diff --git a/hello_world.py b/hello_world.py
index e5328f3e..8b2301a2 100644
--- a/hello_world.py
+++ b/hello_world.py
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ import uwsgi
 #uwsgi.cache_set('/', "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: text/html\r\n\r\nHello World from cache")
 def application(env, start_response):
     start_response('200 OK', [('Content-Type', 'text/html')])
-    return "<h1>Hello World</h1>"
+    yield str(env['wsgi.input'].fileno())
+    yield "<h1>Hello World</h1>"
diff --git a/plugins/python/wsgi_handlers.c b/plugins/python/wsgi_handlers.c
index ce3fbbbf..7af28c4b 100644
--- a/plugins/python/wsgi_handlers.c
+++ b/plugins/python/wsgi_handlers.c
@@ -211,12 +211,18 @@ static PyObject *uwsgi_Input_close(uwsgi_Input *self, PyObject *args) {
 	return Py_None;
 }
 
+static PyObject *uwsgi_Input_fileno(uwsgi_Input *self, PyObject *args) {
+
+	return PyInt_FromLong(self->wsgi_req->poll.fd);
+}
+
 static PyMethodDef uwsgi_Input_methods[] = {
 	{ "read",      (PyCFunction)uwsgi_Input_read,      METH_VARARGS, 0 },
 	{ "readline",  (PyCFunction)uwsgi_Input_readline,  METH_VARARGS, 0 },
 	{ "readlines", (PyCFunction)uwsgi_Input_readlines, METH_VARARGS, 0 },
 // add close to allow mod_wsgi compatibility
 	{ "close",     (PyCFunction)uwsgi_Input_close,     METH_VARARGS, 0 },
+	{ "fileno",     (PyCFunction)uwsgi_Input_fileno,     METH_VARARGS, 0 },
 	{ NULL, NULL}
 };