1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fd.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fd.rs
index f0943de5378..327d117823e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fd.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fd.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ use io;
 use libc::{self, c_int, size_t, c_void};
 use mem;
 use sys::cvt;
-
-pub type fd_t = c_int;
+use sys_common::AsInner;
 
 pub struct FileDesc {
     fd: c_int,
@@ -55,6 +54,10 @@ impl FileDesc {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsInner<c_int> for FileDesc {
+    fn as_inner(&self) -> &c_int { &self.fd }
+}
+
 impl Drop for FileDesc {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         // closing stdio file handles makes no sense, so never do it. Also, note