptorBased> + 'static {
     #[doc(alias = "g_file_descriptor_based_get_fd")]
     #[doc(alias = "get_fd")]