diff --git a/include/io/channel-file.h b/include/io/channel-file.h
index 50e8eb1138..d373a4e44d 100644
--- a/include/io/channel-file.h
+++ b/include/io/channel-file.h
@@ -68,6 +68,24 @@ struct QIOChannelFile {
 QIOChannelFile *
 qio_channel_file_new_fd(int fd);
 
+/**
+ * qio_channel_file_new_dupfd:
+ * @fd: the file descriptor
+ * @errp: pointer to initialized error object
+ *
+ * Create a new IO channel object for a file represented by the @fd
+ * parameter. Like qio_channel_file_new_fd(), but the @fd is first
+ * duplicated with dup().
+ *
+ * The channel will own the duplicated file descriptor and will take
+ * responsibility for closing it, the original FD is owned by the
+ * caller.
+ *
+ * Returns: the new channel object
+ */
+QIOChannelFile *
+qio_channel_file_new_dupfd(int fd, Error **errp);
+
 /**
  * qio_channel_file_new_path:
  * @path: the file path
diff --git a/io/channel-file.c b/io/channel-file.c
index a6ad7770c6..6436cfb6ae 100644
--- a/io/channel-file.c
+++ b/io/channel-file.c
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ qio_channel_file_new_fd(int fd)
     return ioc;
 }
 
+QIOChannelFile *
+qio_channel_file_new_dupfd(int fd, Error **errp)
+{
+    int newfd = dup(fd);
+
+    if (newfd < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Could not dup FD %d", fd);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return qio_channel_file_new_fd(newfd);
+}
 
 QIOChannelFile *
 qio_channel_file_new_path(const char *path,