diff --git a/libfio.c b/libfio.c
index 3fde492..5ed8c60 100644
--- a/libfio.c
+++ b/libfio.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include "fio.h"
 #include "smalloc.h"
@@ -233,6 +234,21 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void fio_set_fd_nonblocking(int fd, const char *who)
+{
+	int flags;
+
+	flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL);
+	if (flags < 0)
+		log_err("fio: %s failed to get file flags: %s\n", who, strerror(errno));
+	else {
+		flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
+		flags = fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags);
+		if (flags < 0)
+			log_err("fio: %s failed to get file flags: %s\n", who, strerror(errno));
+	}
+}
+
 static int endian_check(void)
 {
 	union {