diff --git a/src/tools.rs b/src/tools.rs
index 186e6a9e..e1909364 100644
--- a/src/tools.rs
+++ b/src/tools.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 use proxmox::tools::vec;
 
 pub mod acl;
+pub mod async_io;
 pub mod async_mutex;
 pub mod borrow;
 pub mod daemon;
diff --git a/src/tools/async_io.rs b/src/tools/async_io.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ce01a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/async_io.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+//! Generic AsyncRead/AsyncWrite utilities.
+
+use std::io;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
+
+pub enum EitherStream<L, R> {
+    Left(L),
+    Right(R),
+}
+
+impl<L: AsyncRead, R: AsyncRead> AsyncRead for EitherStream<L, R> {
+    fn poll_read(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context,
+        buf: &mut [u8],
+    ) -> Poll<Result<usize, io::Error>> {
+        match unsafe { self.get_unchecked_mut() } {
+            EitherStream::Left(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_read(cx, buf)
+            }
+            EitherStream::Right(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_read(cx, buf)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn prepare_uninitialized_buffer(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> bool {
+        match *self {
+            EitherStream::Left(ref s) => s.prepare_uninitialized_buffer(buf),
+            EitherStream::Right(ref s) => s.prepare_uninitialized_buffer(buf),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn poll_read_buf<B>(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context,
+        buf: &mut B,
+    ) -> Poll<Result<usize, io::Error>>
+    where
+        B: bytes::BufMut,
+    {
+        match unsafe { self.get_unchecked_mut() } {
+            EitherStream::Left(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_read_buf(cx, buf)
+            }
+            EitherStream::Right(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_read_buf(cx, buf)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<L: AsyncWrite, R: AsyncWrite> AsyncWrite for EitherStream<L, R> {
+    fn poll_write(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context,
+        buf: &[u8],
+    ) -> Poll<Result<usize, io::Error>> {
+        match unsafe { self.get_unchecked_mut() } {
+            EitherStream::Left(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_write(cx, buf)
+            }
+            EitherStream::Right(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_write(cx, buf)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn poll_flush(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<Result<(), io::Error>> {
+        match unsafe { self.get_unchecked_mut() } {
+            EitherStream::Left(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_flush(cx)
+            }
+            EitherStream::Right(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_flush(cx)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn poll_shutdown(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<Result<(), io::Error>> {
+        match unsafe { self.get_unchecked_mut() } {
+            EitherStream::Left(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_shutdown(cx)
+            }
+            EitherStream::Right(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_shutdown(cx)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn poll_write_buf<B>(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context,
+        buf: &mut B,
+    ) -> Poll<Result<usize, io::Error>>
+    where
+        B: bytes::Buf,
+    {
+        match unsafe { self.get_unchecked_mut() } {
+            EitherStream::Left(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_write_buf(cx, buf)
+            }
+            EitherStream::Right(ref mut s) => {
+                unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(s) }.poll_write_buf(cx, buf)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}