diff --git a/include/Support/FileUtilities.h b/include/Support/FileUtilities.h
index 4c02605400a..a6a1dc2456f 100644
--- a/include/Support/FileUtilities.h
+++ b/include/Support/FileUtilities.h
@@ -102,6 +102,27 @@ bool MakeFileExecutable (const std::string & Filename);
 ///
 bool MakeFileReadable (const std::string & Filename);
 
+
+/// FDHandle - Simple handle class to make sure a file descriptor gets closed
+/// when the object is destroyed.
+///
+class FDHandle {
+  int FD;
+  FDHandle(const FDHandle &);      // DO NOT IMPLEMENT
+  void operator=(const FDHandle&); // DO NOT IMPLEMENT
+public:
+  FDHandle() : FD(-1) {}
+  FDHandle(int fd) : FD(fd) {}
+  ~FDHandle();
+
+  operator int() const { return FD; }
+
+  FDHandle &operator=(int fd);
+
+  /// take - Take ownership of the file descriptor away from the FDHandle
+  /// object, so that the file is not closed when the FDHandle is destroyed.
+  int take();
+};
 } // End llvm namespace
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/Bytecode/Reader/ReaderWrappers.cpp b/lib/Bytecode/Reader/ReaderWrappers.cpp
index 291ad873443..bc3cbbd3309 100644
--- a/lib/Bytecode/Reader/ReaderWrappers.cpp
+++ b/lib/Bytecode/Reader/ReaderWrappers.cpp
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 #include "ReaderInternals.h"
 #include "llvm/Module.h"
 #include "llvm/Instructions.h"
+#include "Support/FileUtilities.h"
 #include "Support/StringExtras.h"
 #include "Config/fcntl.h"
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <cerrno>
 #include "Config/unistd.h"
 #include "Config/sys/mman.h"
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <cerrno>
 using namespace llvm;
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -29,19 +30,6 @@ using namespace llvm;
 //
 
 namespace {
-  /// FDHandle - Simple handle class to make sure a file descriptor gets closed
-  /// when the object is destroyed.
-  ///
-  class FDHandle {
-    int FD;
-  public:
-    FDHandle(int fd) : FD(fd) {}
-    operator int() const { return FD; }
-    ~FDHandle() {
-      if (FD != -1) close(FD);
-    }
-  };
-
   /// BytecodeFileReader - parses a bytecode file from a file
   ///
   class BytecodeFileReader : public BytecodeParser {
@@ -63,7 +51,7 @@ static std::string ErrnoMessage (int savedErrNum, std::string descr) {
 }
 
 BytecodeFileReader::BytecodeFileReader(const std::string &Filename) {
-  FDHandle FD = open(Filename.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+  FDHandle FD(open(Filename.c_str(), O_RDONLY));
   if (FD == -1)
     throw ErrnoMessage(errno, "open '" + Filename + "'");
 
diff --git a/lib/Support/FileUtilities.cpp b/lib/Support/FileUtilities.cpp
index e6abc8fb40e..02b4edd5573 100644
--- a/lib/Support/FileUtilities.cpp
+++ b/lib/Support/FileUtilities.cpp
@@ -194,3 +194,26 @@ bool llvm::MakeFileExecutable(const std::string &Filename) {
 bool llvm::MakeFileReadable(const std::string &Filename) {
   return AddPermissionsBits(Filename, 0444);
 }
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// FDHandle class implementation
+//
+
+FDHandle::~FDHandle() {
+  if (FD != -1) close(FD);
+}
+
+FDHandle &FDHandle::operator=(int fd) {
+  if (FD != -1) close(FD);
+  FD = fd;
+  return *this;
+}
+
+
+/// take - Take ownership of the file descriptor away from the FDHandle
+/// object, so that the file is not closed when the FDHandle is destroyed.
+int FDHandle::take() {
+  int Ret = FD;
+  FD = -1;
+  return Ret;
+}