diff --git a/src/components/util/io.rs b/src/components/util/io.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fa4dda4a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/util/io.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+use std::rt::io::{io_error, EndOfFile};
+
+/// Ignore the end-of-file condition within a block of code.
+pub fn ignoring_eof<U>(cb: &fn() -> U) -> U {
+    io_error::cond.trap(|e|
+        match e.kind {
+            EndOfFile => (),
+            _ => io_error::cond.raise(e)
+        }).inside(cb)
+}
diff --git a/src/components/util/util.rc b/src/components/util/util.rc
index c84a87b13e5..d530652f591 100644
--- a/src/components/util/util.rc
+++ b/src/components/util/util.rc
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ pub mod tree;
 pub mod url;
 pub mod vec;
 pub mod debug;
+pub mod io;