diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28c01a4117..1b9b94e324 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased] - ReleaseDate
 ### Added
+- Added `poll::PollFd::fd` method to expose the underlying file
+  descriptor of a `PollFd`.
+  (#[1286](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1286))
 ### Changed
 ### Fixed
 ### Removed
diff --git a/src/poll.rs b/src/poll.rs
index be5bf22499..a291cba42e 100644
--- a/src/poll.rs
+++ b/src/poll.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ impl PollFd {
     pub fn revents(self) -> Option<PollFlags> {
         PollFlags::from_bits(self.pollfd.revents)
     }
+
+    /// Returns the file descriptor this `PollFd` refers to
+    pub fn fd(self) -> RawFd {
+        self.pollfd.fd
+    }
 }
 
 libc_bitflags! {