diff --git a/rt/src/net/uds/stream.rs b/rt/src/net/uds/stream.rs
index b8441b7f..e8fdc3ab 100644
--- a/rt/src/net/uds/stream.rs
+++ b/rt/src/net/uds/stream.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,19 @@ impl UnixStream {
         socket
     }
 
+    /// Converts a [`std::os::unix::net::UnixStream`] to a
+    /// [`heph_rt::net::UnixStream`].
+    ///
+    /// [`heph_rt::net::UnixStream`]: UnixStream
+    pub fn from_std<RT>(rt: &RT, stream: std::os::unix::net::UnixStream) -> UnixStream
+    where
+        RT: Access,
+    {
+        UnixStream {
+            fd: AsyncFd::new(stream.into(), rt.submission_queue()),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Automatically set the CPU affinity based on the runtime access `rt`.
     ///
     /// For non-Linux OSs this is a no-op. If `rt` is not local this is also a
diff --git a/rt/tests/functional/uds/stream.rs b/rt/tests/functional/uds/stream.rs
index d49a85df..643bcf6f 100644
--- a/rt/tests/functional/uds/stream.rs
+++ b/rt/tests/functional/uds/stream.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use heph::actor::{self, actor_fn};
 use heph_rt::net::uds::{UnixAddr, UnixStream};
 use heph_rt::spawn::ActorOptions;
-use heph_rt::test::{join, try_spawn_local, PanicSupervisor};
+use heph_rt::test::{block_on_local_actor, join, try_spawn_local, PanicSupervisor};
+use heph_rt::ThreadLocal;
 use heph_rt::{self as rt};
 
 use crate::util::temp_file;
@@ -97,3 +98,22 @@ fn connect() {
     let actor_ref = try_spawn_local(PanicSupervisor, actor, (), ActorOptions::default()).unwrap();
     join(&actor_ref, Duration::from_secs(1)).unwrap();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn stream_from_std() {
+    async fn actor(ctx: actor::Context<!, ThreadLocal>) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let (mut peer, stream) = net::UnixStream::pair()?;
+        let stream = UnixStream::from_std(ctx.runtime_ref(), stream);
+
+        stream.send_all(DATA).await?;
+
+        let mut buf = vec![0; DATA.len() + 2];
+        let n = peer.read(&mut buf)?;
+        assert_eq!(n, DATA.len());
+        assert_eq!(&buf[..n], DATA);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    block_on_local_actor(actor_fn(actor), ()).unwrap();
+}